My parents and Roger's brother Doug arrived on Saturday. Saturday morning Zofia was still not feeling well, so immediately upon picking my parents up at the airport, we dropped my dad off at the car rental place and headed to the emergency room. It wasn't really an emergency, but Zofia's regular doctor's office is not open on Saturday.
Three and a half hours later we left the hospital with three perscriptions and four tired girls! We went to dinner and then to Sam's Club to do all of the shopping for the party on Sunday. Thankfully the doctor said there was no need to cancel the party as long as Zof was not running a fever, which she wasn't.
The next day we all woke up to a torrential rainstorm. We had breakfast and headed to the church for Maggie's Christening. The ceremony was lovely and, of course, I cried. Maggie looked so adorable in the dress my parents got for her.
After church everyone headed back to the house to start preparing for the party. We were expecting about 60-70 people! The rain had cleared up in the early afternoon, but as 4 o'clock approached, so did enourmous black rain clouds. Thankfully, we had so much help from friends and family. Cousin Julia Soccerball arrived to help around 2pm, LaLa was here and our friends Bob and Hyacinth, who had generously offered to help with the barbeque. Yes, I did say barbeque...in the rain! Our fearless crusaders Bob and Doug stood out under umbrellas and cooked up the most delicious burgers, sausages and hotdogs imagineable. Obviously, there was no swimming, but we all had a great time anyhow. Zofia really enjoyed her "Happy Birthday Party" and is still talking about it!
The next evening Doug grilled out again and we had some more friends over for an impromptu dinner on the deck. Yummy steak and fish and rice and peas and plenty of wine! We had so much fun!
Tuesday turned into home improvement day as Doug and Roger cleaned out the garage and my dad installed a closet organizer in Zofia's room. Tuesday evening we were supposed to meet Julia Soccerball in Gruene for dinner. We took two cars and my mom, Maggie, Zofia and I arrived around 6:30 just in time for more torrential rain. Unfortunately, the boys got lost in the rain and didn't get there until after 7pm. They helped me get the girls out of the car and into the restaurant, but we all got soaked to the skin in the process. We still managed to have a great time at dinner, and by the time we left the rain had abated considerably.
Sadly, Wednesday morning arrived to soon and everyone had to leave. It was a wonderful weekend and one I think we will all remember.
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