Love, Joy and Gratitude

 

Children's children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children. ~Proverbs 17:6

There truly aren't words to describe the love, joy and gratitude we experience from Saturday to Saturday of last week when daughter, Sarah, her husband, John, and the grands come to visit.  Danny and I have anticipated this reunion for weeks, and he has gone to great lengths to plan menus that will appeal to everyone's preferences at mealtimes.  As you might imagine, it's quite the feat to go from feeding two to slinging something delicious out for seven!

There may not be words to commemorate our time together, but I certainly can tell much of the story through the photos we take.  The picture in the header shows the "Three Musketeers:" (from L - R) Virginia, Alexandra and Savannah as they are creating some art at he dining room table.

Backgammon is a favorite game, not just for Danny and me, but for Sarah, John and Virginia, all of whom Danny has taught to play.

Neither Savannah nor Alexandra have expressed any interest in learning as of yet, so we play rounds of UNO instead (sorry, no photos of that).  But here they are showing off their beloved stuffed animals, including the large teddy bears their Uncle Nicco brings to them on the night he arrives to help Danny with steaks, and to set up some classic Nintendo games for his nieces.

Nicco and Sarah -

Nicco and his dad -

And who can forget our grand-puppy, Finn?  He's such a cute boy and so well behaved.

Here are just a few more favorites of mine.

In my next post, I will share our afternoon adventures in downtown Kennesaw with eldest granddaughter, Virginia.  John and Sarah opted to take the youngest girls out for pizza, as they weren't sure they would be interested in that particular activity. 

I hope you all enjoyed sharing in our grace and blessings here, and thanks for understanding my reason(s) for not visiting with any of you wonderful readers/bloggers last week.

Amen!