After my dad's funeral we were lucky enough to have family around for quite a while. My brother and his wife and baby stayed for 2 weeks. My sister and her newborn are still here, but will go back to the east cost the end of this month. Her wonderful husband has been commuting on weekends to see them and continues to help out around here. We've had a great time with them all in town and will be sad to see them go back to their lives. I hope they find their own "normal" soon!
During all this time, March and April is birthday time for our families. During these months there's 4 siblings, one niece, one grandparent, 2 parents, and Aaron's and mine. Those that took place the week or so around the funeral didn't get the attention they usually get, but everyone was very understandable. We do have pictures though from Aaron's birthday in March and my birthday in April. We all got lots of great stuff and appreciate the generosity shown by all.
In between Aaron's birthday and my birthday, Paul's parents came into town. They had been planning on coming earlier in March, but kindly rescheduled for us. We had a great time with them. We went to the Museum of Natural History and saw Lucy. (Thanks mom and dad for having a membership to the museum! Dad would have loved it!)For those of you who don't know who Lucy is, find out here. I think the exhibit is only here for one more week.
While there we also visited the Cocheral Butterfly exhibit and got some great pictures too. Aaron enjoyed it right away, but it took Brian a while to figure out what was going on. When he did though, the look on his face as he watched the butterflies dancing in the air was priceless...definitely worth the price of admission!
While they were in town we also went to Austin for the day. We drove up by way of Bastrop State Park and drove around the scenic park before having lunch at a great roadhouse in Bastrop. Then we continued to Austin and toured the LBJ Presidential Museum and Library. If you haven't been there I highly recommend it. Aaron and Brian got their pictures taken with the actor portraying Senator Johnson and though we didn't stay long, it was fun. While Paul's folks continued to tour the museum we sat on the grass outside on the University of Texas campus and just played. Great times.
After driving around Austin for a little while longer we drove out to Lake Travis to eat at the Oasis Restaurant for some good food with a great view.
Before they left to go back to Utah we spent a day relaxing at home and played at what we call Airport Park. We drive to Cullen Park, then take the 1.6 mile walk to a playground and grassy field where we fly the kite. The local small airport is nearby and we can see the planes right after the take off and before they land. We had perfect weather while they were here and it was an awesome day!
Before they left we had a Family Home Evening testimony meeting which was great. I'm amazed by the wonderful spirits our Heavenly Father has blessed us with so far!
Well, that's my current update, I hope to get more "normal" postings done on a regular basis soon. Wish me luck!
2 comments:
Wow! Fun to catch up with all your busy doings! Thanks for sharing. :)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY..? Sorry I missed saying that when it was s'pose to be said. It's just one long birthday at my house
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