Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Long Weekend

The HUGE news is the arrival of Ela Mckinney Estavanovich on May 27th at 540 pm.... please follow the David and Gianni link to see la preciosura de esa ninha. Congratulations guys! This was a long weekend, 3 days, and I took a 4th day and kept the kids out of school to commemorate the ascencion of Baha'u'llah. The boys and I are having a mellow morning after a couple of fantastic days. We are getting ready to go meet the Brandon's at look park. Sadly they are moving away to Hartford and even though that is only 35 min or so farther away it will still make them less accessible than the 20 min they are now. booo hooo.... Which sort of leads into a joke the kids are telling everyone now. What makes the following sound: Boooo hooooooo splat splat??? Some one crying their eyes out. Ha ha... oh well. We have been outside swimming, biking, hiking, playing baseball, catching snakes, throwing rocks, runnning, kayaking, learning to hulahoop, giggling, telling jokes, and getting sunburned all weekend. Dad came drove up saturday afternoon while we were at the resevoir with uncle Steve. It was a buggy hike but well worth the effort for the swim in crystal clear water that we had not to mention all the frogs, snakes, salamanders, and other creatures that we found and caught. A mellow evening with Dad and then off for a picnic at the mill river park where we enjoyed the sun, warmth and games (also where Aman caught his first two snakes!!!). Monday, Britt and the boys and I went for an 18 mile bike ride and then went to a friend's house for a cook out. It was hard to get out of bed this morning but... here we are ... the boys are taking it easy and I need to clean the kitchen and get us out the door fully packed and ready for anything to meet the Brandons.

1 comment:

Jere said...

Hi Colin - looks like the up-coming summer is going to be full of those amazing Ruhe outdoor activities - great! And it's so nice that Costa Rica is going to be included in your romps.

We're getting ready to leave here tomorrow - Aria in the morning and Jere and me in the afternoon.

Aria mentioned that you had sent a second package????? If so, hope it makes it by tomorrow

What an amazing addition to the family is Ela. Can't wait to hold her in my arms

Mom