We've been busy traveling around lately! We drove to nothern New York to visit my parents the weekend of April 5th for part of the kids' Spring Break. We got to see my parents and my grandmother. Unfortunately, my grandmother wasn't up for much visiting while we were there. It turns out that my mom's 'hypoallergenic' dog caused problems for Ariel. Her eyes started to puff up and swell shut the first night there. Thankfully there is one room that the dog doesn't get to go into, and Ariel stayed there most of the time. When she wasn't there (or eating with the rest of us), she was in the pool! Yes, the kids got to go swimming over Spring Break! My father installed an above ground pool in the 2nd stall of his garage. It's insulated and heated, so the kids had a BLAST! We all enjoyed being able to have a pool available for Spring Break...especially since it barely got up to 50 degrees the whole time we were there!
We got to see old friends from NY (where I grew up), and attended General Conference at the Church building. It just so happened that the organist for Music & the Spoken Word Sunday morning was an old friend of mine! He also assisted with the organ during that 1st Sunday session. The whole Branch there in NY felt excitement as he's a 'native', having been our Ward organist at age 14. We came home and enjoyed a couple of days of quiet and cleaning up before Don and I drove to Chicago to get his mom from the airport for her 2 week visit to see our new nephews (twin boys, not quite 2 months old). These next two weeks will be full of household clean ups and visiting with family.
All is well with the kids, and they all enjoyed lots of fun and free time over vacation. Now, back to the grindstone for 6 more weeks!
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I'm glad to hear you had a great trip to NY. The kids have loved seeing the pictures you posted.
By the way, I noticed your friend while I watched conference and pointed him out to the kids and Paul. I figured there were too many 30 somethings that played the organ with the MoTab. I am sure it was very exciting for all of you.
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