No. In the words of Inigo Montoya, "Let me sum up".
Soon after the last post, Karen and I spent 2 nights in Park City, thanks to the generosity of a good friend from church. We had a delightful time away, filled with good food, beautiful mountain scenery, a wonderfully comfy hotel, and no children. Extremely refreshing.
Then came both Karen's birthday and Mother's Day (actually her birthday was before we left, but we celebrated before and during the PC trip). For Mom's Day we all decided to give her a spa package. Not at some frou-frou boutique with staff named after constellations or Gaelic legends; we treated her to the Smith Fam Day Spa.
First the warming facial mask, including the obligatory cucumbers. (I don't think they actually do anything, except smell fresh and look like a spa ad).
Much massaging of feet and hands. (Even Brooke, our summer college live-in got in on the action)
A pedicure and manicure. (Are there any other men out there who'll join their daughters in actually applying paint to nails? I scored big points with that move.)
Before we finished, Emily had to try out the facial and cucumber action. (We took a bite out of each one so they fit in her smaller eye indentations)
The afternoon ended with a back massage (not pictured) and then a soothing nap for the honored mom.The next week, I spent in St. Louis while my step-dad David was in the hospital having cancer surgery. All went as well as it could. It was a roller coaster ride, and we came close to losing him for a bit, but after a second surgery, he bounced back and he's now at home continuing to recover.
The following Sunday was Anya's birthday, number 15!! We actually celebrated on the previous Monday before I left town. Her gift was a cell phone, which she is now loving, and we're loving it as well. But we did have a cake and candle on her day.
Anya also finished her school year with two more sewing projects. One, a frayed quilt, the other a small duffle bag.
As with her messenger bag, we were so impressed with her skills given she never stitched a thing before this semester. She's also put together a few headbands out of scraps for her sisters, and used some other left-over materials in class to make some projects for her sisters' birthdays, but I can't say what as those birthdays haven't arrived, and if I were to blab, Anya might just take a needle and sew my mouth permanently shut. Or maybe stitch my fingers together so I can't type. In any case, she wouldn't be happy with me.That's the "sum up". Obviously short on lots of details, but...you're probably grateful for that anyway.
By the way, Shelby is still sporting her cone. Coney is her affectionate (ridiculing? sarcastic?) nickname for now. But the end is in sight. Her sores are almost healed!
I'm not sure what I'm going to do when she's no longer a cone head and I have no obvious avenue for humiliation.
But I'm sure something will come to me.
2 comments:
Rich, you and the girls should open a spa! It sure looked impressive to me!
Whew - that was a lot of catching up to do in one blog post! We missed our Smithereens updates over the past few weeks. Mother's Day looked *fabulous* and Anya's new creations are likewise faboo
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