Hopeful Spring Finally

The weather has finally turned the corner, and everything seems brighter and better. Having the first vaccine shot has also lifted a bit of the pandemic load off of our shoulders. Check out Julia's skating video. Yes, surprisingly, St. Paul is warming up as well. The cherry blossoms are peaking and pretty. We had the pleasure of having Elizabeth (Benjamin's sister) in town briefly. She is a freshman at Georgetown University, attending remotely. We toured the campus, neighborhood, and Georgetown waterfront. It was the perfect weather, sunny and in the 60s. Elizabeth is on the GT crew team. She met the kitties and hopefully will be a regular visitor--such a sweetie.   

Skating and More Celebrations

We were able to draw the birthday celebrations out another week. Meme came over for dinner to see Benjamin (who brought and bought her a new bike for her bday). Then Jules had a birthday/reunion celebration with her Holton friends, significant others, and Jessica. They socially distanced at Stoddert Elementary School. Georgetown Cupcake made its usual appearance.

Julia practiced in the basement a bit, before taking the new skates to the Anacostia Skating Park. It is outdoors and huge. Steven and I used our inlines; however, my new quad skates are on their way (from Denmark).

Julia and Benjamin headed back to Michigan for 10 days. Check out his very cool van! On their way, they stopped and spent time with Caitlyn in Pittsburgh and Wes outside of Detroit. A long day of driving, but they made it just after midnight.