This Is Going to be a Long One

First, I should tell you all about our vacation to New York. We were so grateful that we could go with Grandma and Grandpa Scherbel and Hannah and Matthew and Ben. There is no way we would have been able to take that trip by ourselves. For example, at every potty stop, I fed Quincey while Grandma and Hannah took the girls to the bathroom and Matthew took Josef to the bathroom and then I would run to the bathroom while Karl changed Quincey's diaper. Also, we switched cars to keep it interesting. It would have taken us all week to get there if we hadn't had them to help. We were really glad to see Grandma and Grandpa Zollweg. For some reason, when we told Zoey Grandma Dorothy's name, all she heard was Dora, so at our house they are now Grandma and Grandpa Dora. We had a good time. Quincey got a fever the day before we left and had it until the day we got there. Then, the day after we got there he developed a horrible rash. By Tuesday, when we went to visit the Church History sights, it was really bad. I loved seeing the sights, but my heart wasn't really in it, I was too worried about Quincey. At the Hill Cumorah Visitor Center we listened to a spiel by the couple missionaries in front of a huge Christus. After they were done, they asked if anyone would like to bear their testimony. Amalie raised her hand, walked to the front of the room, grabbed the Sister missionary's hand and bore a beautiful testimony. She testified of Joseph Smith and of Jesus and Heavenly Father's love for us. Josef followed with his own testimony. The missionaries asked if any adults wanted to bear their testimonies, but of course those two little spirits were too hard an act to follow. We found out later that the missionaries had only been out about ten days. By the time we got to the Grandin's print shop, Quincey was really having a hard time (thanks to Scott for staying in the car with him so I could try to enjoy the tour). I decided to ask the missionaries if there was a medical clinic nearby. It turned out there was a doctor's office right next door and she was LDS and she had a slot to fit me in. Quincey just had a virus, but it was a testimony to me that Heavenly Father loved me and cared about my concerns and put me in the right place at the right time to ease my mind about Quincey.

It was also great meeting Elsa's family. We had dinner with quite a few of them on Tuesday night. It was fun to get to know Patty and Kathy especially. They were very thoughtful and the food was delicious.

On the way home, we stopped at Niagra Falls. It was beautiful, I'm posting a video.

We also stopped at Council Bluffs. That was really fun for me because there is a statue of one of my ancestors there. His name is Henry William Miller. I am also posting some pictures of him.

Life since then has seemed dull, staying at home all day, no swimming pools, no long car rides. Luckily, Josef made the cast of Little Red Riding Hood with the Missoula Children's Theatre, now i get to pick him up off the bus and drive him right back to school. Thank goodness for school. By the way, if anyone wants to come to his performance, it is on Saturday May 9, at 2:00 p.m. at Thayne Elementary. He is a racoon. He says they are the funny guys and he is really excited.

I'm also posting a video of Zoey. We have this crazy toy feather sword from Captain Feathersword on The Wiggles. It has all these weird laughs and sayings - Zoey has it down pat. Josef does too.

Also, Quincey got his first haircut. here are the pics. The poor kid couldn't even see. Karl did the haircutting (obviously).

Sorry I don't know how to turn those other pictures around. I hope we find you all well and enjoying life.