June 26, 2007

• Empty House

  My brother in law and niece left around noon today and the house seems eerily silent!  And that's WITH my 2 older girls and husband at home! 

  Today, they arrived at the OKC airport to find out our rainy weather had delayed their departing flight from leaving on time.  That caused them to miss their connection in Denver.  In Denver they were quickly shuffled to a flight going to Portland, OR - not exactly Tacoma/Seattle, WA!  I think they have to wait an hour in Oregon and THEN fly on up to Washington.  Instead of their arriving home at 4:30pm, it will be closer to 8pm.  I imagine their own beds will feel so very good tonight!

  James and Aolani stayed an extra week due to him becoming ill the night he arrived at our house.  Their 3 1/2 day stay turned into 10 1/2 days and it was a great visit.  The extra time made us feel more relaxed about showing him how the city has grown and changed since he moved away 18 years ago.  We shopped some.  We took him to downtown Oklahoma City.  They have a mini-San Antonio River Walk with canal boat rides which is an old warehouse district that has been renovated.  We took him to visit his mother twice (Jesse isn't on friendly terms with her, nor am I) and he got to meet and visit with some of Jesse's friends on several occasions.  We finished up shopping for gifts for his family back home . . . AND . . . we definitely ate at all of his favorite places!!!

  Having them an extra week wasn't a bit of trouble for me as far as being a hostess, despite the fact we were homebound so much because of the torrential rains that came almost daily.  They were very easy guests and I enjoyed getting to know them better, as did our 3 girls.  I will say, without question, James and Aolani are used to eating out a lot more than we do.  We joked with him about the fact we had eaten out more in these past 10 days than the entire past year!   At this point, I don't care if I ever eat Mexican food again!  What we didn't finish at Mexican restaurants left us eating leftovers the next day at home . . . before leaving for another restaurant!  James said the Mexican food wasn't as good in Washington and those few local speciality drive-in restaurants we have here are places he really craves.

  Today after they left and Jesse had returned home from the airport, we had heated up (even more!!!) Mexican leftovers for lunch.  I called the girls, "Time to eat!" and Annamarie ran to her bedroom.  I hollered, "Where are you going?" and she replied, "I'm getting my shoes."  Puzzled I hollered again, "Why?" and she said, "Cause it's time to eat.  Where are we going?"  Jesse and I had a good laugh over that!

  All in all we had a very good visit, got to know each other much better, and James was the sweetest guy when he hugged me while saying good bye and told me how very glad he was to have finally spent time with me and to get to know me.  Jesse and I have been married almost 10 years!

  I'm sure Aolani will like being back home, too, but will miss having 3 girls to play with IN her home!  She goes to school, but it's not the same as living with people your age!  It all has it's pros and cons.  Having to share things - not so great!  Built in playmates 24/7 - priceless!

   

   

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