Generational

Phil and Anna came early to the barn, Phil worked on lights while Anna worked on the upstairs. I went over to take the ladder back to Diane's house.  I was very impressed with the upstairs. Anna had the game room arranged and cleaned up.

It was just 12 degrees outside when I got over there. At 7:20 the air purifier machine arrived. We had left over wood from yesterday so Mark got the wood burner going. I went out again at 8:30 am to get the truck started. As that has been parked outside there was a thick layer of snow and ice on the windshields. I left it running for about 15 minutes then got an ice scraper to clean off the front window. I met my current guests from the foaling apartment and asked about the smell. I explained that the ozone air purifier machine had arrived and if he wanted to use it they would need to move over to the barn for a few hours. He decided against that and said they could live with the smell. .At 8:45 am Mark helped me get the alumina trailer hooked up to the truck. About then Karin called to tell me she was leaving early today so I called Ruth to see if she could taken my place until 9:30 as we had wood to move out of the new barn. We had a big group of basketball players coming in and they wanted to play full court basketball.  I backed the trailer into the barn and started loading the lumber on the trailer while Mark went to Joan's to pick up Mackenson. It took us until 9:30 am to get it all loaded. The trailer was moved back over to the other barns and left in the drive. It would need to be backed inside once Mark and Mackenson were done stacking the lumber for the bunk beds. That had been delivered outside and they needed to move it inside first.  I made it to mom's house by 9:34 am.  Ruth left to get her grocery shopping with Fedi. At noon she came back so I could go home to start the dessert for tonight but first the dishes needed to be done so I had room to work. This dessert was 4 layers and between each layer it needed to be put in the fridge for 10 minutes. I made two batches, one for tonight and one for the Sunday meal. 

When both of those were finally in the fridge the 5 pounds of hamburger was browned for Sunday's supper. 

While that was cooling so the grease could be removed the peppers were washed and cut up.

We were supposed to leave for potluck by 4:45 am so had plenty of time to clean up. We arrived at Jozsef and Tina's house and had a wonderful evening. The meal was better than any restaurant. These ladies can cook!  Tina made herb incrusted chicken, Aubry made a wonderful potato dish. Amanda brought carrots that were the best carrots I had ever tasted. Christa made a salad with all kinds of fruits and nuts and made a honey based salad dressing.

We were all amazed at how bright the carrots looked and tasted.

Each bite was a delight to the taste buds. Even the dessert turned out delicious. Not too heavy but light and melt in your mouth good.

We visited and visited. Rotating potluck is such a wonderful gift for our church. Of course Mark and I were by far the oldest of this group but we all have so much history together. It really is a blessing to belong to a generational church. We got home around 10:00 pm and the guests at the new barn were still going strong with lots of cars in the parking lot, so they must have been enjoying their evening.