November 5, 2017. Madison, Texas. Pleasure.

I hope the girls enjoy our brunches as much as we do.  I always suspect that they are humoring us and are just being polite.   Ken and I enjoy seeing the girls and Christina every Sunday and they in turn seem to enjoy going to fancy restaurants and eating good food.  And we have a good time too.

Today we had brunch at Anjou, the french restaurant in the Renaissance.  Excellent service and good food along with white linen table cloths are generally a hit.  Today was the first brunch since we have arrived so we all felt festive.  As Mary Frances was not in the vote to select Anjou, we have asked her to select next weeks brunch.  Her ideas are generally excellent so I will be interested with her selection.

Today, Kate reported on her practical nursing education.  Last week she learned and practiced inserting catheters.  But only on rubber dummies.  Still, she told us that the attempt ended with water spewing everywhere.   She was grateful it was not on a real person.  Next week she will spend 3 day at Baptist Hospital.  They tell her that she will actually be doing things on real people.  She is excited, and nervous.  So far she has given shots to an orange and withdrawn fake insulin from a bottle.  She reported a bent needle which is not good.

Mary Frances is feeling good about University next year.  Her application to Princeton has been submitted.  They will respond on December 15.  She has been accepted into the scholars program at Mississippi State.  The first acceptance is the best because a student can relax and then make real choices.  If MF does not get into Princeton. she will apply to other schools but at the moment, she will sit tight and try to pay no attention to University.

Molly is taking gymnastics.  She loves it and can actually do a cartwheel.  The young man who teaches the class is enthusiastic and encouraging and makes everything lots of fun.  And she will play basketball this winter at school.  Molly likes to be active.

Today was the first of our weekly family brunches.  The tradition is a good one to all, but perhaps most to the oldsters.  We enjoy them the most.  They bring us great pleasure.