Birthday Weekend
On Saturday L. helped his father set up the smoker and he and his dad put the ham on to smoke. Then L. and his mother ran errands with his Grandmother. I don't remember much more then that about Saturday. I think I was still trying to recover from my walk.
Sunday morning the entire family came and the boys made a birthday breakfast for me. It was a Great, Good, Fantastic and Tasty breakfast. My Son In-Law K. made a great sausage gravy with some wonderfully seasoned sausage he picked up at his favorite butcher store. Son C. made the buttermilk biscuits for the gravy. Son J. made a fantastic fruit salad using melons son K. got at the farmers market he is at on Saturdays. Niece A. made a great tomato, basil, mozzarella cheese salad using some of son K.’s home grown tomatoes and basil. J. set the tables while son K. scrambled duck and chicken eggs. I think this was the first time I've had duck eggs and I couldn't taste any difference. I thought there might be a difference but if there is I couldn't find it.
Then right after breakfast the ladies went into the city to go on a Chocolate tasting tour. The boys stayed home and cleaned up the kitchen and dining room. Everyone headed home between 1:30 and 2:00 PM. My Niece A. who stayed with us for 6 weeks this summer giving the lunch ladies a vacation from having to come mid day to help me also headed home. She rode to Wisconsin with son K. and her father drove down from their home in Wisconsin to pick her up. I really enjoyed the time my niece and I spent together this summer.