Guess Who Is Coming to Dinner . . . the Marines

Our grandson, TJ and his girlfriend, Juli, are home on leave from Marine base in Okinawa.  

TJ, Juli and my daughter, Stacy and other grandsons, Hunter & Jacob will arrive at our house just before six.

Our menu is Mexican with an American twist since the younger kids prefer just meat & cheese while the elders like all the toppings & a bit more spice.  Per Juli & kids dessert is brownies with frosting & nuts on half the pan.

TJ and Juli have thirty days leave but several days are spent traveling to & from Okinawa.  While home relaxing they are invited to see all the relatives and friends.  They did have time to see hockey game in Buffalo & icy Niagara Falls.  Next weekend TJ & Juli will visit her friends in NYC.

Also on the agenda tonight will be military talk about the Marines and Navy.  TJ has always enjoyed talking to Dave about his navy career. Well, Dave enjoys any opportunity to talk about the military, too.

It gives me great pleasure to watch kids grow up, mature and find their way in life.  It is also interesting to see how the two younger boys idolize their older brother.

 If everyone sits still long enough I will take a photo to post here tomorrow.

TJ from his Facebook page.

Oops, we were so busy talking, eating, hugging that we totally forgot pictures.