Wednesday, April 24, 2013

GC weekend

 Once again, Paul took a 4-day weekend so we could spend General Conference with our family! It seems to be a tradition for us to drive to South Carolina for April Conference :)


Liam did really great on the drives! I had to squeeze in the back between the two car seats for about half of the time, but we only had to stop twice both ways. It probably helps that we left at 4am, and that Jenna is an awesome sister!

We enjoyed watching Conference, making s'mores, playing with the babies, resting, and playing games.


Before everyone left Paul's mom got out her Resurrection Easter eggs, which was awesome since I haven't made a set for our family yet. Such a fun weekend!

Interesting story: A couple weeks ago, we saw the trailer for that new Jackie Robinson movie. I said to Paul "Man, it must stink for the second black man in baseball, cause it was just as hard for him and no one knows who he is!"
Well, apparently his name is Larry Doby, and he's from Paul's mom's town! She even knows the lady who just made a statue of Doby!
From Wikipedia:  
The New York Times wrote, "In glorifying those who are first, the second is often forgotten...Larry Doby integrated all those American League ball parks where Jackie Robinson never appeared. And he did it with class and clout." During the 1997 season, when the long-departed Jackie Robinson's number 42 was being retired throughout baseball, and the still-living Doby was being virtually ignored by the media, an editorial in Sports Illustrated pointed out that Doby had to suffer the same indignities that Robinson did, and with nowhere near the media attention and implicit support.

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