UPDATE: Alastair just looks so serious and even unhappy in the photos from this wonderful day. So I have decided to include this picture. I managed to capture one of his happiest moments in this blurry photo. While we were getting dinner on the table, he discovered that the easily opened old oak wash stand in the kitchen housed a box of garbage bags with unlimited fun potential.
He was allowed to enjoy himself but was never left unsupervised with the potentially dangerous bags. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What a lovely, joyous celebration we had today! We are so grateful that both of our children and their families live near enough that we can be together for holidays and often just to be together.
When Ryan’s family arrived, Robert was perfectly happy to swap out his huge shirt for this one, version 2, which is more fitted than version 1 but still too large.   Continue reading