9/11 Tribute

In remembrance of everyone who lost their lives, and those who lost loved ones, on that unforgettable and harrowing day.

We WILL never forget!

Tonight I was rereading my post from last year: "In Remembrance", and I could hardly get through the whole post without crying. I know that everyone who was alive and old enough to know what was going on will always feel a deep punch in the stomach when thinking back to that day.

Its always rough this time of year, and I'm hoping its not blown over because of the election coming up and all the craziness that is The Campaign.

Home Sweet Home - VERY pic heavy

We made it back at about 3:30 this morning. Can you say TIRED?!?!

It was so much fun this week, though! Our adventure turned out quite nicely - even if there were many hangups with the car along the way...

The pictures of the car above are obviously taken at night in a garage so they aren't the best, but they give you the general idea. The funnest part of the car is "Ruby" our navigation system. (LOL We named her Ruby because we had to come up with something good since the Wizard and Dorothy call theirs Mildred... Well, Ruby just seemed appopriate. hehe)

These are pictures of us all up at Moose River. This was SOOOOO fun!!! I mentioned earlier that I actually SWAM in DARK WATER!!! That's AMAZING for me lol. I haven't swam in water I couldn't see in since I was little and got bit by a snapping turtle - ouch!!! I only had a mild panic attack when I got out there and thought about the possibility of snakes near my feet hiding in all the hidden rocks... But I got over it. Watching Trey move quickly over those rocks with agility was crazy to watch!



These were taken in Shirley's museum home. :-) [Can you say PANIC?!?!]




Can't leave "Ork" (Karin) out - her house is a museum too hehe...



Karin's hot little BMW:



Steve's "Little Red Corvette":



And these were from our last night there.



And here are a few pics from the pool - where we spent nearly the entire time (and I'm actually IN this picture!!! well, my face is hahaha):

CAR CAR CAR

We have SEEN THE CAR!
We have DRIVEN THE CAR!
We love THE CAR!

:-)

We are happy campers. Paperwork will be final tomorrow, and we will be back on the road to Indiana. Its happy and sad... We have been having so much fun out here in the mountains, but the kids are really tired and missing the dog lol. I personally would love to stay out here forever haha! The weather is nice, lots of rain, just the way I like it - and good food, good company and spotless houses LOL!! That is enough reason to stay right there!!! (And make no mistake it has been a full time job keeping Aunt Shirley's palace house clean. :-)

Fun Times in New York

Well, we finally made it to New York on Sunday. We took off Saturday evening after my last post. We still have no car, but its getting the finishing touches right now lol... Hopefully it will be ready today. (Although I don't really want to leave we are having so much fun out here with Steve and Shirley and Karin.)

Three days have passed so far and we have been in the water everyday! Yesterday we drove to Moose River and that was so much fun!! I never would have imagined I would have swam in a river, but I did (Ally at one point went skinny dipping but that's another story for another day haha)... And I have a TAN!!!! If you know me irl, you know how RARE that is lol!! I haven't really ever had a tan in my life, but I do today. And all the kids are sunburnt (not too badly, I'm a sunblock addict). Charles has one too - we are all miserable haha.

Tonight we are going to go have some yummy Italian food - we are very excited! Many many many pictures have been taken and I can't wait to share them with you!!