Dinner at Perkins....yep, that's right!

In an attempt to get back to some normalcy--and some photo updates--on my blog, I'm just going to jump into where we were and what we were doing tonight.  Today, we headed over to see Jeff's mom, and as we often do, we went to...........Perkins for dinner!  Now, it's a funny thing about Perkins.  We used to roll our eyes every time Grandma mentioned it as a possible eatery, but the reality is that it's close by, it's comfortable for Gma, and it has pancakes!!!  What's the problem??!  The kids love it, and they usually have a nice little spot for our growing family.  Good to see everyone tonight...next time we sit around this table, there should be one more member of the happy little fleet!

 (from right): Rex with Aunt Mary, Beth with Cousin Molly, Molly's friend, Kim

 Neil with Grandma...and the Animals book

Jeff with his brother, Kevin

Kevin and Mary are crossing the Atlantic on the same night that Jeff is, so all three siblings will be in Europe at the same time!  Jeff will be in Turkey, and Kevin/Mary and Jill/Peter will be vacationing in Italy.  The hope is that Rex and I will then meet Jeff in Turkey and fly on to India.  Cousin Susie will be coming to stay with Grandma while her family is off traveling the globe...I hope she can keep her distracted enough so that she doesn't worry too much about us all!