February 21-24

We were thrilled when we saw it was going to be pretty when my parents visited. They were expected to arrive around 11 in the morning on the 21st. Instead, their non-stop flight got delayed (although it eventually arrived a few hours before they did). They were sent to Texas and then New Mexico. At least three of their scheduled flights were cancelled and they couldn't even get on one to go home. Thankfully, they managed to catch a flight that had them arrive at 2:30 in the morning on the 22nd.


On our way to pick them up, we noticed it started to snow. My dad called to see where we were just as a car in front of us had slid across several lanes and hit the concrete barrier along the road. As the snow picked up, the street disappeared. We eventually arrived at the airport. I was so relieved that my parents had arrived safely. Here's a pic of my dad juggling two phones in an attempt to locate their luggage: We cancelled our weekend trip to Hartford because of doctor's orders. However, we managed to have a good, low key visit and they helped us immensely by cooking and cleaning and shopping. They even helped me lug laundry to a laundromat since I'm not supposed to lift anything heavier than a gallon of milk. My mom's favorite aspect of their visit was our trip to IKEA. We're still accumulating things for our apartment, and the curtains my dad installed make our bedroom much cozier. We went to Palisades Mall. We ate lunch and tried to see No Country for Old Men, but they only had three tickets left. We saw another Oscar nominated movie on pay-per-view when we got home: Michael Clayton. Good movie.

Below is a picture of Garrett trying to win a stuffed animal at one of those crane games that's in the mall. He was once quite good at it because he and his father would play at lunch each week. His mother accumulated quite a batch of animals. The best carnival-esque gamer I know, though, his Aunt Anne. The woman is a master at everything from the crane to the shooting games.