Tucker's First Birthday

Grandson Tucker was one year old this past Saturday, so Mom and I drove to Easley to be a part of the festivities. Step-grandchildren Chelsey and Austin also had birthday gifts since she just turned ten, and he will be five next week. Tucker got to play in his smaller cake, so you can imagine the mess! All three of the kids received nice presents. The older ones got roller blades, for example. Tim, Tucker, Chelsey, Austin and Sally (Shannon's mom) all wore orange as Clemson had a game. I told them that my digital camera gave an error message saying there was too much orange in the pictures!

Mom has a first cousin, Kathleen Richardson Streetman, who lives in Simpsonville, so we made a five-minute detour to visit "Kitty" and spent the better part of an hour on her pleasant back porch. Mom and Kathleen were delighted to get to see each other. We laughed a lot and made several trips down memory lane.

Chelsey and Austin had ridden with me from Turner's Store to Winnsboro Friday evening where we met Tim. On Sunday they rode back to Pee Dee with me to meet their mom. Chauffering a ten year old and an almost five year old is not something I do often enough to know how to best do it. Austin had a grape drink on the return trip that, thank goodness, he managed not to spill in my truck.

It was another busy weekend. At least 400 miles on the road, plus some grass mowing in Winnsboro, plus pulling the new 16 foot farm trailer to Winnsboro Friday evening from Marion. Did attend First UMC in Winnsboro Sunday. Now need a rest from the full weekend!