Michael is so excited, despite the fact that we blow out candles at EVERY birthday party :)
Yesterday was my dad's birthday. We celebrated Friday night with a dinner at my parents' house. A good time was had by all and some fun pictures were captured. You'll have to take a look. I'll have to thank Tommy for the pictures of the cork game and Joe for the ones of me and Ellie. Nice shooting, guys! I took the ones of the silly "motorcycle" helmet that we got for my dad to represent the new one he picked out the next day at the store. I wish I had a picture of the real one, but I don't yet. I hear it's really cool and, best of all, it will keep the bugs out of his teeth!
Well, I'd better get back to preparing for our road trip. We leave on Wednesday for Nebraska where we'll swim, play, and rest for the night at a hotel before continuing on to Colorado. We'll be spending four nights in a lodge in Breckenridge with most of my mom's side of the family (we'll miss those of you who can't make it). After that we're continuing on to Arkansas to visit Darren's sister and her family... while we're all packed up and road tripping, we figured, "Why not?" We'll spend four nights there and head home next Saturday. If you're counting, we still haven't decided what to do with the trip to Arkansas. Take it in two shorter days or muscle it out in one long one. If we choose to divide the trip into two days, do we stay in a hotel in Kansas or take the longer route and go again through Nebraska? We'll have to see how the first leg goes.
We'll have the computer with us for watching DVDs in the car, so maybe I'll get to post a few pictures and an update while we're traveling. ???