After 12 days of the best vacation EVER, we're finally home. We've been bad about blogging partly because I didn't have my collage software or my photo editing program and partly because we've been so busy during the day that we all collapse into bed almost immediately after our 3 year old girls do!
When we loaded into our Honda Odyssey van 12 days ago, we didn't know what to expect. Would the kids be able to sleep in the unfamiliar hotel? Would they take naps? Would they enjoy the amusement parks or be overwhelmed? Would they be tall enough to ride anything? Would they have enough self control to even be let out of the stroller?! The answer to everything was YES! What a beautiful time!
I'm working on collages that attempt to do justice to the amazing time we had each and every day of our trip. We drafted the text that will accompany those collages during our 8 hour drive home today while the girls watched movies on the DVD. Andrew and I tried to remember all the details and then compose some interesting paragraphs. It was a fun way to kill 8 hours on the road! All I need to do is copy and paste the text into the blog when I have the collages all ready. (UPDATE: Most of the pages are done so scroll down)
When we got home, it was almost like we'd never left. The time really passed so quickly -- were we really away that long? Surely we must have misread the calendar and there's still another week of vacation remaining. Then I spied the old bananas on the counter and there was no denying that vacation - like the life of these formerly beautiful fruit - was over.
Welcome home! So glad you had such a great time! Can't wait to see more pictures!
Donna
Posted by: Donna | August 31, 2007 at 05:55 PM
Welcome home, intrepid travellers! Glad to see that everyone had a great time.
Any interest in seeing the Dragon Boat Races on Treasure Island 22/23rd?
Posted by: mama d | September 01, 2007 at 06:09 AM
Welcome home! Whao, great photos and I can't believe you still have time to type!
Get some rest and we hope to see you soon!
Posted by: Becky | September 02, 2007 at 02:54 PM
Hi Becky
I've been staying up until 3:00 AM! I've missed my computer soooooo much!
:)
Donna
Posted by: Donna | September 02, 2007 at 04:39 PM
welcome home. Glad you had a wonderful time!!
Posted by: robin | September 02, 2007 at 08:15 PM
Welcome home!!!!! Love your photos, can't wait to see your scrapbooking!
Posted by: Yoli | September 03, 2007 at 03:17 AM
Welcome home! That banana picture and the Gwenzilla vs. Maddlyon cracked me up!
Posted by: M3 | September 03, 2007 at 03:14 PM
Welcome home! It was so good to see you at the reunion! The girls are as beautiful as ever--I can't believe how much they have changed in 6 months. Glad you had such a wonderful trip. You've inspired me to finally try a theme park with Emilia (but not the Wild Animal Park!). :)
Posted by: Marilyn | September 05, 2007 at 10:28 AM