Saturday was a busy day, even though Pat and Stephanie had done a lot of pre-party work!

Friday had seen the little wild man truck driver encounter a problem, so it was an all day sucker getting him home and putting a plan together to deliver his load. Thankfully, the vendor worked with us. I originally had made a plan to take a truck driver with us to Roscoe and then to let him return to Abilene with another truck to pick up the load left at the shop. However, I remembered we still had a truck at the shop in Abilene that had been repaired a while back. So, it made much more sense to let him put the repaired truck under the load and take it to Roscoe and then get the proper truck ready and under the load. All I was going to be required to do was help get a headache rack up on the truck we were sending to Houston.

Krl and I arrived at party central just after 10 Saturday morning. There was already a bustle of activity. Memama was already dressed for the party, but Pepa was still in bed. Gradually, the population of Memama's house began to grow. Rian, Erica and the three boys arrived about 10:30 in the bus (read RV) with the barbecue pit in tow. We began setting up immediately and got the fire started so it could burn down to coals.

It was fun. I had not seen Coach since July at the Lake. That would go for all of his family except for Kelsi. Colby and his family arrived shortly.

Almost immediately, the place came alive with kiddos playing.

Drew wanted to go riding on the big tractor so he and his Dandy took about a ten minute ride. He got to drive. It is really amazing, but with him there is no argument when the fun is over. He is just ready to go to the next thing. In his case that would be sitting in Chris and Jake's fishing boat.

By 1:30, Rian had all the cooking done. For a while it was touch and go if we could get it on and off the grill before someone stole it. I would say seventy-five percent of the attendees started eating early!

I have not looked at the register, but I would guess that we scared the dickens out of 70 for the meal and you could probably add another twenty to thirty stopping in to visit and have cake and punch.

Of course we had to take pictures of the "newly weds" with their siblings. Pepa had three sisters there, while Memama had two sisters and her brother there. Of course us kids had to get our picture made as well.

Pepa was in his usual mean old bustard form.

Finally, Krl and I decided to head for Abilene. It was probably close to six o'clock. We were nestled snugly in our little home, contemplating going to bed early when Rian called and said they had summoned an ambulance to transport Pepa to the local ER.

The Er admitted him for congestive heart failure and a urinary tract issue. They are going to try to drain a lot of the fluid off of him. It seems this is about an annual ordeal.

I think I am going to see if they can change his filter too!

Any how, Pepa had to upstage the whole program. No surprise.

The report today is that he looks much better, although he is complaining of back pain.

I am hopeful they will keep him until they wear him out.

Today I ran to Abilene Regional to check on Uncle Donal Wayne and his family. I got to see all the boys and their spouses along with Aunt Meretha. She even let me go back to the ICU with her to check on Donal Wayne.

I am optimistic that his situation has improved greatly. I think they are keeping him sedated so he won't fight the tubes.

I am beginning to put my Monday together. I think first on my agenda will be to find where my Friday paycheck ended up. Once again, I made a dry run to pick it up. It doesn't matter how or where I go, I just can't out guess K.O.'s office. I will admit it is getting a little old.

Hope you had a good weekend! Have a day!

FATHER, thank YOU for a good day Saturday. Thank YOU or better reports for Uncle Donal Wayne. Please bless this day!