Memoir Notes

14 October 2006

Walter Gunter and Family and a Day with the Kids

Jason and Melinda are back at home and settling in. Jason is finally opening his eyes a little to look around. I'm trying to keep the kids away from Melinda in the morning.

Walter Gunter and his family - Amber, Winifred, and Walter III (Trey) - came to visit yesterday. It was so nice to see them again and catch up. He's one of those friends that you lose track of but always consider a good friend anyway. He's in the Air Force now but is going to get out in June and plans to go back to school for Mechanical Engineering.

We talked about doing business together and I'm looking forward to working that out. I should get with Daniel Powell to discuss.

Yesterday afternoon and evening I went out with Emily, Bradley, and Sarah. We went to the Charleston County Friends of the Library Bookfest and got a few kids books. I wish I'd gotten more, but it's hard to really check out the books and keep a good eye on the kids.

Then we went to the main library, hung out in the children's section then checked out the South Carolina History room.

Then we got ice cream at Carvel. While putting a bib on Emily (she requested it because I told them we weren't going to go to Barnes and Noble next if they get ice cream on their shirts), I knocked her cone over onto her shirt and onto the floor. We rushed to the bathroom to rinse it off, though, so her shirt was clean. And they gave us another cone, so all was well.

Then we went to Barnes and Noble, listened to music, played with the train, and read a few books. I got a couple workbooks for learning time, as well. Normally we try to stay away from workbooks, but since Melinda's focus will be on Jason for the next little while, we'll be using them.

Sister Goltra brought by dinner last night. Jayne Thomas brought it by the night before.

10/14/2006