Busy 2019 into 2020

Wow!  This is a busy year.
Brooks, our grandson is in Iraq 
 with a load of responsibilities.  He does have time to messenger and email us, however.  Today he was waxing nostalgic about home and family, so we came up with something to look forward to, a party. He loves the family parties, the all-day affairs with two meals, cards, drinks, and constant chatter while catching up with everyone's activities.  Alex's and Alyssa's weddings will be over and we can settle in on Carly and Brooks.  December 7th we will gather the families, as many of them as can come, for an all-day get together with a shower for Brooks and Carly and a welcome home break for Brooks. He gets a month off and wants to make the most of it.

But, before that great day, Andy and I will have been married 60 years on April 4th. It is out to dinner and then there is a party in the offing in June, I understand. Alex is next and her wedding is April 27th, the week after Easter.  May brings a four day trip to New Orleans for Alyssa's shower and related activities. Then there is summer, yes folks, summer is coming with a ton of to-dos. Then October 3rd we start traveling to Italy and Alyssa's wedding and our tour of the country which is a couple of weeks of seeing Italy and all its pleasures. There is a new baby on its way in Columbus and that happens in October too.  Matt and Stacy are having a second baby. Then November is birthday month for many of us and parties for sure. Then Brooks comes home in December with the big party to celebrate he and Carly.

Brooks and Carly's wedding will be in spring of 2020. And, just announced Brittany and Andrew are getting married as of yesterday! (Andrew is Pam and George's child.)  Then another shower for Alyssa in June here in Columbus at Flowers and Bread.

I have been in the kitchen a lot today.  I made chicken salad, potato salad, and sausage and shrimp soup.  I hope they come home hungry today.