Microtel Inn Olathe

... The first night was spent at Sakura with everyone including Ricky and Kim. Of course Sakura is a sushi train with all the fixins. The rest of the trip was spent at the Legends Shopping Center and The Books A Million book store. The last evening was dinner at Oklahoma Joe's Bar B Que. The french fries were great but everything else paled in comparision to Rudy's.

... butt across five states until stopping in KC.

We arrived around 4am. I got up around 7am to capitalize on any time with my sisters, nieces, and nephews. Brett slept in until around 12nn. We ate breakfast and the kids played for a couple of hours. Then it was on the road again..

... considered...one bag each (plus the golf clubs) which served as a nice spill over for all the bulky items that didn't make it into the regular bags......hair dryer, shoes, life jackets et al.

KC to LAX on Southwest went well. Aubs didn't sleep much so she was pretty exhausted when we got to LAX. now we just hope to get on the plane tonight! We're on standby with staff travel. More about that in the next blog.

... want to give a quick shout out to the Healthe Pharmacy here at Cerner, they've been so helpful in purchasing supplies and getting me good deals on high impact items to take with us! Also, the mail room staff that has been so helpful in packing and sending all those large boxes back in August and then helping yesterday with padding and packaging for items that might burst in transit.

We will make it to Lima tomorrow night, fly up to Piura ...

... clinics and housing for recovering surgery patients as well as their family members who may have accompanied them from far away. The Hospital is within walking distance to the Centro and the CEO Betania (where we will be eating) is also within walking distance. The CEO Betania is where the Sisters of Mercy teach local women skills to break the cycle of poverty. They operate a bakery, make cloth and other textiles ...

... concert felt like the best ever?! Shouldn’t we be so tired that performing “the best ever” is out of the question?

There’s an interesting phenomenon that happens with performers. Regardless of how physically taxing, emotionally and mentally draining a schedule such as ours has been, there is a reservoir of strength and stamina that we draw from to give our audience a performance that surprises even us. Ask any member of the Choir or ...

... the back. I'll take a picture once it is daylight tomorrow.

The only goal I can think of now is maybe to reach the Arctic circle, and then maybe reach the Arctic Ocean. The best way I can tell is by going via the Dempster Highway with a well equipped vehicle rented in Whitehorse.

Like all trips previous, it is now 1:40 am and I'm so tired of preparing. Tomorrow's drive should take us all the way to Canada.

... put on an earlier flight from Atlanta to KC, getting us home about 3 hours earlier than we'd planned on. Our day has been spent catching up on Tivo tv, reading 2 weeks worth of mail, listening to 2 weeks worth of voicemail, emailing, calling family and friends, catching up with renters, and of course playing with the puppies. It certainly is nice to be home. The trip to Honduras was wonderful. We'd go again in a heartbeat! If you get a chance to visit yourself, you won't be disappointed.

... Matthews Band last night and I've been rockin' in my head all day long from how sweet it was. I've told Trevor, if we ever win Powerball and have money to burn, I want to be a groupie for the summer and follow DMB around to every show. And I want to have good seats and every show. I want a lot of things, and I could name off quite a few without really thinking too hard, but this is one wish I could really dig!