Ted and I have been looking forward to our stop in Longmont, CO to see Alex for the first time in 25 months. He just returned from his mission in Peru on November 5, and we arrived at the house on the 6th, so we didn’t give him much time to recover from the international travel or to re-acclimate himself to the U.S. After two years, it’s obvious he is a mature young man who’s had a very enriching experience. We’re so proud of him! We had a good time with the family and, as always, were sorry to have to leave and be on our way.
It looks like Jeff, La, and Zaque were excited about Alex’s homecoming too.
Jeff’s first ultimate frisbee game of the winter season was scheduled during our visit, so we watched his team play two twenty-minute fast-paced indoor games.
Here’s Jeff’s cheering section.
Jeff is a team captain, so I assume he’s giving the team a pre-game pep talk here, even though the team looks pretty relaxed at the moment.
Jeff in action.
Since Alex has been gone for two years, we needed to take some family pictures.
Here we are, looking at some of the pictures Alex took while he was in Peru. Zaque had already gone to bed.
And here we are the next morning. Zaque was in school.
Yet another grouping–Ted and me with our elder son.
Our final shot: three generations of Schroeder men–Ted, his elder son, and Jeff’s elder son, our eldest grandson.
I think we need to do a better job of scheduling our trips. At the start of our Spring Break Road Trip, we had three inches of snow in Nashville, TN and three more in Asheville, NC. At the end of this trip, we had three inches of snow in Longmont, CO.
It must be time to get home and put the flannel sheets on the bed!