Feb.16-Mom and Dad Hertzler and our nephew, Micah, arrived here Monday afternoon around 4:30. They came bearing gifts of food; frozen homegrown limas, raspberries, and chicken, plus produce, cereal, and maple syrup. Micah, five, brought along a "To-Do" list.
Micah's List:
~Play dinosaurs with Tommy
~Check bunnies with Susan
~Ride gator with Aunt Annette
~Play with Abby and Serena
~Eat Aunt Helen's pepperoni pizza
~Give out Valentine's
~Watch Three Stooges with Uncle Phil
~Help Susan with Easter Eggs
Micah and Uncle Phil watched Three Stooges every day. I told Phil that he's getting soft in his old age. Micah was jumping with excitement on the sofa, and Phil didn't say a word.
Feb.17~Freeman was preparing to preach his first sermon since school at Chi Alpha this night. Grandpa wanted to go hear him but Freeman said it would make him too nervous if we came. Even though he didn't feel like the sermon was coming together, he said that he was told by others that it was good, and he decided to trust their judgment.
Susan and Grandma formed buttercream and coconut eggs while Micah painted hardboiled eggs with food coloring. We went out to town to run errands and stopped in to see Gil and Lindsay. Mom and Dad were really impressed with this couple as well they should be. We decided not to set Dad up with his own blogsite at this time, but to write his stories on my blogsite. I will call him and get his and mom's stories over speaker phone and type as they speak. Lindsay was going to set him up with his own blogsite and she still will if we ever decide to take this route.
Dad and I traversed Walmart together and Mom, Susan, and Micah went their own way together. We came home and I made bread and Micah and Susan watched a movie and Mom took a short nap. I took a walk and visited my chapel. Later, I took Micah, Mom, and Susan for a ride in the gator and we visited my sweet sanctuary and also went down to the river. We built a little fire and roasted some marshmellows.
Feb.18~We woke up to sleet and freezing rain but since the temperature was 38 degrees, school was not delayed. It was hard to go back to school after our winter breather from Friday-Tuesday. Pastor Perkins, an associate of Dr. Hubler's, was working with him at school. He visited our 5/6 grade music class and gave them helpful and fun advice on how to sing better. It is always good for the young men to be instructed by a man who enjoys singing. Michael had his first driver's ed. class after school. He felt dizzy when he got out of the car. He was in the back seat while another student driver drove on back roads.
We had a turkey dinner that eve. and played Pick-One while the boy cousins watched Three Stooges and did wild cousin boy things with Micah.
Feb. 19~I blogged a story from Mom and Dad's bank of memories on the blogsite today. I'm very excited about getting these stories recorded. I took Micah down to a meadow where we dump dead cows. He hummed happily as he collected many bones and he wanted to get the whole cow skeleton put together. I discouraged him from collecting so many bones and he said, "But Aunt Annette, I want to be a scientist when I grow up." We have about 10 large cow bones out the back door here. Mom moved the car so he wouldn't see them when they left. We are hoping he will forget about them because we are not sure if Micah's mother wants to set up a museum in their house.
We watched more Three Stooges in the eve.
Feb.20~Mom, Dad, and Micah left around 9:00 to go to spend the next few days with Tom and Helen and their family. Micah couldn't wait to go play with Abby and Serena. We will go over there tomorrow night for Pizza. Tonight, we are going to help out with the Pancake Supper at school.
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