Although we’ve been back in our house since Thanksgiving week, and we’ve had a few god-daughters etc. stop by after church and so forth, we have not really had any “serious company” – the kind you decide to CLEAN for – until today.\u00a0 Thus it was with great hustling and bustling, hurrying and scurrying, that we made final preparations this morning for the 1pm arrival of “a few” of the Jezek crew, whom I had invited to come over and observe a bread baking demonstration.\u00a0 I say “a few” because, of her family of 10 children, Laura only brought four along today – the two older daughters, Grace and Faith, Peter (around Jacob’s age, and rivaling him in mastery of Star Wars minutiae), and Timothy, the adorable 9-mo. old Gerber Poster Boy.\u00a0 Out of an abundance of caution about overwhelming us, she suggested we should “build up to” the whole family — lol!\u00a0 With kids as well behaved as hers, I told Paul we could handle 20!!<\/p>\n
I had to run pick up just a couple of items for the bread, and timed it so as to bring back a quickie lunch for us before their arrival.\u00a0 I dropped Megan off across the parking lot at the Del Taco so we could save time, and had her pick up the lunch while I ran into the Wal-mart.\u00a0 Unfortunately, when I reached the van, I discovered that I had failed to place the canola oil on the checkout belt, and thus had walked out without paying for it.\u00a0 I was already in a rush, and I knew that Megan would be waiting for me outside Del Taco, so I jumped in, raced over and picked her up, and then drove around and dropped her off at the Wal-mart door with the receipt, $5, the jug of oil, and instructions to run in to customer service, explain, and pay so we could get home.\u00a0 (I sent her in because she is much faster on her feet than I am.)<\/p>\n
I then proceeded to drive around in circles for around 10 minutes, then finally found a parking spot near the entrance where I could BOLO.\u00a0 Still another 5-10 minutes before she finally came out, having paid (and been thanked profusely for her honesty), and relieved to be done with the Friday-at-Wal-mart lines.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, quesadillas are quick and easy to eat, and we were finished just in time to send Laurent to pick up Malinda and Efrain, and then welcome our guests.<\/p>\n
We had an absolutely marvelous afternoon, chatting about homeschooling<\/a>, families, and our histories; mixing and baking; playing with babies, and of course eating some hot-from-the-oven bread with butter (one simply must).<\/p>\n (hover over the upper right hand corner i<\/em><\/strong> to see captions)<\/p>\n