Almost Home

We're sitting here in the Las Vegas airport waiting for our shuttle bus to St. George, and we thought we'd update our adventures. I think we left off in Huntsville and leaving for Atlanta on Thursday. So that's what we did. Bryce took me to the airport on his way to work and we rented a car (red Toyota Corolla) and drove to Atlanta. Bryce loaned us his GPS gadget that works with the laptop so we were able to navigate the back roads of Alabama without any trouble and got to Terry's about the time she got off work. We spent the evening visiting and catching up. We also got to see Haley, Lauren and Chad. On Friday, we decided to go to the Georgia Aquarium downtown. It is a great place and we had a good time and I took a boatload of pictures.

I think this grouper wanted to swallow the guy on the right. He might have been able to do it. He wasn't even the biggest fish in the tank. They had 4 whale sharks in there that were about 18-20 feet long. It was a cool place to spend the day. Bryce and Dena drove down Friday night and again we spent the evening talking and just being together. Saturday, there were several plans, but what ended up happening was the girls went shopping, the boys stayed home and napped and we all went to the Braves game in the evening. We also got to meed Chad's girlfriend Crystal and their baby Cailen (sp?). The baby went to the game with us and we all had a good time passing her around. She likes the games (this was not her first).

I was sitting there with Mom and told her that life doesn't get much better than this: Sitting at a Braves game, holding a baby, my wife is with me, and the Braves were winning. Life is good.

We got home late from the game, but not as late as Lauren, Haley, Bryce and Dena. They were going to go to a late movie after the game, but got stuck in killer traffic and didn't get home til about 2:00. (am!)
Sunday, we got up, said goodbye, drove back to Huntsville, dropped off the rental car and Bryce and Dena took us up to Nashville where we got on a plane and flew BACK to Atlanta where we had been in the morning. Don't ask us why, but our tickets to Nashville thru Atlanta were cheaper than just going to Atlanta. And on the return trip, Delta wouldn't let us skip the Nashville-Atlanta leg and just catch the flight to Las Vegas in Atlanta. Some rules don't make no kind of sense. But after a couple of delays, we finally got into Vegas about midnight (Pacific time) and went to our motel for the night. This morning we got up and lazed around until the motel shuttle took us back to the airport, and here we sit, waiting for another shuttle to St. George, where the Todd shuttle should pick us up and get us home. It's been a long trip but a really enjoyable one. We want to thank Bryce and Dena for a wonderful time as well as Terry and Ferrell. It's been lots of fun. We're going to have to do it again sometime. Hopefully not wait for another 30th anniversary. It's kind of hard to believe we've been married 30 years, and kind of hard to think we haven't been married forever. It just feels natural to be married. Good thing, too. We love you all and are looking forward to the get together at Thanksgiving. Mom always needs something to look forward to and Thanksgiving should do the job. Love, Dad