Since they love cold rain AND Halloween so much, Monday's trick-or-treating was a rare treat. Here they are enjoying the great outdoors in our new pop-up tent that can be set up by two men in two minutes provided the two men are not me and my Dad.
In our defense, it took 30 minutes before we realized this was an 8-by-10-foot version (every other one I have bought was square) and there WAS a wrong way to put the top on...
Tuesday they toured Mill Creek Park with Mary and we all met up for a night on the town when I got off of work. Here we all are enjoying drinks at The Quench bar.
Santa made a surprise appearance Tuesday night and Mom and Dad were gifted with a family portrait by the talented Tom Wills, a co-worker at The Vindicator. Tom does amazing work and he can be found here: Tom Wills Productions
The star of the visit was Pal Joey. Of course, Sammy is always cute with company but this was the first time since Joey arrived that we have had guests and Joey cuddled up to the parents. Here he is with Dad:
And, of course, with Mom, who I believe adopted Joey as a new grandson:
Of course they had to contend with the ongoing construction project: Workers arriving and/or not arriving or showing up during dinner... My Dad was a great help as we picked out the appliances and he kept watch over the workers. My Mom tried to reassure me that this project will indeed someday be over. I will share some updated pictures of the house later this week.
It was great as always to see them! We had a terrific time!
More later,
Mark
