Vacation?

Whew! It's been a while since last I posted. Summer has been a whirlwind of activity.

Scott's Mom Susan and Stepdad Jim came for a 2 week visit. And for those of you who have been around Scott while he is on vacation, you know that he never stops, every moment of every day has to be filled with some sort of sight seeing or learning experience or he sees it as a waste of vacation time. So, needless to say, it was go, go, go.

First we went to Gulf Shores, AL for a few days to "relax" at the beach. Scott's idea of relaxing at the beach is much different than mine. Give me a cold beverage, a book and a deck chair and I am a happy camper. I will admit he was better this time than he normally is.

At some point we went to Warm Springs, GA (was that actually the first thing we did?...can't remember, I've slept since then.) to see the FDR's "Little White House". This was his vacation home where he would go to seek treatment in the springs for effects of the polio he suffered from. This is also where he died.

Oh, in Gulf Shores (or Columbus, sorry I'm skipping all around) we went to a Civil War Naval Museum that was pretty cool. They had an old iron clad on display. Well, it is actually what was left of the iron clad after the North got a hold of it, burned it, set it adrift on the Chattahoocee where it eventually burned to the water line and sank.

Grandma Charlie came down for a weekend to check out the new house and see Susan and Jim whom she hadn't seen since before Sydney was born. We went to Chattanooga, TN and went through the caves and saw Ruby Falls. We went to Rock City on Lookout Mountain, and Scott, the kids, Susan and Jim did the incline railway while Mom and I stayed on level ground and did some shopping and ate a funnel cake.

Now that Grandparents are gone, the kids don't know quite what to do with themselves. They have lost their captive audience. Although next week Sydney will be going to Vacation Bible School with her friend Loralia and Sam is going back to swim practice as well as helping me with some of the moving.

Yes, we will be moving! The closing on the house is set for Monday afternoon. We are sooo excited we can hardly wait.