Home

It was a nice long ride home, with Annie and Greg part of the way, and we re-lived Saturday night's reception.  And then we relived it all again with an evening phone call with Margaret.  I think the unanimous verdict from those asked was that the weekend went by too quickly.  I know Mary and I wanted to hit the pause button so many times.   It was really wonderful to check in to Facebook when we got home and see all the photos.  We were so caught up in the moment that we did not take one picture.     

These life events are so important, and we were so happy that everyone made an effort to be there and share it with Margaret and Andrew.  The smiles on their faces in this photo tell the whole story.  Joy.  Most of all because you all were there!  To dance, and cheer and whistle and chat and eat and enjoy a little bit of Mexico in Washington.  

We arrived home kind of late Sunday night, to our smoke alarms beeping.  Back to the real world.  And, the poor kitty who had to listen to that beeping every 30 seconds or so.  Of course new codes require that all of the alarms be connected so you can't just replace one battery, but all of them.  So, instead of settling down to watch football and world series and unwind in general, I had to get in the car and go out to buy batteries.  Is this too much information?

In the middle of this we gleaned some important info:

-- Daniel has surpassed me to become the tallest Dickson, and he can dunk a basketball.

-- Peter is taking a course on Chaucer in between his big court cases.

-- Dan Boyle is getting his lifeguard certificate this fall.

-- Bill and Jen are interested in moving to Colorado.

-- Johanna and Janet love the zoo, the pandas and the otters.

-- Jeffrey still gets carded because he looks so young.

-- Andrew and Lur want the next wedding to be in Scranton PA (but I suspect they have traffic there as well.)

-- David and Paula look like they've been on a health kick, as do Jeffrey and Peter.

-- It was the first time ever in DC for Sean's friend Jess.

-- A couple of coincidences - Mary Forte Boyle reunited with some homeboys from NJ and Joe found out he worked in London with Annie Chamberlain's cousin.

-- Kathleen had the 9th anniversary of her 21st birthday.

-- Young Donald either roars or snores.  But most of all he is a very happy baby.

-- Joe can really dance, with the side slide, and so can a few other Dicksons and Boyles.

-- Annie can sing rap, and give a pretty darned good speech.

-- Sean's in his final weeks of law school.

-- Jeff and Melodie must own stock in Uber since they use the service so much (and thanks for the help.)

-- No one wanted to play football except for me.  Not even Mary.

-- Margaret and Andrew are prepared for another party since they have so much liquid refreshments left over.  Next time, might be a little more spontaneous.

So when do we get together again?  Overheard at the wedding was a bit of a challenge:  the brothers (fathers) couldn't get their act together this past summer to organize a family reunion, so the next generation (cousins) might take things into their own hands.  Okay, game on.

Anyway, thanks again and congratulations again to Margaret and Andrew.  

Love from up here.