Mer’s parents got to town Monday evening. Mer’s candle party was Tuesday, and her parents and Aunt Mary were coming up to attend. The event seemed to me to be leaning in a girls’-night sort of way, so I made plans to go out with Mer’s father, Dale. We headed over to the Texas Roadhouse restaurant, where we had a very good supper and chatted for about an hour.

Mer’s friend Jill was the woman behind the natural candles, and she seems like a lot of fun. The party had Mer and Jill, Aunt Mary, Carlene (and later Dale), and four others. That seemed like a good-sized crowd. I retreated to my bedroom when I got home so I could read, but the party went on until about 10:00.

On Wednesday, Mer went down to North Canton to Aunt Mary’s for supper and visiting with her parents. I stayed home and cleaned up some from the party.

On Thursday, I had thought that Aunt Mary and Dale and Carlene had plans. Those plans fell through, so Mer went to North Canton to visit, but I had already made plans to go see CVCA’s hockey team in action again. This was a very tough opponent, and it was a great game. I only stayed through the end of the second period, when CVCA was up 4-3. I then left because I had to work the next day, but CVCA ended up winning the game 8-4. It was a very entertaining evening.

On Friday, Mer and I went south to Canton again, and we all went to Taggart’s Ice Cream shop. Taggart’s is a family favorite place to eat, and I was very happy that we managed to get there. They serve good simple food (like burgers and sloppy joes), and have great ice cream concoctions. We drove back to Aunt Mary’s, but Mer and I did not stay long. We did, however, make plans to get together on Saturday to see Tuba Christmas in Akron.