Weekly update, part 1: birthday!

 

123 cards and counting!  

Neighbors, relatives, church friends, Rotarians, AAUWs, P.E.O.s, Alpha Gams, FB friends, and QUILTERS! 

more balloons arrived a half hour later

Stevens was surprised at the stacks of cards in the mail each day.  Not only did he appreciate the many personal notes but I did, too.  I am most grateful to all of you!  

Daughter Julie and her boyfriend Josh drove from New Hampshire for the big weekend.  (They're certainly used to winter weather but the lake effect snow around Cleveland was new.) They arrived Thursday evening in time for dinner.  (They stayed at a hotel in Zion.)

We went to Illinois Beach State Park on Friday (the last warm day before the cold front came in).  Lower left: that's pack ice covered in sand. 

We went out for dinner on Friday. Saturday afternoon we stayed in and and looked at family pictures.  

I had never seen this one before.  1942.  The hobby horse says "Cal's Colt." A FB friend said she had one growing up. A Google search turned up many photos and references.  (I'm sure it wouldn't pass child safety regulations nowadays.) 

Pizza for dinner with a carrot cake for dessert.

We enjoyed a performance of Over the River and Through the Woods at the Racine Theatre Guild.  It was fun!  

I got our concert selfie :) 

Julie and Josh stopped in Sunday morning before they set out for a couple of days in Chicago. They've got some other places to visit on the way back home.  

In sum it was a wonderful birthday weekend and again I am SO appreciative to ALL of you who helped make it so!