Saturday dawned early - babies have a habit of making things early. I went in to see Sara and he was snuggling with his mother - and quite comfortable at that.
Bill went to the YMCA to do his exercise routine and while he was gone, Sara and I sat down for some serious family story and picture time. We need to do everything we can to keep the family stories alive and passed along. I wish I had been told more family stories than I was told.
At 10am we were all at the Prescott Public Library where we watched a performance of the Nutcracker by the girls who study at the YMCA school of Ballet. August sat up and took note of all that was happening. For a five month old baby, he was quite interested in the music - at times moving in time with the beat and the movement of the dancers held his gaze. Bill and I had seen the performance at the Mall a week or so ago but a lady sitting behind us wanted me to take pictures of her grand daughter for her because we were in the front row - so I did and I missed a lot of the dance but got some great pictures for the lady. This performance at the library was just for me to see and enjoy - no photography for other people.
After the performance, we wandered around the library - Sara was very interested in the library set up because that is what she does for a living. While there Bill and I renewed our library cards - everything is so high tech these days - they even have a pin for access to their system.
Sara wanted to go to the library in Prescott Valley - it is the newest public library here in the area. So we went there for an hour or two and then it was past lunch time. We stopped at Golden Corral - a.k.a. Glutton's Garage - a smorgasbord of food selections and local hang out.
At last we were at home and the baby was able to rest a while. We really ran his legs off this visit and he was not on any kind of a schedule.
At 6pm we were at the Church Christmas Social and we ate there. By 7.30 we were at downtown Prescott trying to find the Safeway Christmas Dinner. They were supposed to be eating at the Prescott Brewery Restaurant but when we got there they were nowhere to be found. Just as we were leaving to return home, one of the hostesses from the Brewery came out to find us. She was Really glad that she found us and she proceeded to tell us that the Safeway crowd had been at PBR but there was not enough room for them all, so they left for Rosa's which is an Italian Pizzeria and Pub a few blocks away. We walked down there in the cold but found the group, were welcomed warmly and found that they had already ordered food. We had already eaten anyway but the wait staff offered appetizers. I asked for the Shrimp plate and they were the most tasty things I have ever eaten. Found out that the Pharmacy Boss is named John Cyr and that he is part of the Madawaska, Maine, Cyr clan. We had a church member in Augusta, Maine, named Cyr from Madawaska. I guess it is really a very small world after all.
We got home around 9.30pm and we all collapsed into bed.
On Sunday morning, we got up, ate breakfast and then off to church. We had to leave right after the Sacrament meeting so that we could feed Sara her lunch, get the baby situated and then off to the bus to send them back to Nebraska. This was a very sad parting to be sure, but it was really wonderful that Sara and baby could be with us for even this short time.
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