Thank You, Grandma and Grandad!

Grandma and Grandad Marshman (Joyce and Perry) just spent the week with us and it was so good to have them here. I got to spend the most time with them because the kids had school, and Mike had to work...I called Mike one day at work and told him, "Well, it appears that we have enslaved your parents, but good." I kept telling them they were here to relax, but they were a flurry of helpful activity the entire time. During their visit, the garden was tilled twice, hedges were trimmed and all of the branches were neatly bagged, a broken window was repaired, the outside lighting that had a short in it was repaired, and new lighting was installed, a trellis that blew down in the gale force winds that we experienced one night was repaired in less than 12 hours, black plastic was put down to prevent weeds growing around the garden and pine needles were mulched over the plastic and other places in the yard, laundry and dishes were continually being done (I didn't quite know what to do with all of the empty baskets in the laundry room, it would be an understatement to say I was delighted and grateful), I got continual help with the little 16 month old boy, Asher, that I babysit, and the children got help with homework and a basketball and football teammate.

Thank you for coming Mom and Dad. It was GREAT to have you...and NOT just because you worked so hard! It was great spending time with the two of you!

This is a lovely picture of my in-laws that was taken several years ago. I missed some amazing photo ops during Grandma and Grandad's visit due to camera battery problems...namely, the rechargeable batteries refused to comply and charge up as they clearly agreed to in their contract. That's what I get for only making a verbal contract with my rechargeable camera batteries.*sigh*