chrissys family was equally precious.-they had treated lydia with respect and affection during that time also and she looked forward to seeing them again as well.-as the plans progressed , lydia listened in awe as they planned for mountains of food and beverage , all kinds of entertainment and a generally wonderful day.- since chrissy and penny would be new mothers , janet would take care of a large part of the work involved but they would all be in on the planning.-most of the food would be catered , they decided , so all of them could enjoy the festivities.-unless it rained , they wanted to have it outside.-by the middle of september , it would probably not be as oppressively hot and maybe the fall rains would not yet be started.-as it turned out september the fifteenth would be on a saturday so that made it a perfect time for celebration .