Mark and Jiajia have been married for a year and a half, but thanks to Covid, they did not have a ceremony or a reception. They corrected that this weekend. The Reeds came up Friday. Kathryn and her friend Cicada arrived a couple of hours before the ceremony started. Having company gives Danita an excuse to do some cooking. Among her creations was a sausage bread that came out particularly good. The Reeds, Kathryn, and Cicada stayed at our house while we stayed at the hotel. You can see a few pics if you visit the web site. Poor Mira was completely overwhelmed. She demanded that only Mark or Jiajia could hold her, no matter what. So Mark held her during the ceremony. Either Mark or Jiajia held her the entire weekend, with only a few short exceptions. The ceremony and reception were flawless.

This morning, Danita and I hosted a breakfast at the hotel. We were very pleased with the quality and quantity of food. The service was impeccable.

Dani and Gayle couldn’t make the ceremony, but they met us at Mom’s place just a half hour before we arrived. They plan to spend a few days with Mom. Their major objective is to take Mom clothes shopping, but I’m sure they will end up doing many other things to help Mom get settled.

When we got back to our house, we faced a crisis of unimaginable proportions. The hamburger food truck we planned on using for dinner with our neighbors was cancelled. We decided to do a two-family “self-drive food truck”. Jeff and I will get the burgers, and we’ll eat them at their house. That was the easy part. We’ll see how much futzing around is required to decide where to get the burgers.

I hope this finds everybody doing well.