Sunndayyyy

Todays thinngggg is:

My parents coming to visit. It's always nice to see them after not being home.. even if it's just been a week since I was home last.

This trip was extra special. They, my two sisters, brother in law and nieces came up to Duluth to watch me get confirmed on the Easter Vigil. The mass was absolutely beautiful, with everyone holding candles and then getting confirmed, and then being able to receive communion for the first time as a FULL Catholic. All of the confirmees stood in front of the congregation and received the Holy Communion from the Bishop.

It was an amazing mass, except for one thing. It was 3 hours long!!!! My dad just laughed as he looked as his watch and made a comment about how when I do something.. I do it big.

My poor dad and sister are not Catholic, so they struggled through the looooooooooong mass, and none of us had really eaten dinner... so at 11:30 (by the time pictures finished) we left the Cathedral and headed downtown to Pizza Luce. YUM.

We then headed back to the hotel, slept, woke up, got continental breakfast (and dangerous spoons... we all cut our lips..), then we enjoyed the amazing water park and hot tub, packed up our things and went out for lunch/a second breakfast.