I so admire my parents' energy, industry and productivity - which was illustrated nicely in their most recent trip to Memphis. They are so driven and have some serious work ethic. And I got to admire all this as I sat in a cushy rocking chair in a bit of a sleep deprived haze and just watched them in action for a week. My mom cleaned, did laundry, got groceries and cooked all the meals. My dad insulated, floored and framed our unfinished bonus room. (He said he wouldn't come unless we provided a project - so we graciously complied)
Luke loved this visit. When we dropped them off at the airport he cried all the way home "I want GRANDPA!" The next morning when he woke up he came out of his room and looked around "Grandma? Grandmaaaa." They are definitely missed.
Grandpa taught Luke how to use some tools and Luke taught grandpa a new song. "BOB THE BUILDER - can we fix it? - BOB THE BUILDER - yes we can!" I caught my dad singing it during the week on his own. It IS pretty catchy.
The only complaint we had is that we did have somewhat of a butternut squash fiasco. My mom was making soup and put the squash in the blender and let's just say that weeks later we are still finding butternut squash in the far corners of our kitchen. I'm not sure what happened. I was in the other room and I hear my mom laughing hysterically and come out to see her and the entire room spattered in bright orange squash. We admired her wet orange hair that night during dinner. Then, later she ran to grab something out of the fridge and spilled a whole container of blueberries. Joey leaned over to me and said in his snobbiest voice, "my, it's hard to find good help these days."
good times. good times. thanks for coming you guys and we miss you!!
