We took a very quick trip to Washington DC for Rhoda's blessing. We took the red-eye Friday night, had a quick nap after we got in at 5 a.m. and then headed for the air and space museum that is connected to Dulles Airport. It was great to see the space capsules and old German bombers and the French Concorde. It is a large, cavernous building - very evocative of air and space!! The kids were all in fine form, and a wonderful time was had by all. It was a beautiful, sunny day too - they'd been having very cold weather so we were delighted to not really need our coats!!
The rest of Saturday was taken up with pie making for the reception after Rhoda's blessing - which was the next day. Diane and Dave were there, so it was fun to have a crowd to visit with, work with, and just share a good time with.
Miss Rhoda did an excellent job as star of the show!!
She's at the very smiley, responsive stage - hard not to just sit and hold and play with her the whole time!!
We are getting good at enjoying take-out around the Selander dinner table!! And the Selanders are good about finding great places to get the take-out!
I asked Lars if he wanted me to read him a story. So he ran and got a book - and brought it to Grandpa! Grandpa Bob made an appearance too - with his Milanos and chocolate milk - another big hit! When we got home Sunday night, Ida wanted Grandpa to put her to bed! He's a popular guy, old Grandpa Bob!!
Fortunately for all of us, Robbie and Hannah's ward doesn't meet until 12:30, so we could clean up, visit, get ready for Sunday - and still not have to get up at the crack of dawn!! (I was trying to explain the idiom "crack of dawn" for Theo - not sure it translated very well. I will need to do some research!)
Watch for the next post of the big event. It was so good to be with everyone on just a regular old Saturday, too.
