It is quiet after having all the wonderful people here this weekend. This morning Ashley made pancakes with a mix supplied by her mother on a griddle that she brought and they were good. Kathy prepared a great lunch today for us and Lou's sister, Sue, who spent the night at the Halsell house where she is working on her bookkeeping while one of Ike's daughters spent the weekend taking care of him. Before she left Kathy vacuumed, mopped, did the laundry and prepared food for us. She made an excellent pot of sirloin steak soup that is stored in containers for next week. Last night Kathy reminded us that we used to eat our supper on the front porch and watch the wildlife. The bees were working the peach blossoms, but the swallows haven't returned yet. They are due today, but were a few days late last year also.

Ashley and Ross Pagenkopf, her fiance, really helped me with chores yesterday. They took my firewood holder back to storage, cut broken and dead limbs from our peach trees and hauled the brush to the brushpile. They also fixed the container holding the goldfish food because Kathy and I saw 6 large goldfish for the first time in months in the pond after our walk. They hide under the big rock and Ash and Ross didn't get to see them. Today Ross crawled under the dining table to tighten the wing nuts to correct what Lou percieved to be a shaky table. If I had tried to get up and down doing that I would still be trying to get up. He did it like a jumping jack. Ash and Ross went to church with me this morning and I appreciated that.