A Time Out

Well everyone, I wasn't sure we would have email access while away, so I am delighted to report that we do! Believe me, I was getting scared to see what my email accounts would look like after being gone for 2 weeks - a truly nasty sight. For example, after just about 2 days, I had over 50 to go through.

Anyway, we are about done with week one and it has been great. We started the first day in Vegas. We took the girls into a few different places, had to shield them from some things - or if we were not quick enough to shield - we had a little discussion or shared a face of "yuck, they need more clothes on." They loved the Belagio fountain show & the M&M store was a big hit. Yes, I know, not a likely vacation location..but we flew out of Vegas to save over 600 bucks vs. SLC airport! That got us into Philadelphia and saved the headache of flying into NY city.

We got "home" by 4 am on Thursday and slept until after noon. We just spent time with Chris's family that day. Friday we spent time at my old home. Technically, the house is well gone but being there on the old property brought so many memories back. The new owner has built 2 beautiful cabins and it is a little rustic resort in a way.

We also took a walk down our back road - what we called it. It eventually leads to the Lehigh River, but we just go back a little to where the waterfall is. That's right - we had our own beautiful waterfall to see right by our house. Some may be wondering why I would leave that & move to the desert - I was really wondering that myself that day, it really is beautiful - but we were meant to move there and can see the Lord's hand in that.

We found wild blackberries along the road. They were very tasty.

What is a trip with out the bugs? Too bad we left the repellent at his parents house. OOPS!

We also made a stop at my old schools. That was something that would blow your minds! All the schools k-12 are in the same area. The elementary is connected to the middle school & the H.S. is across the street. We were in a very small school - graduated with about 33 others.

GO WRECKERS!! What an awesome mascot, huh? How about this cheer - yes, I dabbled in cheerleading... "We will, we will, WRECK YOU!"

There we so many tow trucks, aka "wreckers" painted on the streets around the schools.

That leads us to my school reunion. The main reason we came out here in the first place. I was pretty nervous since I hadn't seen anyone for probably 10 years! I have talked with a select few through the years - you know who you are - that are pretty much life long friends of mine. But the amazing thing was how we still are the same in a way & I felt like we were never away! Have you ever met an old friend in a random place, you catch up quick & then wonder what else to say?? You end up leaving in a kinda awkward way....well not here. We spent practically the entire day together & it was fabulously fun. Chris even had a good time. Since we were friends for so long, he actually knew a good amount of my classmates from various activities & things we all did together. Life is funny. We are getting older, getting married, having kids and pretty much growing up. It is weird to think about it sometimes. Thanks Stace for getting it all together.