Weekend in New York

As I said in the previous post, Ed and I went to New York to visit his family. His grandmother celebrated her 90th birthday, and his grandfather, who has had both legs amputated because of circulation problems, was busted out of the rehab facility for the day on Saturday to celebrate the occasion.

I hope if and when I reach 90 that I'm still plugging along as well as those two are. Since I never really knew any of my grandparents, I consider Stanley and Jeannette my grandparents. They are definitely two peas in a pod, and it was good/fun to see them interact.

Ed's brother, sister-in-law and their two infant boys -- Jack and Sawyer -- came down for the weekend too. Jack is hell on wheels, but boy is he a cutie. He'll be a good big brother to Sawyer, who was just born in May.

We took Bailey along for the ride, leaving Dexter and Zoe behind with Josh to watch for the weekend. Having all three dogs would have been a nightmare, especially with the two youngsters (the dogs) being the crazies that they are. But I think Bailey had a great time, as the picture above shows. She loves to ride in the car and put her head out the window.

All in all, a great weekend.

All in the Family

So Josh has been here a couple or three weeks and seems to be settling in. He found a job in the historic Occaquan part of Virginia at a restaurant called the Virginia Grille. Seems to be a nice fit.

But he just found out that his twin brother Jeff, who lives in Little Rock, has to have a biopsy on his neck next week because of some swelling and pain he's had in his lymph nodes there. Lord knows that's all we need, what with Sue in the middle of chemo treatments for her lung cancer.

Jeff and their other brother Jeremy showed their support for Sue by shaving their heads. Good for them, though Josh says he's not going to join that club.

Anyway, Josh may have to go back to Little Rock at some point, though we were both planning on going back in May for Brenda's college graduation. We'll see what happens.

Speaking of Brenda I'm assuming she's happy as a clam since she got her computer back. And haven't heard from Ron in a while. Will have to see what trouble he's getting into.