I took several digital pictures this afternoon as mom was opening her birthday presents. I really liked this picture which was taken as she was opening up her new iron. Dad saw the iron and said, “Good! Now I can have her old one!” That evoked quite an expression of surprise, and a pretty nice picture. Happy birthday, mother!

We’re busy packing up the apartment. We’ll get most of our stuff out of here tomorrow and finalize it on Tuesday. It’s time to get into our own house with all of our own stuff! Dawnmarie and Kirk will spend the next couple of nights here (with now adequate sleeping accommodations) before they head eastward. It’s been fun having the grandkids here for a few days and we’ll miss them when they go.