Magical Southern Day

Thursday was one of the rare perfectly southern days. Our friends (Susan, Win, Lem and Gwen...you remember them) from Italy were visiting a historic family home only an hour away from us. The kids are all about the same age and they played together pretty well. No crying, and just a couple instances of not sharing. I was so happy to see Susan for the first time in two years. We fell back into conversation as if we had just seen each other last week. That's a good sign of a good friendship.

The house...oh man...the house. So Susan's in-laws are 3 months into restoring a 110+ year old family house. A big house. We had a great time taking the house tour and exploring the property. I am very excited for the Anderson family. The home will be a family vacation home that is large enough for the entire family to visit. I hope that Lem, Gwen and their cousins will have wonderful times growing up together with this charmed home in their lives.

Other moments of the day...Vivian stuck her hand into an ant pile. Thank Lord it was only little black ants and not fire ants. Her hand still swelled up pretty well.

The piano tuner stopped by. He played on the old old grand piano while we sat on the porch and listened while kids played. In true Southern fashion, the piano man introduced himself to everyone, and said good bye to each of us--even the kids.

So thanks to the Anderson's for letting us visit. I cannot wait until they come back to town so we can have another adventure.