So, I wish that we could host visitors to our home more often! The weekend with my dad was perfectly lovely. We got to show off some of the more tourist-worthy aspects of Muncie (the model airplane museum, the jar museum, and the Ball brother mansions, to name a few), as well as just lounge around and visit. I taught my dad the fine art of grocery shopping in this town, and Blake got to introduce him to a bizarre psychology assignment he had to do, and Dad introduced us to that cute flick
Over the Hedge. Also, Mr. Robinson, owner, curator and avid collector of glass fruit jars of the Jar Museum fame taught us all a few more interesting tidbits about canning jars, as well as told us some of his more memorable moments as a WWII soldier storming the beaches of Normandy (for a previous post on the Jar Museum, see
here); and Mr. LaGrange, librarian extraordinaire of the model airplane museum, pointed out to us, among many other things, the first model airplane to ever successfully fly over the Atlantic with only one gallon of gasoline. It was, like I said, a great weekend, and we took lots of pictures which I will post later when I'm sitting at the same computer the pictures are housed on. So, stay tuned for those.
But in other news, I would like to focus my attentions today on my lovestruck little brother and his fabulous, brand-new fiancee:
Riley and Chelsea are giving us a great reason to come back to Provo this coming May. We're so happy for them! Now, for those of you thinking, "Uh, wait a minute...is this the brother who JUST got back from his mission?" I should tell you that yes, he is that brother. But before you jump to hasty wow-that-was-quick conclusions, I should also tell you that they've known each other for 4ish years. They were high school sweethearts (now, isn't that sweet?), and from what people back home tell me, they pretty much picked things up right where they left off. Anyway, Chelsea is a sweet girl and I'm excited to have her for a sister-in-law. So, congratulations, you two!*
*Also, Riley, if you are reading this, this is a not-so-subtle reminder that we're still waiting for you to actually call us and tell us the news. So, we'll be hearing from you soon, right? Right? :)
2 comments:
"...taught us all a few more interesting tidbits about canning jars..."
I'm dying to know one single interesting tidbit about canning jars...glad you got your fill!
I wrote a little bit about the Jar Museum at the beginning of the summer. That should hold you over until I can work up a decent list of random canning jar trivia to post.
I unfortunately still haven't learned how to link things in html without the aid of those handy do-it-for-you buttons, but that post is dated May 16, 2006.
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