A couple months ago (April), we made a circle tour from Florida (because Dad had some meetings to go to) to North Carolina (to visit friends), to Virginia (more friends), to Toledo (for Easter with Daddy's family). We had a very nice house in Florida that we rented and the pool was right across the street! We went almost every day and Jude loved it just as much as all of us. He spent his time getting as close to the edge of the pool as possible without falling in, which made Isaiah very nervous. He is so protective of his little brother!
The beach was also a few minutes away and we went twice. The first time, Christina and I were eager to gather as many shells as we could find. This turned out to be quite a few and I put all of them in my shoe.
Unfortunately for both of us, we didn't know that they were barnacles and they were all unopened! I discovered this when I decided to open one and see what was inside. I expected them to be empty so I was very surprised (and grossed out !) when I saw, well, the inside of a barnacle! I immediately threw all of them back into the water and regretted my decision to put them in my shoe, for one started to ooze onto it. Ewww! Well, some things have to be learned the hard way. Otherwise we had a blast at the ocean and loved playing in the waves. They were very tall and exciting to ride on a tube. Except the tube kept deflating so we had to blow it up multiple times. I'm sure we all swallowed tons of the salty sea water!
We also brought schoolwork on our trip so we wouldn't get behind. My dad helped me with a LOT of math so I really appreciated that. Altogether we enjoyed ourselves very, very much.
Christina is going to write about the North Carolina, Virginia, and Ohio parts of our trip later on.
I had my first harp recital a few weeks ago. There were tons of people there and it lasted an hour and a half! I had one solo piece to play and three to do with four other harpers and my teacher, Sister Mary Margaret. My solo piece was "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring". I sat through dozens of people before I finally got to do my solo. I was the fourth to last! Lots of time to worry:) It went well though, with only a couple of pauses. It was fun but I'm glad it's over!
