We're happy to have Dad back finally. There were some airport delays Thursday and he didn't get home till 1:30 in the morning but he's home now. John brought us back some WI cheese and Nauvoo nail rings. So thoughtful. One of his trip highlights was a dinner one night at a fancy restaurant that was formerly a "speak-easy". He said it ended up being a very spiritual night. All four in his party are LDS, and they talked about being a father and how important it was to make time count with their children. Two of the men in the group have grown children, and shared their insights from that perspective. John really enjoyed the evening. I'm glad he was in such good company for the trip.
There were no major disasters while he was gone except for the dryer incident. Imagine my surprise when I opened up the dryer to find Isaac and Jaron's new school clothes covered in blue. Upon closer inspection I discovered an empty purple crayon tube in my very blue dryer drum. Needless to say I spent many hours scrubbing with WD 40 and detergent to try to get the stains out. Man, I was not a happy camper. All I could think of was the extremely long lecture I'd just given my boys about keeping a positive attitude regardless circumstances (losing bball games and such).... Ugh.
Tues I had a Doctors apt and was able to get a little ultrasound picture of the new baby. I normally think 3D pics are a bit creepy but this one turned out decently à mon avis. Recent name ideas are Gideon and Asher.
Sat John was able to work in the yard and garden while listening to Conference. He cut down our corn stalks and bound them to make really cute harvest decorations for our house. It's fun to be married to someone with such an artistic eye. We went on a Sunday walk tonight and fed the llamas not too far from our house. Their chewing action reminded me of my boys eating sometimes.
On our walk John saw a section of pipe that reminded him of a story. When he was young he and Paul found an old dryer drum in a field behind their house. They decided it would be great fun to tuck up inside the drum and roll down the hill. Isaac and Jaron loved the story, and decided they wanted to try. They crawled inside a 3 foot diameter culvert pipe and John rolled them back and forth. They never really got the head over heels roll action very well, mostly they just slid around inside and got really dirty. Jaron preferred running like a hamster.
