trip with Jimmy

I flew to Colorado on Thursday, November 13th and headed back to Florida with Jimmy on Friday night at 10pm...We drove 17 hours the first leg of the trip and spent Saturday night in Tennessee. Then we left about 3am on Sunday morning, or I guess it could be considered Saturday night : )

Cooper and Riley were such good boys along the trip.

The only bumps along the way was when Jimmy narrowly missed hitting a deer. Well, we did hit him technically because his fur is still stuck in the bumper of the car. But it could have been much worse, as he explained to me...if we hit him head on he would have destroyed the car, and maybe us!! It was a huge male with a set of huge antlers.

I was sleeping when Jimmy swerved to avoid him and I screamed when he slammed his arm into me. You know that instintive arm that reaches for the passenger?

As I opened my eyes I saw him at the bumper when we hit him. Hopefully he's ok.

Anyway...here's some pictures. Scenery was basically the same. We did see gas for $1.59. I HAD to prove that!! Cooper and Riley were basically up in the front with us even though the whole back of the truck was empty for them. Jimmy put the baggage up close to us so they could have the room and also to keep them back there. Didn't work. I think Riley stood up by us for the first 15 hours!!

Jimmy left yesterday and Pete took the drive back with him.

It was so nice to have both my brothers here for thanksgiving...Doesn't happen too often.

Relay for Life

Here are pictures from the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life last Saturday.

Thank you to all that sponsered me and donated to this incredible cause. Every nickel counts!! We were a part of Tammi's Trailblazers who was the 2nd place team as far as donations. We raised $7,900. Of which I raised $700. Tammi's Trailblazers was just about $200 short of first place. As a whole there were 34 teams and 380 walkers raising an amazing $80,000!!

Thank you to my Mom for being there with me the WHOLE time...even when I wasn't there, as I had to go to work for 6 hours. And when my alarm went off at 4AM for my turn to walk....I shut it off and fell back asleep....She got up and walked it for me. Thanks MOM!!

I didn't know this until the morning or I would have gotten up with her!! It was a chilly night in the tent but it was worth it!

The white bags are called Luminary Bags. They are filled with sand and a candle and are lining the whole track. You purchase the bags in memory or in honor of someone you love who has been affected or lost their fight to cancer.

The girls filled out bags for their Nanny in Heaven. And my Aunt Pat got some as well for loved ones that she's lost.

Erin's was especially heart wrenching. She drew a picture of, I'm assuming my grandmother and Erin wrote "Where is she?", then right next to the mouth of my grandmother..."I'm looking after you"....then at the bottom of the bag she wrote "why did you have to go?"

Just heart wrenching.

Snowing

Woke up to snow in Colorado this morning. I know Tina S. and Lora are jealous....Anyone else?? : )

Walking with the Dinosaurs

We took the kids to see Walking with the Dinosaurs on Wednesday night before I left for Colorado.

I was so looking forward to seeing it and it was all that I hoped! It was informative, educational and entertaining! The kids had a blast. It was amazing to see dinosaurs as true to life as we'll ever see. It's really hard for you to get a feel for how big the dinosaurs were. In the picture with the T-Rex and it's baby....The man that was on the stage floor narrating the story, was SMALLER than the baby T-rex!! The kids were just in awe the whole time.

Sadly, leaving the show, I realized they were listening to the narrator because Kasey was asking if a comet can hit the Earth again...Because they learned that a comet is responsible for the extinction of the dinosaur and where it hit is now known as the Gulf of Mexico! Amazing. And scary. It saddens me that she worries about things like that.

Lots of Georgia pictures