April Events

We have been busy with many things that fall into the "everyday routine" category, but one activity we took part in this month is anything but everyday routine- the 50th anniversary celebration of parents. Moments like this cause us to pause & reflect what a blessing it is to have both sets of parents still with us, as well as a heritage of long-lasting marriages. We are also fortunate to have family with whom we can get along and work together to pull off such a large event. We had a good turn-out -several hundred guests. As you can see from the photo, it was a unique 50th anniversary party because the decor conspicuously lacked the usual gold theme. Each to their own.

Yesterday I took the day off to tag along on A's state history class trip. This is my last scholar to take the class, thus my last chance to go. (I did go along when JR took that class in 7th grade but it was quite a memorable trip -in an unpleasant way- due to sickness, so I wanted to go when I could get more out of it.)

We sat in on a portion of the day's Supreme Court session, toured the Statehouse, sat through a House of Representatives session, met our Representative and had our photo taken with him, observed a brief bit of a Senate session, and rode an elevator to the 40th floor of a skyscraper for a view of the capitol. Among other things, we stood where the late President Lincoln lay in-state for 8 hours as part of his funeral procession in 1865. An enjoyable, informative day!  

Here is A (on the far left) with her classmates & the teacher of this class (center).