Farewell to Brenda

Carole's daughter, Brenda Stafford, is leaving tomorrow morning on a trip to the West Coast to spend some time with her brother, Bruce Krallman, who lives in Marysville, Washington. Today is the last time Carole will see her daughter for a while, so she decided we should all go out for dinner to bid "Farewell to Brenda". We will be back in Kansas by the time Brenda returns from Washington.

We went to Das Dutchmen Essenhaus, an Amish restaurant in Middlebury, Indiana. It's an interesting place to go, with lots of gift shop areas and good home cooking. We invited Brenda's family to join us as in this photo. Left to right is myself, Carole, Aaron Holdread (Brenda's son), Brad Stafford (Brenda's husband), Brenda, Victoria Rodriguez (Aaron's friend), and Edwardo (Victoria's 4-year old son) at the near end of the table.

We enjoyed a nice meal and good family chatter. But most of all, we were able to bid "Farewell to Brenda" and give her a good send-off.