Monday, May 19, 2008

Grandma's and Grandpa's Surprise Visit

My parents surprised the children by showing up Sunday the 11th for a visit. The children were stunned, but they soon recovered. My parents stayed for 5 days and saw three ballgames.

During the day, they helped supervise the painting of all the woodworking stuff the boys had made. I stained Nathan's desk and baseball holdall. I also varnished all 17 of the signs for our trails. Three coats each side. Whew!

The rest of the cars and trucks the boys painted, mostly by themselves.

Deborah felt left out since she didn't have a car to paint so Mom painted with her when the boys went to piano lessons.

Stephen named his race car Apollo #9. Of course, his tractor is a John Deere.

Nathan's race car is sponsored by "Nathan's Eggs".

Aaron's car is sponsored by "Al's Electric Company".

It was still a bit cold for baseball. We've been about 10 degrees cooler than we usually are for May. Mom and Dad were very grateful for the heavy quilt I usually carry in the van.

We had a good time with my parents and I was especially glad of their company since my dh was traveling all week!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

wow, a surprise visit is the coolest of all!

Technoprairie said...

The funny thing was that Aaron asked me (in all seriousness), "Did you know that they were coming?"