Mietzke's Holden Adventure

Dave’s folks are here right now and it is so good to be with them. The girls are beside themselves with joy. We had a nice evening playing games and looking at photos, and the girls spent time reading with the grandparents. I love to hear the stories of their adventures in Mexico and it is fun to have a few stories of our own. It is sunny but cold today and we are going to take the folks on a hike. This morning Dave and I got up at around 8:30 to the sound of laughter in the attic. The girls had gone and awakened Grandma and Grandpa and they were having a tickle fest and having so much fun. When Dave and Mary came up they brought all of our bikes so the kids are down riding on the main road and having a blast.
We went up on the third level loop today which was a lot of fun. It was cold and the wind was biting and blowing, but the valley was clear and beautiful. Dave drove the snow sprite up there and dug up the wood-pile while we walked around and then the girls rode down with him in the sprite while Mary, Dave and I hiked down.
Afterwards we went back to the chalet and ate birthday pie with the folks and then gave ourselves crazy hairdos and dressed up silly for dinner. It was fun, but I think that only a handful of the Holdenites got the dress funny memo.
Grandma and Grandpa were good sports and seemed to have fun with joining in the sillies.
I got to sing for vespers tonight. We did a musical service called vespers 86’ or Holden Evening Prayer and I sung with my friend Daniel. It is the first time that I have sung that service and I really enjoyed it. After vespers we came back and read books and hung out together. I have been needing family and it is so good to have Dave and Mary here.