For this I cancelled Seminary: Family Adventure

I could have gotten a substitute, but it would have meant a different location for class, and the logistics were crazy.

It looks like we are standing in front of a dirt field...

John's work invited employees to bring family to see the reclaimed island, that had eroded down to 7 acres and is now....huge! We were packed like sardines into a boat and rode out to Poplar Island. They use the sledge dredged from the Bay and pump it on the island, making wetlands for the birds. Seriously intense eco-management project.

Another employee asked John if all his boys look just like him?

We got to hold the turtles. Like a cheeseburger. That was the instructions, hold it from the side, not with your hand in front of its mouth, but the way you would hold it if you were going to take a bite, like a ....

We had dessert first, at a "SWEET" bakery!

We had to leave before seminary would have started, drive for hours to the Eastern Shore to the boat dock to go to the island. There were hearts attatched to the public utility poles, a town fundraiser? My favorite one near the end of town said "(girl's name) tolerates (guy's name)"

Unexcused absence from school for three children. Seminary students caught up to Psalms on Monday 6 am. Educational field trip. Worth it for family good memories!