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Yesterday morning I met Helen and Jim at Starbucks as usual for Saturday. In the afternoon I picked Beech and Annie up and took them to Larry and Judi's house to play with their grandchildren, Brad and Tannis, who are a boy and a girl 6 and 4 years old. They live in Fresno, but are staying with their grandparents for a couple of weeks while their mom and dad get away for a vacation without kids. They all had a great time playing, especially riding on the zip line that Larry has strung across his back yard. Vanessa and Julian stopped by about 4:30 PM to take them home. I then went home and changed clothes to go to Ariagnos house for appetizers with the Willettes and Morrills and Larry's sister Rita. (Laurene and George have been visiting their daughter and her family (including their 16-month old grandson), for the past week or so. They will be flying back home to France on Wednesday.) There three of Ariagnos grandchildren joined Brad and Tannis in the pool, with Ron in there with them as the adult presence. Annie and Beech were invited to this swim party too, but I figured they were not up to staying up that late after their usual bedtime. Also, I did not feel up to watching them there. Besides, after their afternoon playdate, they were pretty well worn out. After a couple of hours at the Ariagnos we all returned to the Morrills house for the main course and dessert part of our meal.

It was near midnight when I got back home, so I did not watch a DVD. As usual when I eat so much food so late in the evening, I had indigestion all night. However, it was such a fun day that it was worth it.