Sister Fun

So the past couple of days have been really fun for me. My sister, Amy, who lives in Maryland, came out to visit for a week. We don't get to see her very often, so we made sure that we took advantage of the time we had together. On Sunday evening our whole family got together at my parents house and we had a BBQ. It was so much fun to see all of the grandkids together. On Monday we headed up to the Zoo for a day of fun. The kids, and adults, had such a good time! Since I don't have a digital camera, if you would like to see pictures of our trip to the zoo you can go to the Heal Family link and look at them there. A lot of the animals were out, and really close to the fences and glass which made it even more fun for the kids. After we looked at all of the animals we dined on some soft pretzels, french fries, chicken and root beer (that was a big hit). Then we went and rode the train. An exciting end to an exciting outing. On Tuesday, we all got together at my sister maria's house. She was gracious enough to let all of our kids come and run wild in her house. We had pizza and just sat around and talked. It was really nice to spend time with my sisters and my mom. We are all so busy, and some live far away, that it is hard to get together very often. So needless to say, I have had a really good past couple of days.