I had mentioned to Cindy a few weeks ago I'd like to visit her daughter Melissa before we left. She and her husband remodeled their home sometime ago, but we weren't around when they had a party and invited everyone over. So we decided that since we wouldn't be far from her house today we would drive over after I have lab work in Vinita, OK at the Cherokee Health Center. It's about a 45 minute drive to Vinita, and another hour or so from there to Neosho where Melissa lives. We arrived around 9:15 (my lab work was at 8 - and it didn't take 10 minutes, if that). The major remodel was their living room and kitchen. They knocked out the walls into pretty much one LARGE room. Talk about a kitchen you can LOVE!!! A huge island and LOTS of cabinets. It's a great place for entertaining for sure! We got to visit with her and both of her girls Hannah and Kennedy too!! Thanks for taking time for us Melissa!!
We stayed about 30-40 minutes before we headed north to Joplin, MO. I needed to make a stop at Sam's to pick up batteries for Dean's hearing aids, and he wanted a part to clean them as well. Unfortunately, the lady who does this is not there on Monday's. Cindy has to come back tomorrow for some other things, so she is going to pick them up for me.
Our next stop was Khol's. I had recently ordered some things from another company but they didn't work out so I wanted to check out what Khol's had. I did not have any luck here either. When we left there we stopped at Schlotzsky's for a sandwich. They do make a good sandwich. We set in the shade in my car with the A/C on to eat it. Our next stop was at the Mall. I needed to get a birthday present for granddaughter Kamron. Even though her birthday isn't until August, I want to give her birthday present to her tonight, since we won't be back until mid-September. I wasn't able to find but one of the things she had on her list, so I'll give her money to use toward something else.
While we were at the mall, I sent Verna a text to see if they were home. She said yes, come on over for awhile. Fifteen minutes later we were there. We had a nice visit for 40 minutes or so. They needed to leave for a doctor's appointment and I have things to do at home before "the party" tonight.
After returning home, I did the morning dishes (I rushed out before Dean was done), changed the sheets on the bed (doing laundry this afternoon and tomorrow) and did a little cleaning before we had to leave for Parsons.
Today is grandson Jackson's 7th birthday. We are meeting Marc, Jen, Kamron and Jax at El Pueblito. Jaxson loves cheese dip, so Mexican is always his favorite place to eat. We picked up Haleigh and Isaiah and took them along too. What a fun evening we had. Marc's birthday was in June while we were gone - so he got his card tonight too. I also mailed Heath's birthday card today - his birthday is also in June. As I mentioned earlier Kamron got hers tonight as well. I think I'm caught up with everyone now. Whew! August is right around the corner......a few more birthdays on the way!
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| Beautiful clouds this evening |
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| Jaxson as Papa was giving him his presents. |
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| The restaurant waiters came out to sing Happy Birthday to him. When they put the sombrero on his head - he slid right down out of his chair, under the table. He's pretty shy! Dad had just picked him up in this picture. |
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| He gets embarassed easy but the picture below |
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| shows he still had a good time! |
Happy Birthday Jackson. Love the sombrero story!
ReplyDeleteSo much wonderful family fun you had.
ReplyDeleteThey do keep us busy when we are here - but it's the best kind of busy!
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