Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Back From a Wonderful Weekend

We all drove down to New Jersey Friday morning—including Tom!—to see Karen's family. We rented a minivan so that we would all fit (Tom chipped in some money so we could afford it).

The drive down was uneventful, and the van was comfortable, although a bit (actually very much) too decked-out for our tastes, with electric doors and a sound system rife with controls, so that it took us a long time to figure out how to use it. Made us yearn, actually, for our red-grape-colored Plymouth Voyager from when William was a baby.

On Saturday we spent several hours at Sandy Hook National Park, walking on the beach and looking at the abandoned military base there. Danny was fascinated. Karen and I got sunburned, but we sure enjoyed getting that way, walking barefoot in the sand while holding hands. Not much chance for that in New Hampshire recently!

Easter was very pleasant, with good food and great company, and a very entertaining Easter egg hunt that Thomas, Alan, and I set up for the children. Now, since the children range in age from 11 to 16, we made it quite challenging. Including some items hung high in trees. I think we had more fun that the kids did!

We arrived home early enough on Monday to eat dinner at home and get everyone to bed on time. So we are rested for our return to normal life. If you can call it that.

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