Vacation Highlights

In the interest of cyber safety, I opted not to post any of our vacation entries until after we returned home. I've finally sorted through our 500+ pictures and completed the recaps of our adventures. To view them all, you'll need to scroll back several entries.

And for a pictorial look at our two week trip (including many park visits not previously posted and pictures from the buddies first fireworks show), follow this link.

Here's a taste of what you'll see:


And, a story that is just too funny not to immortalize:

Mid-trip, while staying at Granddad's house, Ben excitedly ran out of the bathroom shouting, "Hey Mommy! I flushed my underwear! I flushed it down the potty! I did it!" I could have died. So, off I marched, to find Steve and Stan, and relay the message. Lucky for Ben, his granddad is quite handy and didn't seem overly worried. I grabbed the kids and ran to a neighborhood park while Stan and Steve went to work taking apart the pipes in the basement. Stan built a handy net contraption, wedged it in a pipe, flushed, and then plunged the toilet. The underwear came shooting down and caught in his trap. Voila! We had our Thomas pants back and escaped an expensive plumber visit.