June 20, 2015. Canyon Lake, Texas. A Busy Day.

Suzanne won at cards. The girls say that she always wins at cards. After dinner, the four girls and Suzanne played at the dining table and had a wonderful, noisy game of some thing or another. The chortles and shrieks emanating from that side of the room filled us all with glee and interrupted our conversation. But we just smiled. In the late afternoon, we sat and talked, with all four girls and Suzanne sitting on one couch. It wasn't long before the braiding started. All four girls have long thick hair so we saw french braids and corn pone braids along with all the other braids in fashion at the moment. This is not something that occurred in our own home, as we had no girls. But here we all were, chatting with Sarah about her experience at camp, while the girls and Suzanne showed off their expertise with braids. It was amazing to me and I enjoyed it. For the past several years we have been ignoring the lake house so now it is time to have repairs done by a contractor. This morning, Robert came to bid on the job. As we are all project people, we four are delighted to be making progress. We have three areas to be repaired: the deck, the leaking in the old chimney and the leaking in the back windows. None are insignificant which is why we have put off the repairs until now. Trying to find a contractor to work at Canyon Lake has not been easy so we were pleased to meet Robert. We hope he will take on the task. He will meet with Suzanne on Monday morning. Our day at the lake with the family was a delight and busy in a lazy kind of way. And tonight we celebrated Father's Day at our delicious fajita dinner, where we gave thanks for the cooks and the fathers at the table. We were all grateful.