Us and Them

Yesterday we had a reception for Bob(my father in-law) and his new wife Mary. They were married in April and they wanted to get everyone together for a little meet and greet. Mary has three daughters, Bob has two daughters and Matt (my hubby). They are all around the same age, the older two being ten years older than the youngest, just like Matt and his sisters. Mary is absolutely wonderful, it is impossible not to like her. She is very down to earth and she loves my kids as if they were her own. This makes a mama very happy. She has a special fondness for Maverick and shared with me that she lost her son when he was two. She lost her husband to cancer several years ago, I thing maybe five? Bob lost Treva almost three years ago. They both have very much in common. Her daughters are great. Very easy to talk to and a lot of fun. I have always heard that these types of meetings can be really difficult, but everyone seemed to mesh together like we had known each other for years. Bob and Mary looked very happy, I am sure they were a little nervous about all of us meeting. Bittersweet would be the best way to describe it, Bittersweet.

I have a lot of back posting to do. We have been at the lake almost every weekend since the rain stopped. The kids start back to school next week so I will have a little more time to blog. I also have to figure out how to do the picture mosaics. Add it to the gigantic list of "to do's". I have managed to get absolutely nothing productive done this summer. Oh well there is always fall, right?