They are here! :)

Yesterday was a day we will remember for the rest of our lives!
Jim & Tina & their granddaughter Elizabeth arrived in time for lunch at Ianarrelli's.  Dave & Jim picked up right where they left off in 1968. Tina & I were soon swapping photography stories -- and talking scrapbooking; just like we were old friends, [And then we ate fried skunk at the local saloon. -- inserted by Julie, smarty pants, we really didn't eat any skunk!]
As much as Tina & I like to take pictures, we neither one took a photo of Dave & Jim together. So this morning we got together again for a few minutes for a photo-shoot.
Here's Dave & Jim on our back patio:

We went back to our house for a couple of hours. Jenny had gone to Ianarrelli's with us & was heading off to pick up Kalei from camp so Elizabeth went with her. The two girls seemed to have a good time together on the trip home according to Jenny.

When Jim & Tina left Dave & I headed for the airport to pick up Nanae & Yoshi. We left a little later than we had planned on but made good time & got there about 10 minutes before their flight was due to arrive. Oops -- the flight was delayed for an hour. :(  So we sat around for a while. You know the hurry-up-and-wait kind of thing! Finally the plane arrived. We were so excited to see Nanae & Yoshi. We chatted as we waited for their luggage...we waited & waited again. No luggage! So we waited in line to fill out a baggage claim for lost baggage. The first story we got was that it should be at the airport in an hour or two, but when we got to the counter we found out it might be late morning or early the next afternoon. We decided to let them deliver it to our house & we headed for home.

We once again made good time, went to find some supper -- a late (8 pm) supper. After we had our fill, we stopped at WalMart for pjs & a change of clothes; a toothbrush for Nanae & a few other things they wanted. It was certainly a memorable experience -- like Dad always said when we had things go wrong on a vacation, "This is the one we will remember the most!"

Today we had the girls & their families over for a barbecue. Jon & Logan weren't here, but all the rest of our off-spring were. We took this family photo of all of us...kind of a mini family reunion:

One more big thrill today was after all the kids left. We took Nanae & Yoshi over to the state grounds to show them the eagle's nest. Wow! There was a bird on the nest -- a first for us. I took a bunch of photos as we drove closer & closer. I even got a couple of good shots as it flew away. But alas, it wasn't the eagle. However, it was a bird I had been hoping to see -- an osprey!



God is good! What a blessing today has been!