Had a very nice Easter. Our family went to mass and afterwards our pastor came up and spoke to us. He recognized the babies since he had baptized them. He also married DS2. The previous pastor, since retired, married DD1. DS2 is thinking about putting the kids in school there since the public schools are getting so crazy liberal. It is a good parochial school. Our kids went there until we moved to Shadow Hills.
The kids (adult children and teen grandchildren) played board games last night before and after dinner. The game in progress was placed on one of my sewing cutting boards and stowed on the freezer in the laundry room during dinner, then resumed afterwards. 13-year-old Daniel (DGS2) came in the office very excited to tell me how he had won against all the adults including his Uncle Rick. I remained with my eyes open and attentive as he described his strategy although I did not have the least idea what he was talking about. Every now and then I felt them start to glaze over but recovered quickly.
The prime rib was fantastic cooked on the Traeger. The potato casserole made by the 13-year-old DGS were delicious, and the root vegetables and brussels sprouts were all consumed. I returned the cheesecake to the freezer since DD1 had brought cherry and apple pies which we popped into the oven during dinner. She also brought a chocolate cream pie. Wine and sparkling cider were also consumed along with crescent rolls and salad. I did most of the dishes after dinner and finished with another and this am. So much easier to clean up without roasting the prime rib in the oven!
All the new sheep are doing well. We hit a little rain on the way home, and it rained all night on Friday, but the expected flood did not show up over Easter weekend. The purebred white ram's tail has fallen off. We need to vaccinate the twins and give the older ram lamb his last vaccination.
DH and DS1 are planning t load the trailer with the furniture and panels along with whatever else will fit in for the trip back to Texas. The eclipse glasses are already back there. DGS2 brought over his fishing pole and tackle asking us to take them to back to Texas so he can fish in the pond. He was thrilled when we told him we had stocked the pond. I didn't mention the "stockers" were tiny fishlings about 2" long. Let the boy have his dreams. LOL I think the bait is larger than the fish we dumped in last year.
I am excited to get the loveseats back to Texas and put on the slipcovers. We will have a few days of work to get the house ready for the family since the spare room has a giant cabinet and boxes in it taking up most of the floor. The king size mattress (left over from when we got our new mattress) is trapped behind everything up against a wall in the room. This doesn't concern me since we will eventually remove it to the dump, but DH promised the family that there was a large mattress for the children to sleep on.
Wait till the DGSs find out they have to move everything to put it down on the floor.
We do have lots of blankets and a couple sleeping bags in the trailer though so no problem since it is only for one night. We have promised (threatened?) to take the children to Sulphur Springs to use the public toilets. These are a tourist draw, being constructed of one-way mirrored glass. From the outside they look like mirrors but from the inside the user can see everything outside. It can make for a rather uncomfortable sojourn, particularly when one of your party comes up to the glass and assures they can see you, then laughs hysterically. Since our family has an odd sense of humor, we are looking forward to this.
We will be leaving on Thursday. Got a lot of laundry to do today. And maybe more packing.
And it will cost more for the PPO insurance. 
The Rivera hay cradle is about $500 so cheaper too.
