Saturday morning we woke up early and had breakfast and went swimming. We all love staying in hotels! After our swim everyone had baths/showers and we packed up and made our way to the Children's Museum. It was busy. In fact we'd never been there when it was so busy. We enjoyed ourselves despite the crowds and after we had our fill of play we had lunch and continued on the road to Seneca Falls.
Ken didn't think we needed to bring the SLR in since we've taken pictures so many times, but I said no and vowed to carry it around with me the whole time, and I did!
Sunday we went to church. Sam was ordained to the office of a Priest in the Aaronic Priesthood. It was cool because the tradition in the ward is that all the young men (and I assume the young women who are set apart) are ordained in the "cabin". Heidi and Todd have church at one of the historic sites. The Peter Whitmer farm is the site of the church's organization in 1830 and the building they meet in is beside the reconstructed cabin. It was rebuilt on the original foundation and is a replica of the original log home. After church we had lunch and then a quiet afternoon. Four sister missionaries came for dinner so you can imagine it was a busy dinner! After dinner Ken and Todd gave me a blessing. More about that in a separate post.
Before we talk about Monday a few words about a few things. The camera stayed in the van for the rest of the trip. I meant to take pictures of all the cute kids playing and hanging out but I didn't. I wanted to take pictures of the kids playing with the animals, but I didn't. (I don't think I mentioned they have six pets - two rabbits, two cats and two dogs. And of course there are the five kids.) Alice and Kate both enjoyed the animals. Alice enjoyed playing. Kate and Ruthie played together and for the most part got along. They did have some difficulties. What is it about strong willed ladies?! Oh and one last side note - on Saturday before arriving at the Egans we stopped at the Carter's Outlet and I might have bought boyish type clothing for a new baby even though I have had no confirmation that it is a boyish baby! I am not going to buy anything else newborn (I really do have enough for starting) and if it isn't a boy, I will have to find someone to give the cute stuff I bought!
Monday we got up, ate, hung out, packed. Ken set up the Egan's Raspberry Pi. It's a teeny-tiny little computer and I think the cost is about $30 for the computer. It is meant to run a Linux operating system and well I'm not sure what to say beyond that. After saying our goodbyes we drove away, only to realize we'd left the diaper bag. We hadn't gotten very far when Heidi phoned and they came and met us and we said goodbye again. We drove back to the children's museum and we thought it was busy on Saturday! EEK! It was madness crazy house on Monday. If it wasn't so far away I think we might not have gone. Oh well, who knew that it was Spring Break in New York - not us! We had a fun time until we lost Kate. That's right, we lost Kate. Aren't we awesome parents. It was perhaps the worst 15-20 minutes of my life. The staff were awesome - and there are lots of them. I worried that Kate would be frantic, but hey she's four and she didn't even know she was lost. How's that! Ken and I reflected about conversations we should be having with Kate. The what do you do if you need help - who do you talk to conversation.
After we were all reunited we had lunch and then walked to the van that was parked a block away to start the return home. We made another pit stop at the Walden Galleria Mall for cheesecake (so so so good). We went through Niagara Falls to go over the border. We stopped at the "Gateway Niagara" for dinner and then it was home. We had an action packed family fun weekend. I love our fun adventures!
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