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April 21, 2003
The Sound of Silence
Anne's friend and her awesome kids have returned home, we're back to cooking for four instead of seven (I have no idea how you Mormons do it!) and our house is once again silent, except for the jingle of Ferris's collar, and the hum of all my computer fans.
We had such a great time while they were here: we went to Disneyland on Thursday, California Adventure on Friday (Huge, huge, huge thank you's go out to Eric, who signed our friends in both days, and Tom, who signed Ryan and Nolan in on Friday).
The kids hadn't ever been to Disneyland before. The best part of the experience for me was watching their faces on The Haunted Mansion, or the Pirates of the Caribbean. I recalled how magical those rides were to me when I was a kid, and seeing the excitement and wonder play across their faces took me back to a time when pirates chased wenches, not plates of food.
While they were here, I also introduced the kids to Homestarrunner.com, and Nolan and Brennen spent the entire four days quoting things like, "Welcome to Homestarrunner dot net. It's dot com!" and singing "Everybody's to the limit" and playing Trogdor.
Saturday, we took the kids to the movies, then went out to dinner in Old Town. When we got home, all the adults were exhausted, but the kids talked us into a game of Cranium. My team lost by one card. Grr.
Yesterday, Anne took them all to the beach while I stayed home and filled orders. When they got home, we went out for ice cream, then it was off to the airport.
It was a really fun few days. I wish they lived closer so we could see them more often.
But for today, I will enjoy my quiet house, make a trip to the post office to ship those orders, and hopefully finish proof-reading Dancing Barefoot so it can go to the printer.
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