Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!

On Monday, we planned to get together with Warren and Joslyn for a late lunch at their house.  Joslyn's mother was going to join us and we were looking forward to meeting her.

We arrived at their house around 12:30 and took things we had brought for our lunch together straight to their kitchen.  We came out of the kitchen, we had a big surprise!  Terry and Gloria who we meet up with in San Antonio in the winter had drove in the night before!  We were so surprised!

We couldn't believe it!  Terry had just texted Chuck earlier that morning saying he wished they could be here with all of us.  Those sneaky Farnstroms!  :)

The Burlesons were pretty sneaky too!

Joslyn's mother, Miss Pauline, arrived a short time later.  What a sweet and beautiful lady!

"Like mother, like daughter"  

We had such a wonderful afternoon talking and visiting with everyone.  And Warren's grilled chicken and Joslyn's mashed potato salad were DELICIOUS!

On Tuesday, all the guys went to play golf while all the girls including Miss Pauline went to a crocheting group that Joslyn and Miss Pauline go to every Tuesday.  I'm just learning, but Miss Pauline, Joslyn and Gloria are extremely talented and have showed me some of their projects.

The Crafty Crocheters!

At the crocheting group, I saw even more beautiful projects being worked on by such talented ladies. After crocheting, the four of us went to McAllister's for a delicious lunch and then Miss Pauline invited us to her house to see some of her other projects.  She had beautiful blankets and afghans she had crocheted and then she showed us all of these intricate doilies and table scarves she had made years ago.  They were so beautiful.  And then, she surprised us, and told Gloria and me to pick one for ourselves!   We were so surprised and so grateful to receive one of her beautiful doilies.  I found the perfect spot for mine:  on our "steering wheel" table in the motorhome.

Isn't it beautiful!

The third surprise came on Wednesday but this surprise we were a part of on the front end.  Warren and Joslyn had invited two other friends from San Antonio who also live in the Little Rock area to join them for dinner at the Bonefish Grill.  What Suzanne and Charlie didn't know was that Terry and Gloria and Chuck and Melissa were going to be there too!

We had a delicious dinner of Bang Bang Shrimp and lots and lots of laughs!  It was such a fun evening!

Terry and Gloria had to return home to Oklahoma on Thursday morning so we said our good-byes to them Wednesday night.  We can't wait to see you again for New Year's in San Antonio!  :)