It didn’t take long for the temperature to drop, and it didn’t recover much today; barely getting above freezing this afternoon. That didn’t keep Rowen and I from going out to play, but we did leave the bikes behind while we were out and about.
Our first stops were to visit with as many of the Johnsons and McEwans before they left town; all of Uncle Adam’s family deciding to leave early and hopefully beat the traffic crushes that might be late this year because of the college bowl games. Kara gave us her family Christmas recap with a little help from Eddie and Nicole. There was a lot more to hear about, but getting that news had to wait until after Uncle Adam and Aunt Leanne joined the little bowl day party that Mom and Dad were having.
Rowen and I mostly stayed out of the way of that, but we did stop in for regular visits, and Aunt Leanne gave me the condensed version of her weekend highlights while we had dinner with the rest of the girls. The guys didn’t want to miss any of the Rose Bowl action; so the food had been set up buffet-style so that they could fill plates on the fly without missing much of the wild action.
Before I forget, I haven’t mentioned in my journal that Rob and Trish got engaged for Christmas, and while the family was together, they set their wedding date for August eleventh. I don’t need to look into the future to find out that Aunt Leanne, Uncle Adam, and his family are well on the way to having a very busy summer; with two weddings sure to be highlights.
Rowen and I helped out with the dinner cleanup, and then we watched a movie in the lounge with most of the girls. The Emersons had joined the party after closing the store. We hadn’t planned on a sleepover, but Rowen’s parents were easily persuaded to let me keep their daughter when the party was obviously going to continue on after Rowen and I were ready to go to bed.
She’s sleeping now, but I ended up working on the family business for an hour or so after we climbed into bed and cuddled with Mandy between us. The party is still going on downstairs, but it’s heading toward eleven-thirty, and probably won’t last much longer – it is a work day tomorrow for most of the adults in the house. I’m going to wrap this up now, and though I thought about going downstairs to say goodnight to everyone and see if I’ve missed anything exciting; tomorrow is soon enough to get any updates, and I don’t really feel all that motivated to get out of my nice, warm bed. Now that most of the holiday visitor traffic is over, it should get a lot quieter around town; but that’ll also give Rowen and I even more time to play with our friends; and after a couple of cooler days, the weather’s looking good for the last not-quite-half of our holidays too.