fam vacay, part 1

this day held adventure and excitement...there's no way to organize my thoughts, so I won't even try...enter my mind at your own risk!!!!

I'll start with the worst...skip the first line if you'd rather not know who/what/when/where/why someone got sick.

woke up at 5:40am to "Stephen threw up" ~ and we were at my mom's house ~ couldn't go back to sleep after cleaning it up, so I

wrote a song (actually re-wrote verses)..it'll be good someday...well-worth the yrs of misery I'm dragging it thru then I

resisted a breakfast of bacon, eggs, and grands biscuits, but loved how David pulled up a chair while watching the bacon. my banana was delicious. we packed up and stood talking in the driveway a while then I

got in line behind my kids and nieces so I could tell uncle Jeff "It's my birthday, too"...he must have gone by the atm before coming by this morning, the way he was passing out the $'s!!! (it's not my birthday) Next we argued about who was riding with whom and

as we were pulling out of the driveway, I saw my mom's reaction to Ruth's hand motion which indicated she was gagging (you know what I mean) My sentiments, exactly, Ruth...the screamers need to ride in their daddy's van tomorrow!!! then we

listened to countless cd's, trying to find something that would put the little ones to sleep:) Stopped because we had to, but then

feared that we'd lose a kid or two at the huge travel center we stopped at and then learned that

the men's room was closed for cleaning. poor guys. no where else in sight.

Liz did jumping jacks in the ladies' room, for exercise. She is not my child. but

Jonathan, Michael, & his friend Josh are. they did a cool dance in front of the travel center...wonder if that made the manager want to get the bathroom opened sooner? next we

drove thru McD's and Liz said "I don't like burgers, but I want a double cheeseburger." To that, Hannah said, "You're just like me, girl!!!" She's 8. It just caught us off guard...I could barely order, from laughing.

almost every day, someone says we should have a tv reality show...once again, it happened as we checked in at the hotel. maybe we could call it "Big People, Little World" as it's feeling pretty tight but then again, we felt like little ppl in a big world as

we ran across a 5 lane highway to get to the jason's deli across from our hotel...some kids on piggybacks and

someone in jason's asked if I'd ever thought about being om a reality tv show.

no. absolutely not.

as we divided into elevators, to go back up to our rooms, I had to step over to the desk...I was looking for the nearest rock to crawl under as Jonathan, in his best Australian accent, cried out to me, "We're holding the elevator for you, dear mother, dear! Mother! Mother! Why won't you acknowledge me, Mother?!" as the elevator doors

closed. Yes, I suddenly forgot why I'd stopped at the desk. And I'm now in my hotel room, almost alone...multi-tasking...watching Disney and blogging in my sleep.