Thank you both for your wonderful thoughts and prayers! It was an absolutely wonderful day. Scott helped with all the preparation ....and getting all my huge gourd mess off the dining room table and safely in boxes out in the garage, a chore in itself. All the kids were home, with boyfriend and girlfriend. Lots of laughing and razzing around the table, coffee and a card game afterward. And the clean up went fairly quickly. We all throroughly enjoyed it. We are truly blessed.