Four Generations

From left to right, and bottom to top...this is my dad Jim, my sister Terrie, her daughter Lindsey, and Lindsey's sons Caleb and Ryan.

Lindsey and her boys are up from Virginia. My sister is having a third surgery on her arm tomorrow, and Lindsey has come up for moral support.

We are "on call" tomorrow at the hospital...with a big time window. It will probably be another l-o-n-g day.

The last time we saw Lindsey, it was under much better circumstances. She was getting married on the ocean at Virginia Beach. The sun was setting, the wedding was casual, the waves were rolling in, my dad was performing the ceremony, and we had all rented seaside houses. Quite a setting...quite a time.

It's always good to see her and the boys. Hard to imagine the boys being so big after you've seen them as babies, toddlers, and teens.

We had a small family gathering today with Lisa's famous BBQ, and a patriotic blueberry and strawberry dessert. Here's hoping that the surgery goes well on the morrow.