Early to bed tonight. I might follow soon.
Kim slept in this morning. She did not use the call of the nightlast night that Gail taught her. The call is "Jan, Jaannn, JAN!" I might add that after Gail taught this call to Kim, she promptly took a Tylenol PM pill.
Apparent Gail and I have been out of the baby and sneaky teenager years for so long that we do not hear when someone is up moving around in the house. Kim got up just fine but missed a dance beat when crawling back into bed and ended up falling. The good news is that she fell into bed. The bad news is, she strained her side and it is not feel so great today.
Tonight we reviewed the call and I made her repeat it for good measures. I think we have it down. No Tylenol PM for me tonight. I will be sleeping with one ear open.
This afternoon, Sister Terri (no she is not a nun -- an angel maybe) came out to escort us on our family farm tour. We started in Syracuse so Kim could pick out some stain she wanted Gail to use on a project she has us doing. She is our expert on paint and stain. She also took the time to clean off her desk. It was emotional chore but she did not want to leave it undone.
We then rode to Burr by way of country roads. We checked out the crops. Shane's corn is starting to turn and the beans looked full and lush. The Christmas trees we planted so many years ago are a huge wind break and shelter for deer. The corn was so tall that we had to strained to look back over our shoulder to see Dad's ponds. We turned the corner and headed for the home place. Dad has is all mowed and looking so nice. The farm was singing Welcome Home to us.
Kim sat with us on the patio for a few minutes before she went inside for a good nap on the couch. The rest of us stayed outside to enjoy the day. Dad's flowers are beautiful and his garden overflowing with tomatoes and peppers. Mom showed us the pumpkin and gourd patch she planted for the grandkids. They will be excited to raid the pumpkin patch when they make their annual fall pilgrimage to the farm.
Terri and Mom took turns checking on our sleeping beauty while Gail pruned flowers and I picked peppers. It was a great day to visit the farm. As much a I love seeing my grandkids enjoy my folk's farm, this day was special. It was Mom, Dad and their girls. Sorry Willie and Monte, we did however miss you. I highly recommend a Mom, Dad and their boys day as it was very theraputic.
Terri took us back to Kim's by way of the big town of Burr. We slowly drove by the church lawn to check out Dad's lawn service skills. (Tyler, Grandpa does a pretty good job if you need to pick up an extra worker) We drove by the improvements in the city park. Zeb did some great work there too. We were running out of day light and steam so we headed back to Kim's.
When we got home, Shane was entertaining good friends and was wondering if he needed to fill out a missing persons report. I guess we should have left a note. Oopps!
Good night
Jan
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