We've Had Company!

Graham, our oldest (15) neighbor grandchild spent the afternoon and part of the evening with us. He had a Civil Air Patrol (CAP) meeting tonight and the rest of his family had a performance this evening. He needed a ride, but his meeting time and Goosey's (Woody's) prayer meeting time conflicted a bit. So one of Graham's friends who is also in CAP with him picked him up (Well, it was really his friend's dad, as these young men aren't quite old enough for driver's licenses. The next big event for Graham will probably be getting his Driver's Permit!). Graham is at his meeting now and will come back here and continue working on his homework, that is, if his family hasn't gotten back before he does. I had a fairly normal morning of school with the children. We changed things up a bit and Isaac and Joseph came at the same time. Then some of the rest of them read with me. As soon as school was finished for the morning, I got busy on our dinner (When I planned dinner, I didn't know that we were going to have a guest.). Graham lucked out that we weren't just "scrounging" tonight! We had our traditional Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner aka New England Boiled Dinner...just a bit before St. Patrick's Day this year. Woody had gotten all the makings so we saw no reason to wait another week+ to have it. It really tasted good and Graham really enjoyed it too and there was plenty to fill up a growing boy! I think that he liked the corned beef and the carrots best, but he had seconds on cabbage, too. We also had potatoes and boiled onions. So we had a meal worthy of company without knowing that company was coming! Graham can almost be considered company. He's so busy these days with school and just being a teenager that we don't see him as often as we see the other six. We had a nice visit. Woody worked really hard out in the yard today...his exercise for the day...he mowed some and just did general this-time-of-the-year yard maintenance. He will probably spend more and more time out in the yard as the days grow nicer. He put in extra effort today as we are supposed to get quite a bit of rain tomorrow. It has been quite a breezy and, at times, blustery day today...typical March day! As Graham said, "A good day to fly a kite!"