After church on Sunday, we decided that since it has been a few months since we visited Chad's parents, we would head up their way for a visit. We let them know a few days before, and were able to coordinate our visit with several other family members.
We ate before leaving home so that they wouldn't have to feed us when we got there, besides which, it was kind of late in the afternoon when we arrived. Regardless, after walking in the house, Grandma had a whole spread of food which she offered to the kids, and they ate again! LOL! Grandpa liked his fathers day card - he laughed a bit as he read it. I love how he laughs so much more than he ever used to! It sure is fun.
We visited with Terry and Maggie, Maureen, Gayle, Lynn and of course Grandma and Grandpa. Grandpa was in his element. He told story after story and just giggled at how funny they were. When they were kids, not much more than preschoolers, him and his younger brother Gordon, would take their fathers tools out to an old threshing machine and then proceed to undo EVERY bolt they could find. I guess they took the whole thing apart. But the funny part was, when Carl (their dad) would need those wrenches and of course couldn't find them. Allen, just laughed and laughed as he recalled the memory of his father exclaiming, 'Where did you little beggars put my tools?!!!"
What an appropriate fathers day story to tell. I don't know of many fathers who haven't had to hunt down tools that have sprouted feet (in the form of their young sons), sometimes never to be found again.
Grandpa also likes guns, and he gleefully told about how he had shot the kitchen door full of holes. I didn't get the background story on that one, but I guess his mom was none too happy about it. ☺
After an enjoyable afternoon of visiting, and another round of vittles, we headed out. Maureen and Gayle had invited us out to the farm to pick up some eggs, so we thought we'd stop. They have scads and scads of eggs and often end up throwing them away, so this time we served as their outlet for getting rid of a fridge full of eggs. I thought we would get 5 dozen or so....
... but when we left we had 12 dozen or so eggs. The picture above is what our fridge looked like after fitting them all in (and there are more in the other fridge too)! Looks like we'll be doing a bunch of baking! ☺That will be good. While we were there Ron and Lois came over so we got to visit with them as well.
While we were there, Maureen and Gayle had a fancy machine that shakes you. Well, that sounds weird when you describe it like that, but you stand on it and it vibrates at different speeds. I tried it and it was an interesting experience, but you know, after I got off, I felt energized! It was pretty cool. The kids were quite interested in it and spent a bit of time taking turns trying it out.
We got home late, but you know, we sure had a wonderful day. It was so nice to just sit back and enjoy visiting with family, sharing stories and experiences, and we even found some possible things we can use for decorating for the wedding reception. We served and were served. We were certainly blessed by Lynn's generosity. We are so blessed to belong to the Rice family. We sure get to associate with good people as a result. It is no different with those on my side of the family. Family is all about delightful moments spent together. I am so thankful to be so richly blessed.
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