Last NH post

These are the last bit of pictures from our trip. I'll quit now, but I just wanted to share the boat pics!

This is not from the boat, but such a great pic of LB and Jean! This was the day we left.

More from New Hampshire

LB and I at the lake

The three of us

LB and her new friend Russ

Her favorite thing to do with Russ

She really loved riding the four wheeler

Just thought I would post some more pics from our trip. There are a few more I will post later from the fireworks on the lake. We had the best time but are very happy to be home now. We missed everyone so much and once again there were storms coming home, so we spent a lot of time in the airport, again! This time we didn't have to wait for lots of flights, we just had to wait for the rain to clear up in ATL. Kind of seems like it followed us!

I would like to add a few new things I learned in NH.

1. They call a trash can a barrell. (That one really confused me. Especially, when this lady asked me where the "barrell" was.)

2. Hawaii...I know we think this is a state, but up there it means how are you...say it just right with an extreme northern accent and you will get it.

3. They have their own polar bear club. Not really, but they think their lake water is warm. It was ice cold! LB's lips turned blue as soon as she got in. Not my kind of swimming.

4. You always need a sweatshirt there, even when it is summer. The first day we were there we had to wear sweatshirts outside in the middle of the day. It's a different kind of summer. You especially need one at night!

Girls Trip

Well, based on the last post I guess you all know that LB and I are having a little "girls trip" in New Hampshire with Jaime!  We have had much fun and still have a little more to do before we leave tomorrow afternoon.  We are going out tonight in the Samples' boat to watch fireworks on the lake!  LB is very excited to see more fireworks.  Lucky for us, last weekend their fireworks show was cancelled due to storms so tonight is the night!  This has been one of the best times we've spent together, just girl time.  I'm really glad we got to do this!  I'm posting a few pics of our big time so far, but there will definitely be more to come after tonight!

This would be her totally tired of Jaime taking pictures of her! In case you didn't know, Jaime likes to do photo shoots...

Sorry, can't turn the pic, but this would be her feet after all day of walking and working in the Greenhouse.

This is LB helping pot all the plants that we did for Jill's bridal shower.

Still working on the flowers and she is getting a little crazy!

One of the finished products!

The Terminal

Anyone see the movie Terminal with Tom Hanks?  (Not his best one).  That is what yesterday felt like for us!  We were at an aiport for about 18 hours! In the time it took us to fly to New Hampshire, we could've driven.  We started at the aiport at 5am to try and make the 6am flight to Manchester, NH.  My uncle gave us buddy passes for Delta so you have to go standby for the flights.  The day before he checked the flights and they all looked like it would be a breeze to get on them.  That is...until it stormed on Wednesday and so then all the flights on Thursday became booked from people that were bumped from the day before.  Well, we missed tht 6am flight and then tried for the 730am flight.  Didn't get on that one either.  The next was 848am, missed it too.  Then there was a 1045am flight.  You guessed it...missed it!  I must say LB was a trooper.  She patiently waited for her first airplane ride that I wasn't sure was going to happen.  She would watch out the window and say, "there goes our airplane...again."  After we missed the 4th flight, we decided to break for lunch at the airport.  The next plane to try and catch was the 128pm flight.  We had already decided that if we didn't make it, we would drive to ATL and fly out there because we would definitely make it then.  We sat and anxiously waited for them to call our names.  While we were sitting there a thunder storm rolled in and a big bolt of lightning hit.  There was smoke and a loud noise.  In the meantime, a plane was diverted from ATL to land in Bham because ATL was closed due to the weather.  It just so happened that a few people got off that plane because they were coming to Bham anyway.  Jackpot!!  We got a seat.   We quickly got on for our short ride to ATL.  Come to find out the plane we were really waiting on got struck by the previous lightning bolt and everyone had to get off and wait.  We finally made it to ATL at around 5pm (ET) and were trying to catch a 535pm flight to Boston because we totally missed all the flights to Manchester.  Well, delayed again!  The 535pm flight didn't leave until around 830pm and it didn't look good for us since we were 39 of 39 on the standby list.  So we sat and what do you know, they called our name!  So we made it to Boston around 11pm (ET).  Poor Jaime, Jean, and Yetta!  They had to drive 2 hours to come and get us and then 2 hours back!  But we are here and LB is having a great time.  She was so great during all the hoopla.  Honestly, it was kind of fun yesterday and adventuresome for us.  I am definitely not complaining, our tickets were cheap and we knew that could happen to us. Hopefully the flight back home Sunday will not look like this in any form or fashion though!  I'm praying for good weather.

Did I mention that my bag got searched in airport security?  Did you know that you can only have 3oz of liquid in your carry on bags?  Well, I didn't!  I had to throw away brand new shower gel, lotion, expensive face wash, and hairspray!  Next time I will know!  But really, that was the least of my worries yesterday!

The Aquarium, a History Lesson, and LauraBeth

We went to the Georgia Aquarium this weekend and it was lots of fun, however, the crowd was a little large to say the least. (I'll post some pics later) We waited forever in line for tickets and it was hot and everyone else decided to go to the Aquarium as well. We finally got to the line to get our tickets and of course had to put all 15 bags that are associated with babies up on the counter for the security guard to look through to make sure that this family of 5 wasn't a threat. I mean really, do we fit the description? Then they proceeded to wave the little wand over every one of us, even the kids! I asked her if she needed to wave her wand over the baby, but she didn't enjoy my sarcasm. Oh, and Barrett always carries a pocket knife with him and he had to check it out front for us to come back for after we were done. (Don't even get me started on my feelings about this whole process and the lack of privacy we now have, that's another blog for another day and probably one I should keep to myself.) Anyway, all of this lead in to explain the next conversation. Cole asks..."mommy, why did they just do all that stuff to us?" Kind of a loaded question I thought. How do you explain to a 7 year old what happened on 9/11 that prompted all of this. I put it in kid terms. "well, you see, when you were a baby some really bad guys came to our country and killed a bunch of people and now everyone has to let people look through their stuff so that they can make sure no one is trying to hurt us again..." They, Cole and LB, are listening to my explanation and almost immediately you can see the wheels turning. Cole says, "Mommy, if I see a bad guy I am going to punch him in the face!" I commended him on his bravery and then feel a tug at my shirt from LB. She cups her hand over her mouth to whisper, except it was a far cry from a whisper, and says...."or you could kick him in the weenie!" You can tell her daddy has been coaching her on what to do if a stranger or anyone tries to hurt her! She keeps us laughing...

Big News!!

Just had to post my great news...I got my letter of acceptance for Nursing School today!!! It's a go and I will start full-time on August 18th. I am a little nervous, but very excited about this new part of my life. I'm sure it will be hard, but in the end it will be worth it.