Syme Family

Easter Sunday we went to church, took pictures at home, ate lunch, and got on our way. We drove straight to the hotel, then went to find somewhere to eat for dinner. Most places were closed and the first one that we found open was a Mexican restaurant. It was interesting having a chimichanga for Easter dinner.

Monday the kids and I watched Enchantment and Ratatouille. When JD got off work we went to Baltimore to the Inner Harbor. They had boats, submarine, shops, and restaurants. It was a fun place, but unfortunately the boats were closed so we didn't get to go inside.

Tuesday the kids and I went shopping to the mall that was close to the hotel. When JD got home we all went to the pool, then ordered room service.

Wednesday, I packed everything up, then at lunchtime JD came and got us. We checked out and went to Chick-fil-a. (For those of you that don't know, I LOVE Chick-fil-a. We don't have any in NY, so I was excited to go there!) We headed back to Long Island.

It was nice to get away from our little place. People were nice there and it seemed so spacious! It was nice to have a little vacation. We wish it was longer, though we may have the chance to go back in another week or so. The guy JD went out to give suggestions and help ended up giving his two weeks on Wednesday. JD might have to go out and train the part-timer. We'll see what happens.

Here are the kids dressed up in their Easter Best.

Since we are leaving tomorrow, the Easter Bunny came to our house early. We hope you have a Happy Easter.
We will be back on Wednesday.

We are going to be in Baltimore next week. JD was asked to go there for work. We are excited to "go" somewhere outside of NY! I'm also excited for a bath tub (yes our apartment has only a shower) and cable TV. We disconnected the cable about a year ago and I miss some shows a lot (like the Closer).

I'm looking forward to visiting some cool places there and Washington, D.C. Have any recommendations?

We had fun yesterday going to see Horton Hears A Who. That is one of Miah's favorite stories. Since seeing the poster up at the theater in Utah in December and screaming "Dr. Seuss, Mom!" she has been very patient in waiting for it to finally come out. Isaac did well except for about 10 minutes in the middle. He wandered around a little and then was fine the rest of the movie.

JD was released from teaching all of the youth Sunday School. Now, he is just the Young Men President. He teaches their class on Sunday and does Mutual every week. JD can now take Isaac to nursery during Sunday School and hopefully get him use to it so we can leave him in there.

Miah slept over at the Donegan's last night and was excited about that.

We heard from Arizona State this week and they ended up not getting the funding. We are still waiting to hear from others.

Here are a couple of scrapbook pages that I did today. When I do this it makes me want a bigger scanner since my pictures never look that great.
Have a good weekend. We will be home most of it because it is suppose to be rainy, possibly flooding some areas.

"Hey Guys"... as Isaac would now say. Here are some pictures of my little climber. I've got to be more aware of where I put things now. He has decided now that nothing is impossible, even if he can't reach it. He went and got their rocking chair of out their room brought into the kitchen to get to my m&m's. Funny little boy.

We've all been a little sick this past week. The rest of us were sick earlier in the week and this weekend Miah got a fever. Everyone seems to be better now. Hope it stays that way!

We have also made some tentative plans for the summer. We are going to be going home for JD's family reunion in mid-June. After that I don't think I'm going to go back to New York. I'm going to stay and go the Wilson reunion in Colorado, hopefully do some camping and catching up with everyone for the next month and a half. We figure by the end of July we should know whether JD has a teaching job or if he will be moving back to Utah with us. Please keep him in your prayers that he gets a teaching job. Thanks!