new friends

Making new friends is always fun! Gopi, Gomz, and Anand joined us for the first time in our home yesterday afternoon for lunch and games. Bocce and Farkle were hits! (Whew and yes, Adam, they did eat ALL of the veggie AND cheese pizzas! I was a little worried after you posed your question about cow's milk and cheese . . . I hadn't thought that one all the way through when planning the menu.) We also had big salads, with lots of fruit and some boiled eggs on the side. I tried a new apple pie recipe, that turned out being a real keeper . . . and the guys brought a dish of carrot halwa for dessert, as well.

Gopi, Gomz, and Anand are all from the same city in southern India and are doing graduate work in engineering and computer science at State. Pops and I are excited for the opportunity of getting to know these young men over the next two years . . . learning about their lives and sharing ours.

(Having G, G, and A around reminded me of our time with Masood. I missed all of you and Grandmom Brown yesterday as I was remembering our family dinners with him. That seems like eons ago!)

PS . . . precision seemed to be very important when playing Bocce with engineering and computer science minded people! I don't think we've ever brought out the measuring tape before . . . :)

cheraw

Thanksgiving in Cheraw . . . . . . thank you, Family, for sharing your time . . . my heart was blessed by all the laughter and catching up on life's happenings; and for the delicious food! I enoyed it all! Unfortunately, I didn't get too many pictures . . . and not a single "whole family" shot . . . what was I thinking?

Birthday Boy!

Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, Liam, birthday boy, Happy birthday to you!

Love you oodles . . . hope you have a terrific time today as you celebrate your birthday today and tomorrow. Can't wait to hear about your bowling trip. Hope that your birthday cake is really yummy, too!

Heart Tickles ~ a new blog

Hey family,
I set up a blog for the young chickadees in the family. Privacy blocks have been placed on the blog so that the environment will be more secure and safe for their use. I sent you invitations to be readers and/or authors for this blog. So, if you've received a "Heart Tickles" blog email, please click on the links to activate your status.

This will be a great way for Charlotte, and to some extent Liam and Josiah, and eventually Bella and Alistair, and then . . . . :) to be technologically savvy and share the activities of their days with us. My thought is that we can read their posts and respond to the information as well as ask questions. The last time we skyped, Liam and Charlotte were tickled at sharing a muffin joke with us. (hehehe) So, we can share jokes along the way.

Several posts with comments have already been made. It was a delight to read what Charlotte wrote. It truly was/is a "heart tickle" for me! There's also a Thanksgiving dinner poll for you to take. So hurry to the blog and enjoy.

Hoping that you'll find some time to participate with us ~
Love to all of you~