We have been to Virginia and back!
What a week this has been!
We took our long-awaited trip to the Great Wolf Lodge, and the boys had so much fun! Wow! That is a really great place for three active boys. We have been all over the place and stayed in lots of hotels, but this one was really something!
It has a full-sized water park. The boys love to swim and are very comfortable in the water so I was really able to relax and enjoy all the fun they were having.
We had a bit of an issue upon check-in, but that was resloved when they upgraded us to a suite that would have otherwise been WAY out of our price range.
Laura had come with us and it was nice for everyone to have his/her own bed.
We also went to Jamestown/Yorktown for one day and took advantage of the wondeful homeschool programs.
I am still recovering and it's been a week!
We came home on Tuesday evening and it was a pretty easy drive. Between the computer setup in the car and the Dramamine (which IS actually necessary for our family), we had a very nice ride down and back.
I was supposed to teach our Co-op K-1 the next morning, but it was cancelled due to SNOW! I only have one more class to teach this year.
So then it was time to prepare for Lucy's baby shower.
I wanted to get the quilts at least started. Well, when I got going, I just couldn't stop! School was pretty much on hold because of the vacation so I wasn't trying to get too much done in that dept.
Well, the first one was a panel. It wasn't supposed to be that tough, but The satin binding proved to be a bit of a challenge!
Then I had the pieced one to try to finish. I went surprisingly smoothly. I love my sewing machine! I finished it yesterday morning, a couple of hours before the shower. I just have the hand stitching left on the binding. I am waiting for a picture of the frog quilt from Laura and then I will post them.
The Shower was wonderful. So many neat people and Laura and Andrew are now buried in Pink! We just had a great time. It was so neat to visit with friends that Laura and Andrew have made over the years. And family of course.
One of the activities was a video greeting to Lucy from each of the guests. Someday she will hear from some of the people who loved her before she was born!
So today it's back to school and life as usual. It was so nice having Laura around for the week. I think she is probably enjoying being home in her own little place again though.
I have been trying to keep up on Dante and the Inferno. It is such an interesting piece. I can't imagine the personality that you would have to have to imagine such a thing. I'll bet he had a hard time at parties. Just not the lighthearted type.
I'm amazed at the way he pegs the historical and Literary figures of his time.
There are people in this story that many people would never picture in hell.
Hmmm.
Quite a Lenten meditation.
Guess I'll be back later with some pictures. Have to put them in the 'puter.
