Trading Time for Memories in Boyer world

We are those parents now... living for the times when family can be together. And this last week was a beaut'. Chelsea had 96 hours, no more, after finals. Lydia had a couple more days than that. Lynne's parents came up, and my Mom came down. Plus it was Grandpa's 84th birthday. The week would be full of energy, fun, and quirkiness, all the things that make time with the Boyer family great. Lydia showed up first on Friday, and Saturday morning we went strawberry picking in the mud to make some jam. The berries were not great so that we had to cut off the bad parts as we were picking. But in the end we had enough berries. We made low sugar jam using half sugar and half monk sugar.  Meme showed up on Tuesday just in time for a game of Qwirkle, and Lynne's parents showed up on Wednesday. That evening we headed directly for Chic Fila for armed forces night for loads of free chicken sandwiches. Thanks CFA! Chelsea showed up Thursday in time for she and Lydia to head to Missi...

Lynne and I had a great visit  to the USGA’s in West Chester University near Philadelphia for Chelsea's last meet of her first season starting April 12. Having just returned from Las Vegas on business the night before, Lynne and I drove up in spaceship while Tom worked and Lynne drove. After quick hamburgers downtown at a college burger joint, we headed to the field house.  A nice student found us wandering the campus and took us to the field house. At 1400 the semi finals began. Chelsea received a 9.625 on bars . The team struggled, but would get second place out of three putting them into the finals the next day. After the meet we all went to PF Changs. The service with so many people was slow, but we did not mind since we were hanging out with Chelsea. Afterward we all went back to our hotels. We got to play Qwirkle with Chris and Brenda Wallace, Claire's parents. Unfortunately we were rude and beat them. On Saturday, we decided we would investigate Kennett Square the "...

 Chelsea and dad in Puerto Rico 2023 Day One Wednesday Chelsea accompanied me to blue water and snct.  We got a little behind on our schedule and were 45 min late for dinner at la copa llena. It was rainy so no sunset on the deck. But we still saw a nice sunset. At dinner we had Ricarda Ramos and his father. I think his father had a stroke. He spoke slowly but seemed to follow the conversation. They had a lot of beer and then drove. Yikes. It was a very nice time though.  We stayed at a great air bnb very near the water. It was actually a condo we had tried to buy. I was sad that deal had fallen through.  Day Two Thursday I visited Propper and Pentaq.  Chelsea was going surfing but the surf was too calm and we rescheduled the next day.  After work we walked to Lala Beach. It was a small beach with nice sand but no amenities.  Thursday night was a party in the town square. There were about thirty artisans seeking jewelry, paintings, art and rooster cans...