Dogs And Some Other Beautiful Souls

This is the only picture I'll be posting today that I took. The rest were either Rachel's or Vergil's. Most of the kids and grandkids and Glen and I met up at a Mexican restaurant and ate on the porch where they allow dogs. So not only did Xena (aka Large Marge) get to come, so did Sophie. She was a bit overwhelmed by the hugeness of the other puppy and also by all the people. 

Hank is generally the person who instigates these gatherings. When we all haven't gotten together in over a month or so, he alerts us that we need to meet up and of course for our family, that involves food, often Mexican food, and I'm so glad Hank has taken on the responsibility of doing this. 
Before lunch though, August had a soccer game and Levon had a basketball game. Jessie went to August's game and Vergil went to Levon's and so did Mr. Moon. Levon is sort of tearing it up on the basketball court. I asked Glen how he'd done and he paused for a minute and said, "He's the man." 
His team got 24 points today and Levon made ten of those. 
Has Glen finally gotten a basketball player? Only time will tell but at this point, the boy is showing promise and is absolutely thrilled to play and practice all he can. 
Plus, he already knows how to wear the bling. His sensibility on style is something none of us can quite figure out but he has it. Here's a picture Jessie sent me last week from the FSU basketball game. 

Rhinestone anklet with Spider Man crocs and sweat pants. Need I say more?
He really wants a string of pearls. In case you haven't noticed, men are wearing pearls which I'm sure causes many a dowager to clutch her pearls but I absolutely love it. 

I'm having a little be-still-my-heart moment. 
Oh, Lenny. 
And yet, well. 

Jason Momoa, anyone? Who's going to tell him that pink pearls make him look like a girl? It would have to be a crazy son of a bitch. 

Wait. What was I talking about? For some reason I lost my train of thought there. Oh yes! Levon and jewelry. Even when he was very little he was the one who wanted me to help him make bracelets and necklaces out of beads and he would wear those bracelets and necklaces for a long time. He was and is as casual about wearing jewelry as he is about wearing a shirt, the main difference being, that he doesn't really like to wear shirts. 

I am going to find that boy a string of pearls while I'm out thrifting that he can wear. 

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming. After the game and before lunch, this happened. 

Those boys got their hair cut. Mr. Moon doesn't look real sure about that, does he? Levon, on the other hand, begged his mom to give him a haircut a few days ago. Glen's also trimmed his beard and so my Viking Sea God/Mountain Man is looking less wooly. 
I love the way he looks either way. 

So yes, we ate lunch. Vergil finds it interesting and amusing that our family gets together and eats and his family gets together and does things like go on fifty-mile bike trips or dig a well, or plant a garden. They are far more constructive than we are, obviously. I think he sort of loves us anyway and we are in complete awe of him and his folks. 

Looking at this picture I realize I may have taken it myself, seeing as Rachel is actually IN the photo. 

Honestly, that dog is the sweetest. 

It's been a bit of a hard day for me today and before I go into some sort of deep dive into the why's and wherefore's, let's just ask who isn't having the hard days right now and I must ask if there will indeed be an end to the hard days. 
At least in our lifetimes. 

The cruelty and horror know no end, it would seem. 

But right here, right now, we're okay. I hope you are too. 

Love...Ms. Moon

P.S. Gibson and Maggie were at their friends' house and May and Michael were, of course, working. We missed them.