Party of 3

This past weekend Austin was out in Utah visiting his Grandfather, which is a good thing because Austin ended up bringing him to the hospital where he received oxygen and IV fluids. Meanwhile, Tracy had 5 days with the kids while trying to keep the house ready to show and holding things together as the end of the semester draws near. Our usual house strategy is to leave for the day so we don't get it messy. While Austin was away our destinations included the Museum of Life and Science and Duke Gardens.

The museum was fun because it was the first time Ripken's been there since he was very little, so he was interested in all of the animals and especially loved the cloud machine.

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Duke Gardens: our second trip.

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Ripken came down with a stomach virus for the last 2 days of Austin's trip. Thankfully, Austin made it home before Tracy & Ainsleigh (and later Austin) took a turn for the worse. We have some major disinfecting and carpet cleaning to do before we take another showing!