Happy Birthday to the Heinisch Founding Father!

Today Doug officially turned fifty years old!  We had planned to spend his birthday in Atlanta, but had to cancel due to the pandemic.  Although it was disappointing not to be able to travel this year, we still had a wonderful day.  Doug and I played Ticket to Ride.  He finished reading Jordan Rules.  We enjoyed a dinner of grilled chicken and sweet corn.  Doug received numerous texts and phone calls wishing him a Happy Birthday.  Cal stopped by for a visit after work before heading out on the lake and my parents came up in the evening for a game of Oh Hell!  While we watched our neighbors' fireworks from our front porch at the end of the night, we talked about all of the places that we had spent celebrating the 4th - St. Louis under the Arch, Vermont and the home of Calvin Coolidge, Maine for an impromptu parade, Mount Vernon and DeKalb.  All of the trips were a lot of fun and we hoped that we'd be able to return to vacationing next year.  It was nice this year, however, just to spend a quiet day at home reminiscing about the thirty-one birthdays/4th of Julys that we had celebrated together.