quick trip to Syracuse

Recently, Justin and I were invited to speak at the closing of an art exhibit of kanga, the wrap-around cloth that Swahili women wear. The exhibit was in Syracuse, New York, so we made a weekend of it and took Juma along. After much suffering and tribulation of having to sit in the car for five hours, then sit through the panel, then sit through dinner with a bunch of grown-ups, Juma deserved a little break. So the next day we took him to the local children's museum to play.











No, we didn't spend the whole time in the dinosaur-digging exhibit. That's just where we took the pictures that turned out the best. If you ever make it up to Syracuse, check out this museum. Juma had so much fun we even went back the next day for a second dose.

One of the quirkiest-but-cool exhibits was Toothpick City II. There's a man who professionally builds things out of toothpicks. His current project focuses on mosques, temples, churches, monuments, etc. All to scale. All out of toothpicks. Bet you never saw the Salt Lake Temple in toothpicks before. Well, now you can.