4th of July in Newport
Kai and I had blast in Newport last weekend. Our flight from Philly to Newport was a nightmare though. We were supposed to leave at 2:30, but we didn’t board the plane until 4:00, and then they kept us sitting on the runway for three hours. We finally took off at 7:00. Kai was a trooper - he actually handled the frustration better than some of the adults on the plane. The worst part is that we missed that night’s celebration of my father and step-mother’s 25th wedding anniversary. So much for my feelings of superiority over those who drove for the holiday weekend.
We spent most of our time in Newport enjoying the beach, along with my mother, my sister, and her two kids. We also visited my brother John at the farm where he’s working this summer - see the pictures below of the kids with the animals! I also got to catch up with a couple of old friends I hadn’t seen in years.
We also had trouble getting back to Philly - our flight Tuesday night was canceled, so we came back Wednesday morning. We got to the airport just in time for Kai to get on another plane to Denver! He went with Maria to visit her folks again. Since she’s nearing the end of her pregnancy, this was her last chance to travel for a while. Her father is just hanging on - we’re hoping he’ll hang in there so we can bring the baby to meet him once the kid’s a month or two old.
While they were away I moved our bedroom from the 2nd floor to the 3rd floor. In our old room, I patched all the holes I had made in the walls for new electrical lines, and got the room and the adjacent hallway ready to paint (we’re going to turn our old bedroom into a rec room). I’ll have more home improvement pictures soon. In the meantime, enjoy the Newport pictures 
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