On July 6th we celebrated our 40th anniversary by going to Lauren Schusters wedding which was held at Nevillewood Country Club in Pittsburgh. We danced the night away. What a great way to celebrate 40 years!
On Sunday, July 7th our good friends Pam and Wayne Calder hosted a brunch for us in our old neighborhood of Oak Court. We were also invited to visit our home which we sold to Karen and Joe. WOW! The house looked amazing and their two little girls just love their new rooms? Talk about being happy. Don and I think of ourselves as custodians of a property and the joy is turning a great house over to a young family who raise their family there.
On Tuesday, July 9th we headed to Ohio and Michigan to visit my cousin Clyde and his wonderful bride Brenda. Our visit to Ohio was short and sweet. A visit to Anderson's Market to stock up on wine, snacks and delicious foods for the week at Clyde and Brenda's cottage on Round Lake in Michigan. We enjoyed a week of golfing, swimming and boating and beautiful sunsets. Judy got to be the captain on one of sunset cruises.
Back to bed #2 for a few days before heading out again to the Annapolis, MD area to catch up with the Sasser and Preski families. What joy it is to be in the presence of children between the ages 20 months and 6 years. Life is all about play and imagination and boundless energy. I loved every moment.
We visited Sarah King in DC. We have known Sarah since she was born and now she is an lawyer in DC. She and her husband, Alex prepared a delicious dinner for us at their apartment.
I enjoyed a reunion of my Pittsburgh sewing buddies. They are a group of ladies who I get together with every January in Pittsburgh at Providence Villa to just enjoy each others company, work on quilting projects, share ideas, laugh, eat and drink.
The big event of the summer, besides our 40th, was a surprise party Judy threw for Gary to celebrate his retirement! 30 friends and family joined to wish Gary Happy Retirement. Judy, of course, saved the biggest surprise for the end of the evening. When we moved back to CA last year we left our mustang convertible with Judy and Gary for them to use. Well we are bringing that car back to CA and Gary was pretty bummed out SOOOO Judy surprised him with Ruby, a 2014 Mustang convertible! Yippee!!!
The family now has its own Mustang Club! Ours is a 2008, Alberts is a 2009, Alexander's is a 2012 and Gary's 2014!
On our last day in the "burg" we went up to Penn State Behrend with our neice Elizabeth. E is going into her sophomore year at PS. I love knowing where she is living, what her campus looks like, where some of her hangouts are so that I can visualize her when we talk.
We finished the day with a family dinner at Donna and Al's. it has been a great time in my hometown but Don and I are ready to hit the dusty trail again in search of our next adventure.
