Big Fork, October 10, 11 - Family arrives!

   October 11 - We made a big pot of chili today because it is easy to eat whenever. Mark also made cornbread to go with it.
  Ted, Bev, Michael and Nancy had spent 2 nights in Whitefish before coming here. They were able to get into Glacier, but snow had closed some of it. They had a good time together.
   They arrived at the house in the early afternoon and they settled in.

   Nick arrived, after having awakened in N.H. at 3:30 a.m., driven to Logan and then flying to Seattle and then to Kalispell. So, he was exhausted. He pretty much arrived and went to bed.
  October 12 - We are all very busy with wedding preparations.  Mark went out to Echo to get Dennis's truck to use for carting rental things around. Barbara made a double batch of brownies - very labor intensive ones. She also made 9 dozen molasses cookies and Mark made cranberry shortbread cookies. Nick started his preparations as well for the big party. David arrived to spend the night with us and Maura arrived a little while later which was great. Mike and Nancy, Ted and Bev explored Big Fork and got some t-shirts. David had not seen Michael and Nancy in a long time, and they had never met Maura, so it was lovely to all be together. David and Ted played a few games of cribbage -shade of the past! We invited Dennis over for dinner and it was very festive. Beverly made a chicken dinner with roasted veggies and English trifle in memory of Doreen Almy which was a lovely gesture.