Weekend Company

I know of few things finer than having weekend company who are also beloved family.  My brother-in-law, Bill, and his wife Cindy came in Thursday for a four day visit.  They had driven approximately 12 hours from their home in Hanover, PA.  I had a favorite meal of theirs ready for them.  I made pork chops with sour kraut, mashed potatoes, homemade oatmeal, raisin and cinnamon bread, iced tea and yellow cake with milk chocolate icing.  They were truly grateful, I could tell.

Bill and Cindy Share a Laugh

They were able to use our home as their central point as they visited other relatives and friends, returning for evening meals and sleeping.  We even got them to watch our 2 DVDs of our 12-Day Mediterranean cruise from 2013.  That's approximately a two hour commitment.  They held up to it though.  They travel a lot and had just recently returned from visiting their daughter's family in Norway.  We got to see some of their pictures too.

Me and Walter.  My Favorite Blue Willow Dishes Are Behind Us in the China Cabinet

We had fun together as Walter, Bill and Cindy remembered old school friends and family moments long ago.  They are special people who have always made me feel welcome into their family.  After twenty-five years of marriage, I love to hear their early family stories too.

I have to add that I used different dishes and napkins for almost every meal I served.  That gives me pleasure to be able to change up the table settings for the different meals served.  I do not know if they noticed, but I enjoyed doing it.  Play time for my dishes and me.  I used the every day Blue Willow dishes for the pork chops, the colorful butterfly and flower dishes for the spaghetti meal on Friday and solid green ones for the breakfast.

For the Saturday night meal we went to our local Tokyo Japanese Steak House for a hibachi meal.  They said they had never been to a grill restaurant like this one.  We ate too much.  Of course every mouthful was yummy! 

On Sunday, after a breakfast of sage sausages and pancakes, we tried to take pictures of us with our Canon camera.  It was pretty funny as we don't own a Smartphone.

A Fake "Selfie" of the Family

Not too bad a shot for four old people playing at making a "selfie" without a camera phone!

They joined us for church services and then left for their home.  The weather was cool for their drive.  It was a great weekend!

God is good!