Our trip

So there really is no way to just blog about a 7 week trip. Gary kept our travel journal...which I will then use to scrapbook our adventure. But, I thought I would go ahead and post some more pics of our favorite areas. You can also see pics of the kids in front of the state signs on F/B. Some of our faves were Carlsbad Caverns in NM, Niagara Falls, NYC, Crater Lake, OR, Memphis, TN, Buildings and Monuments in DC, Portland, Maine, Charleston, SC, The Biltmore Estate, Wildlife along the way, including bald eagles, a bear cub (right on the side of the road in Shenendoah), foxes, deer, moose, elk, dolphins, osprey...and more. We did some great scenic drives through Zions, Smokey Mtns, West Virginia, Santa Fe Forest, Gulf Coast and Great River Rd in Illinois and Missouri. We are planning on putting together a slideshow pps...so when we can narrow down the 4000+ pics to more reasonable number, we'll have a party! And even now, I'm trying to upload pics and it's not letting me...UGH

Back 2 School

After missing the first day and being extremely tired, we sent the kids to school. Jake was excited that his friend, Daniel, is in the same class again this year. He has a teacher from Bridgeport, so that was also nice to hear. Hopefully he'll have a good year this year. Jessica was a little upset at first, but after seeing about 6 friends from her K class, it helped her get more excited. I don't know her teacher, but she has been with Emblem for a while and from what I hear, she is good.

We made it home!

After 48 states and Canada, 13500 plus miles, and 7 weeks of travel, we made it home late Wed. night. 1 day after school started. I know that I was not good at all in updating my blog, but I'm going to organize a photo album and post it on facebook. Really- there are 4000 plus pics, so if you want to come over and help, you are welcome. I could not handle the internet connections at the hotels, they were too slow and really I was just too tired to do too much. We had a great time and I can't wait to do my scrapbook, which is really what I love to do anyway.
We are also going to try to put together a slideshow...so maybe we'll just have to throw a party! Anyway, we are looking forward to catching up with everyone now that we are back! We are also thankful to our friend in our new ward, who came out ASAP to spray away all the black widows that moved into the garage while were were away!