Aquarium, Mother's Day

This past Thursday there was a little-known date on the Christian calendar, it was 40 days after Easter and according to the Bible it is the day that Jesus ascended to Heaven. For whatever reason the more conservative Mennonite churches celebrate this date, we have no school and (some) Mennonite owned businesses have a vacation day. We had a church service in the evening - we did not attend though.   We decided to visit the N.J. Adventure Aquarium. It was delightful, I didn't expect to see a hippo but I think they were a highlight. The ever-circling sharks were just a bit dangerous looking, but they say that he big sea turtles are the most dangerous to the divers.

The drive isn't too bad, but you do have to travel the wonderful Schuylkill Expressway.

It was also the day that Ezekiel and his senior class left for their class trip, he managed an e-mail at 36,000 ft. What won't they think of next? We haven't heard directly from him since, but the one chaperon has been sending out e-mail.

Then we invited the grandparents and Son#1 and his family to supper on Saturday evening. I was presented with  a mini-cheesecake tin with the removable bottoms so you can pop the little cake out of the tin, can't wait to use it!

Four Generations

We were missing one person on here (Parker's mommy)

We also finally got the paperwork so Joe can move one step forward toward the goal of driving.  We met with an OVR representative 3 weeks ago and we were approved for assistance. It will dramatically decrease our financial responsibility in paying for the adaptive driving evaluation and the installation of the needed equipment. The interview with the representative was painless, the most impressive thing was his ability to read an entire document upside-down! We had the benefit of the right-side-up side.

Last night Ben's truck finally decided to start! He had taken the old engine and seated the new engine just before he left for Thailand. Then it sat all winter while being a playground for squirrels. I wasn't sure it would be able to start. He put in a few Saturdays along with some help from a special young lady and then on Saturday night his oldest brother noticed a broken wire and a disconnected plug. He refastened the wire but still didn't find a place for the plug. It was definitely a learning experience.

Today I had one more meeting with the social worker and we tried to lay a plan of action for this summer. There would be use for one more part-time job around here.

While the moms solved the problems of the world in 3 hours, the little girls gave the kittens a see-saw ride (they're in that box) and slid them down a dirt pile and I think a ride in the stroller.

QOTD: "Can I have the tweezers, I want to pull out your leg hairs ."