Brian's Visit

What a fun time we had with Brian during his visit home for his 30th birthday. Brian flew into OC airport and spent a day with his best friends in the Santa Ana area. They drove him down on Saturday in the early evening in time for his party. A few of his friends were there along with Margey and Tom, our neighbor Christa and her grown daughter Vanessa, and of course Heidi and Jay. I picked up some Mexican food and beer and we just spent time chatting. It was so nice and susper fun.

He had the opportunity to go to the Alpine Brewery and bought a few beers to take back to Chicago~stuff they can't get back there. We also went to dinner at a fun burger place called Slater's 50/50 Burger with the family, Christa, and Joey and his girlfriend, Kristin.

It was a relaxed 5 days and we look forward to having him back at the Christmas holiday time.

He and Patience are trying to work through some tough times and while they are separated, they are still in contact and in counseling. We are all praying that things will work themselves out. Neither one of them is in a hurry to make the split permanent. Five and a half years is a long time to be married, so they are seeing what will happen.