PaD: Dreamy

I almost forgot my photo for today because it has been a long but wonderful day spent with family and friends. We started the day early by attending church.  It was such a thrill to have our whole family there together on the same pew.  All of us except Todd, our son-in-law.  We hurried home to start preparing food since my family, most of them anyway, where coming over for our after-Easter family lunch.  There were 14 of us all together setting around two tables.  Some how we squeezed ten in around the dining table adored with lovely tulips eating off our mother's china.  To me there is nothing more wonderful than the sound of a loud family enjoying each other's company.

 

The party slowly moved to the deck where family dragged up chairs that have not been used since last fall to just sit and enjoy the beautiful warm weather and each other.  People finally started drifting away including my daughter and grandchildren who had a long trip home to East Tennessee.  It left the house quiet and the kitchen full of dirty dishes.  Jerry and I dove in and got them all cleaned and put away so we would have a little time to rest.

In the evening our friends came for our small group Bible study.  More conversation, laughter and food.  More dirty dishes that will just have to wait until Monday.

At the end of it all, there was just Jerry and I, tired but happy.  It has been a perfect day.  A perfectly dreamy day.