Holiday Inn Huntsville Downtown

... is asleep in our bed... snoring, Micah in his bed, Granny and Papa on Nate's bed, Nate here on the couch reading, me... typing with one eye open and a toothpick in the other. Thank you God!!! Gracias a Dios for the incredible time we had in Lima, Peru!!!!! This is an adventure I will not soon forget. The boys are already saying "we REALLY want to go!!!!" <br><br>Lima, Peru trip dos???????????????? To be continued............. :)<br>

... br><br>The venue itself was pretty nice, and we had a really fun crew. They were so efficient and good that we had our fastest load out to date. <br><br>Decatur, AL claims to be a "Grand City on a Charming Scale"... now, I don't really buy that, but I will say, I found it's alternative title "Home of Meow Mix" to be the most exciting aspect of the city. We passed the giant Meow Mix factory on the way out of town. Sadly, it left it's jingle of singing cats in my head for about 5 min.<br>

... half original retail and most clothes, books and CD's are $4, bargain! We got a few extra warm clothes to help us out as we head South and some books and CD's to help fill the time.<br><br> This place was totally awesome. There have been some crazy things found in the lost luggage department. If anyone remembers the movie the Labyrinth (who doesn't?) the puppet Hoggle, all 4ft of him ...

... mumbling in the back..Are we lost. I was starting to panic..but I just did what comes naturally to a Chicagoian..a U TURN..wooohooo.. I just ignored Garmin..even with his english accent.. Ok..so we are back at the hotel.. The girls threw a surprise bday party in our room..Lyndsy, Megan, and Wimpee were surprised. We had cupcakes... Then we headed off to the fields..They are nice.. Did I mention we are playing in ...

... us the whole floor..why..because this hotel rocks and they know the drill. You never stick a team of anything in different rooms all over the hotel.. You control the chaos and put them all on one floor so the explosion will be contained. This has been a very enlightening trip. I did learn an interesting tidbit about one of the parents that couldn't make it. Let's just say tell your children that some things ...

WE FINALLY MADE IT! A few wrong turns, some crazy hick towns, and one AMAZING BBQ restaurant and we are finally here. The trip was FULL of anticipation and alot of humor. If you could have only heard the walkie talkie conversations the girls had....lets just say in a 9 hour trip they never seemed to get bored...I wanna know if all you parents injected them with caffiene this moring, haha. Seriously though, it was a great ...

... ENJOYING <br>THEMSELVES JUST LIKE US. LITTLE SWEETHEART WAS TAKING IT <br>ALL IN; FEEDING THE DUCKS AND FISH, WATCHING THE PEOPLE, <br>WAVING TO PEOPLE SAYING HI. PEOPLE WOULD JUST MAKE OVER <br>HER. WE WERE (COULDN'T HELP OURSELVES) BEAMING WITH PRIDE <br>AND JOY. SHE IS A SWEETHEART! SHE LOVED FEEDING THE FISH <br>AND THE BIRDS; RUNNING AND THEN CLIMBING SOME OF THE STEPS; <br>SITTING ON ...

(54) SEPTEMBER 4, 2009<br>REALLY WE HAVE BEEN TO THIS MOUNTAIN <br>OVER AND OVER AGAIN BUT NEVER WITH <br>OUR LITTLE GRAND-DAUGHTER. WE REALLY <br>HAD A GOOD TIME. WE DID SLIDES, TEETER <br>TOTER, AND I DO NOT EVEN KNOW THE <br>NAMES OF THE OTHER ONES. SHE LOVED <br>THE SQUIRRELS. THEY WERE EVERYWHERE. <br>I WAS SURPRISED AT THE DIFFERENT AGE <br>GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE ...

... cats. Blanid was 84 years old, Steve's fathers older sister. She had a stroke a year or so ago and had worked hard to regain her speech. She would get frustrated that her brain would not allow her to get out what she was wanting to say...but she tried and was greatly improved when we saw her a couple of weeks ago. She was a beautiful person and she will be missed by all who knew her.

... the chance to visit much of Europe and to get at least a glimpse of the many, varied cultures and languages that abound there. In a few cases I got to see firsthand what it's like to live in these places, but in most cities we only saw from afar, walking along beaten tourist paths, and unbeaten, unintentionally meandering paths through neighborhoods and along highways. Though we certainly had some navigational pratfalls and shortcomings in the way of planning, I wouldn't change our ...