Yesterday Came Suddenly

I refuse to let this blog become neglected in the wake of returning home in a month. We've gotten this far, we can make it to the end! 

Alllll the way back at the beginning of April my parents came to visit. The weather here in Buenos Aires has been one of my favorite things here, but they came during the crème de la crème. The heat had just decided to take it easy and every single day was perfection. My mom wanted to see Iguazu and my dad wanted to see the Andes, so we decided I would take them to both for one night each. Charlotte came with us to Iguazu and Jack to Bariloche. Amazingly this plan worked well! 


It will never get old!!

We even made it to the Brazilian side


 Then off to Bariloche. 



I was prepared to be the tour guide on this trip, but my dad (per usual) had his own idea. He conceded to let me take him on a small loop of the most touristy spots, then took us on a hours long drive up a dirt road to a glacial lake that I had never heard of. Neither had James and he lived here for six months, and has visited at least five times. Dad wins. 

Heading up to Cerro Tranador-seen in the background. 

Up close

This glacier is called the Black Glacier-totally covered in dirt and rock, but there were definintly icebergs calving off of and floating in the lake. 



In between and before and after the trips my parents insisted they just wanted to hang out with grandkids and take it easy. So I took them to every tourist destination in Buenos Aires I could think of. 


A baby throne found at the Palermo Horse Race Track









We also had Easter Dinner with a recently returned sister missionary, Sister Parruca, who came back to visit with her parents. 

I ordered this Easter desert not knowing what it was...it had hard boiled eggs inlaid as decorations. That was a new one for us! 

We also managed to decorate eggs and have an Easter egg hunt, watch General Conference, celebrate a couple of birthdays, visit the kid's school, fly kites and take it easy and relax at home (they got their wish. I think). It was a wonderful treat to have our Jackson grandparents visit. We love them x1,000,000! 










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