A visitor among us!

This week we had, for the first time since I've lived here, a visitor from Canada who came - not to attend a wedding - just to hang out! It seems that we girls had developed a regular habit of throwing weddings. Now that maddness is over and Cousin Jon, with a break in the cousin wedding schedule, braved the desert in July and headed down to spend a week with us! We've enjoyed it! There has been much playing of video games, a little poker, sleeping in and lounging about, as well as some great conversations, catching up, and consumption of such fine-dining delicasies as tamales and kabobs!

Here are we are:

Out for dinner: Jon, Nate, Jo, Bon, Amy, Beck

Before the kabob carnage: Dinner at Jo & Nate's

Lance and Jon enjoy a deep discussion about retro video games

The rest of us smile and nod

Jo and Phoebe demonstrate the power of treats

Their happy poker faces before my begginer's luck kicked in

Then, tonight, I dragged everyone out to the dust, weeds, and mosquitoes of our acreage and future homesite - a little off the beaten path, but the tamales and Coronas were tasty! It was nice to watch the day fade away and imagine what it will look like from our backporch! It can't happen soon enough!

Our very informal picnic-in-the-pasture

Tomorrow some of the crew heads up for some camping/hiking in beautiful Stanley, then Jon heads out for the next stop on his roundabout road trip. We've loved visiting with him and wish him safe travels and happy trails! But now we are spoiled and will want to have company more often!