We finally finished the trimester last Friday and start the new one tomorrow. We didn't get much of a break. I guess that's okay. It will keep the momentum going. Benjamin actually finished up a project today that needed to get done...so now we're really done.

Since Mom Giauque and Rod have been here we've gone to the beach a couple of times with them. Since Benjamin and Nicky still had finals we had to dedicate some time to that as well this last week. Mom and Rod have been a real help watching the girls while we studied on Wednesday and Thursday. We went to the Arecibo Observatory on Friday. It is the largest radio telescope in the world and is used 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. It was built in the sixties and NASA has given them a grant which keeps them up and running. I originally thought it was made of concrete but it's actually aluminum panels with holes so it doesn't collect the rain. But they do have to clean it off every so often.

On Saturday we were hoping to go to the island of Vieques off the east coast of PR. We left late Saturday morning but didn't really take into consideration that it was a holiday weekend. The traffic was bad all the way to Fajardo where we were supposed to pick up the ferry. We got to the doc a little after 1pm. But the next ferry didn't leave until 4:30. And the last ferry left Vieques at 6pm. So even if we had gotten on we wouldn't have been able to stay very long or done very much. We'll just have to remember that we need to go much earlier next time. So we just went to a nearby beach and enjoyed the cool water.

On Sunday the four of us sang a quartet, Our Savior's Love, in Spanish. Sylvia also came up with us since she didn't want to be left with anyone else. Vivian happily went with a sister in the ward. We were going to do it with a guitar accompaniment...but that got changed at the last minute by a councilor in the stake presidency who was visiting. We were able to get someone to pinch hit on the piano at the very last minute and it turned out just fine. We got lots of compliments. We've been given a challenge in our stake to read the Book of Mormon in 100 days...or at least for 100 seconds per day. We're all going to do it. Even the girls...at least the 100 seconds part.