Casper followed me home when I left the CGC to find a 9×13 pan for the blueberry bars tomorrow. He’s been super excited to have extra people around. The nieces and nephews have taken turns holding him and giving him extra love and attention. My sister was telling me tonight about the critters she has in her house and how she has to order crickets and worms on a regular basis to keep them fed.

My thoughts are kind of all over the place. I love these family times together. It’s weird because my sisters and I can talk daily on texts but then at these things it’s like we’re not able to have that same kind of regular contact with each other. We’ve got responsibilities and there are so many others to also talk to. I wonder sometimes if we’d be friends in normal life if it weren’t for the fact that we were sisters.

This afternoon Ethan went to see Elijah for a few hours. Certain friends you rarely say no to. When he came back the kids were playing outside games with glowsticks. Several adults were talking at the firepit. Some of us were inside by the fireplace. Josh came in later and offered me a sip of his whiskey. I took a small one. I told the kids goodnight before heading to bed. They didn’t ask to stay up longer.