A quick visit to Sacramento!

By now, most of you have heard that the Snyder family is headed to Indiana next month. Kerry accepted an Associate Pastor of Student Ministries position at Grace Community Church in Noblesville. We are super excited to open this next chapter in our lives and explore a different part of the country. Plenty more updates to this adventure ahead, but I had to start off with that as the basis for my most recent visit to see my family in Sacramento.

Caleb and I took a quick trip to Sac this past weekend to spend time with my family before we take off. The nice thing about my move is that the airfare cost is about the same. The downside is no direct flights, so my next trip will take up a full day with a layover and time difference. Cost is the key! Sac was still experiencing some winter, so I enjoyed the crisp air, something that has been long gone here in AZ! Caleb loved to play in my sister's backyard and I quickly taught him a new hiding place, which was just a column of her house. I went behind it and then peeked out and he would copy me! So cute! At one point, he stood around saying, "Momma. Momma." So I had to pop out! Caleb learned to blow on a flute my sister had which would be her morning wake up call for the remainder of our stay.

Friday afternoon we did some errands with Lindsay and Dave, got a balloon from the Nugget (a fabulous store, similar to AJ's here). Their balloons were tied to a clothespin so you could clasp it onto the cart or wherever. Brilliant! More stores should do this! We came home for lunch and a nap (Caleb had to hold his balloon while napping.....so stinkin cute!) to get ready for our pizza party later that night with friends and family. On Saturday we went to the park with Grampy before naptime and our short, but sweet visit was nearly over.

I realized again how important visits are with family. Caleb was a bit shy around them because he is not sure who they really are just yet. If he had the opportunity to see them on a weekly basis, I am positive things would be different. Even though we are moving further away, my visits home will still be as frequent. They need to be. I thank Southwest for offering affordable airfare which will make this possible.