It was their first time back in Minnesota since we were married 2 1/2 years ago. (Has it really been that long?) It was also the first time they have seen the house.
I was very stressed...err...STRESSED about them coming.
Things had to be scrubbed. Closets had to be reorganized. Shoes, handbags, piles of mail had to be hidden from site!
Monday night. They finally arrived. They loved the house and I earned major "daughter-in-law of the year" brownie points for making a fantastic meal. They even wrote down the recipe. That's a good sign right?
Tuesday we loaded everyone in the car and headed out to the Arboretum. I had no idea how pretty is was out there! Lots to look at. Behold The Petersons Looking At A Tree:
The biggest highlights of the week were having both sets of parentals around a table again and putting Papa Peterson in his place. See. Papa Peterson likes to be in charge. He tried scolding us for paying for dinner. Said it makes them uncomfortable. I replied with. We are all grown up and we can pay for dinner if we want to! We also "fought" over who was going to wash dishes the next night. He won, but I did put up a reluctant fight by telling him that "this was my house" and I made the rules. Fine. I let him wash the dishes. If it makes the old man happy why not, right?
Watching our folks together is also a real blast. I don't think Papa Peterson understands a thing Greek Papa says due to the heavy accents. Respectively Greek Papa has no idea what to say to Papa Peterson. Fill awkward silences with awkward picture taking......
Over all, pretty good week!
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