We had a wonderful Easter service and a great Children's Puppet show on the meaning of Easter on Saturday afternoon. The church is working great with The Wilders as pastor and wife.
I wore an Easter Hat, but no one else did. But at 88, I guess I can pretty much do what I feel like doing.
Beth and Charlie are in Latvia, so we were alone. Tom and I went to an Easter Buffet at Lafluers and it was delicious, we both ate too much, but his numbers were okay this morning, so so bad effects yet.
Beth drove us in the car to Philadelphia to hear Sara defend her Doctoral Thesis. She had friends and family come from New York, Washington, Maine, Arizona and Tennessee. All of her siblings, cousins and family were present. The little cousins were quiet as mice
On the drive there, we stopped a few times, but needed more stops, which we did on the return trip on Saturday. Bob and Charlene met us for supper in the Hyatt Hotel, where we stayed, for supper and then a nice rest for the next days events. We again met Bob and Charlene for Breakfast before going to Penn Hall. Ethan and other family members met us at the street parking where Ethan got the wheelchair out of the car and all all set up for Tom. Tom did manage to walk into the hallrt, but needed to be wheeled to the reception and back to the car after.
Sara gave a fantastic presentation, after which came questions from her faculty in Holland by Zoom and her faculty at Penn. We all vacated the hall to leave the faculty in charge. Then we met for a nice reception where she was introduced for the first time as Dr. Sara Ray.
We all enjoyed visiting with Sara's friends and our family as we munched goodies and played games with Hazel and the twins. Sadie was sleepy and stayed close to Mom and Dad.
After a long time visiting, Beth returned us to the hotel to be picked up later for Sara's party at the cemetary. It was cold and windy so Sara had been given use of the estate house on the grounds as she works there in the grave gardens and orchard. The estate house is a very beautiful old home which was given by the deceased owner many years ago and the city built the cemetary around the grounds.
After all the festivities, Beth returned us to the hotel to rest for our long trip home for Saturday. She was an excellent driver, but we all are tired today.
