Today we drove to Uncle Duane's for dinner with him, cousin Sarah, Duane's wife Miki, and Miki's son Scott, wife Amanda, and their cute almost-two-year-old Hailie. Stanley got to come and play with Jake the lab and spent the entire time roaming the property. He hardly got into any trouble and he even voluntarily went for a swim in the creek after watching Jake's example. We had salad and homemade lasagne and cake. I think the best part for Ryanne was that she got to go on two walks to pick blackberries - and eat them all. Jake taught Stanley how to pick and eat the blackberries near the bottom. Stanley and Ryanne both slept soundly the entire car ride home. When I put Ry in her bed she didn't even protest, she just curled up with Puppy and smiled at me and went straight to sleep.

Shout out to Ry's uncle Juan - For dinner, I brought a wine called "La Boca" from Mendoza, Argentina and it was really good (don't worry, I only had a taste).