April 2023

At the mall getting face paint, cotton candy, and shows to celebrate Easter.

Finding Easter baskets.

Rolly got an egg.

Easter bunny came to see the boys.

Finding the last eggs.

Swimming with dolphins at Dolphinaras Tulum.

Superman push.

Dorsal ride.

Singing Happy birthday to Karon.

The pool behind our condo in Tao.

Reading by the pool.

Riding our bikes in Coba.

The large temple in Coba.

The ball court.

Tulum

Tulum ruins.

Tulum

Chichen Itza, Kukulkan Serpent temple.

The observatory.

The elephant house.

We ate Poc Chuc, La Tia de Kaua, near Ik Kil Cenote. Juevos en camisados.

Tacos and Pasta in the town of Akumal, Very good food and at a great price. We got food there 4 times; the tortas and tacos were great but I think we all liked the gringas the most!

We went to chrch in Tulum and translated for the Jarvis.

We flew home to Salt Lake and the next day flew out to Nashville, Tennessee from Provo. We loved the straight shot and not having to transfer plans. Alan and I walked to Muddy Pond and bought candy, and Fruit pies and bread from Rose Mary, and fruit pies at the muddy pond variety store.

Saying prayers with dad our first night.

We played a lot of Phase 10, knock, Sequence, and Rummicube and we helped mom finish a puzzle.

Some of our snacks from Muddy Pond, Rose Mary's, and the Variety store.

We made 5 salads for a reunion and fried hamburgers.

Everyone feasting.

MMM good!

Eating it up.

Finishing our food and plating.

We cleaned a lot of things out of mom's basement.

We put them in the trailer to go to auction.

Dale and Charlotte rented an airbnb 10-15 minutes away. It took us over an hour to find it the 1st night because it was dark and raining.

We slept in the loft and they slept in the bedroom downstairs. They had a beautiful pond out the back door.

Mom's front porch. Alan got running water to her sink, fixed a light in the laundry room, put down a rubber barrier outside the shower, he checked her ceiling and the garbage disposal. She has someone coming in May to put a new roof on and build a new ramp.

Family picture.

All of us.

We went north of Jamestown to Pall Mall to see where Alvin C. York lived. We watched the movie with Gary Cooper in it the night before. Ryan had never seen it.

The house built for him when he came home a hero from WWI. Behind the house they have a replica of manuevers soldiers did to prepare for war. They also built trenches to show what they were like.

Alan walking to the trench.

We went to Rockwood to have a reunion with 4 cousins, daughters of Wilma. Barbara, Brenda, Pat, and Pam. We met at Niki and Richie Van Hoosen's house.

Last time we saw them was 38 years before at Wilma's house.

Getting family information for geneology.

A security badge to get into the Manhattan Project in the 1940's, during WWII. Mom McDonald worked there.

This is a lathe she might have used to make screws and bolts.

A tool box.

The plant floor, where they worked.

We went to the General Store, the son sold it after his dad died and it will probably be torn down before we get back to Tennessee next time.

George had his 6th birthday while we were visiting mom.