More fun with Sam

We really enjoyed Sam's entire visit. He was a great house guest who we seemed to have no problem putting to work. Tuesday morning began with catching up on some sleep. We wanted Sam to have the real Salem experience, so we took him to our favorite breakfast place. It is our intent that frequently writing about this breakfast place will intrigue some of you enough to come visit us here.

A lot of our time here in Salem has centered on doing things to our house, so going to pick out paint at a hardware store is part of the Salem experience for us. Therefore, we made Sam go with us to the hardware store. (We still need to put it on the wall of Raisin's room, but when we do we will post pictures.) I had Cub Scouts that afternoon and visiting teachers coming that evening so I sent Nathan and Sam off to see the new James Bond movie without me.

I wrote that we put Sam to work and Wednesday was a busy day. Nathan was on call and spent the day and evening at the hospital. Sam and I consoled ourselves by making too many pies. Sam made all of our pie crusts and did an amazing job. Yum! He also taught me how to make pecan pies. This is dangerous knowledge to have and will have to be used wisely. Our other pies included coconut cream, pumpkin and apple cranberry.