Just a Summary of the Holiday Activities

We-- that is Jen, Josh, Matt and I -  left the middle of  Thursday afternoon in time to meet Mark, Julie and especially Lily arriving from North Carolina by way of Houston via plane.  We then checked into the  hotel.  We were typical tourists Friday and Jessica arrived from LSU to spend the night  in readiness for her race Saturday. One of the reasons we were there was to watch her run but I was unable to have that pleasure.  Some 25,000 runners took part.  Saturday we visited the World War Two museum and Sunday we traveled to Baton Rouge to attend Easter serrvices.  River had joined us Saturday; he and Jessica were late getting back to Baton Rouge.  After church we visited a camp on False River and enjoyed being with relatives and friends and partaking of a barbecue. We returned to New Orleans and checked into a hotel near the airport.  We had to get up very early Monday to get Mark, Julie and Lily to the airport, from where they were to leave at 5:30.  After saying goodbye we drove on home, getting Jen and Matt here in time to go to work.