Family In Town

 As I stated in the previous post, the last time that we saw any of the family, it was three years ago for Jozsef's High School graduation.  It was a treat to have some of the family visit, even if it was for just a couple of days--which we packed and made use of the best we could.  

The first day we took the family to the Chick Fil A that the boys work at to have lunch.  While there, we were introduced to many of the co-workers and a couple of bosses that the boys work with frequently.  All were super friendly and my dad had a great "shop" talk with Drew, the "big" boss of the location (food prep is common grounds for the guys).  After we had our fill of good food and conversation with the staff, we headed over to the bowling alley for bowling and billiards,  Grandpa made it all the more fun by awarding each strike and spare with a $2 bill. 

From the bowling alley we went to Buffalos for dinner and then we returned home for some games before calling it a night. 

The second day was all about graduation topped off by games and conversation while we caught up with each other in life.

The third and final day was a bit of a divide and conquer as we had more things we wanted to do than we actually had time for.  The two older boys and I took my niece out around town and did a senior photos shoot while we toured downtown.  We topped off our time with a trip to Snowmies for tasty snowcones to balance out our heat.  

While we were gone, Sonja helped Grandma make a tamale dinner complete with Spanish  rice and she gave us the recipe so that we can make more another day, which was really good because we all very much enjoyed the dinner.  The last few hours were packed with more talking and games (cribbage matches abounded) before we had to say our good byes since the flight out was set to leave early the next morning.

It was a whirlwind visit--certainly too short after a three gap, but we took what we had and enjoyed all that we could.  We consider ourselves blessed that we could have family to help us celebrate.  If we follow the current trend, we won't see them again until four years from now when Connor graduates High School....We won't dwell there.  Thanks for making the trip out McMahons!  It was good to see you!  <3