Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Back to P-town

After a long 2-day drive, we returned to Peoria yesterday around 5:30 pm. The boys were real troopers and handled the drive well. We played cards, watched movies, read and listened to music. Dave drove the entire way and never tired. The boys were so happy to be home - back with their "stuff" and back in their own beds at night.

Today we got through all our mail, delivered some gifts and managed to make sure everything was put away. Matt spent the afternoon with his buddies, playing baseball. Ashton re-wired our boat trailer (as per Uncle Doug's instructions) and was thrilled with his success. He also learned his 9.5 horse boat motor was repaired while we were gone and he convinced Dave to take him to pick it up.

Thankfully, we missed the miserable heat and humidity (109 heat index) on Monday and the terrible storm that followed that evening. Also, we appreciated my dad coming over to mow on Tuesday. What a nice thing to do!

I have to work all day on Thurs and Fri this week (a professional development seminar), so was happy to have today to pull things together. Dave spent last night on the phone planning his work activities for the next few days.

Guess we're back in the saddle again - to coin a phrase from the West. What a great trip we had - from zip lines to hummer rides, visiting old friends (Sam) to new friends (The Rices), enjoying gourmet dinners and pizza suppers, visiting national parks and state parks ... Thanks to everyone for your phone calls and for reading our blog. I hope you found it fun to hear all about our adventures. Special thanks to Kevin Rice for providing the photos of Sand Dunes Nat'l Park and their home in Del Norte. His great photos were a nice change from my googled pictures!

Now, the scrapbooking begins!
love,
carol

1 comment:

Ashley said...

I LOVE the blog... don't stop. The adventures continue. Post updates on the boys & everything you're doing!!! Glad you made it home safe. Love.