America the beautiful

Howdy folks..

Sorry for the lack of posts lately.. Not because I haven't wanted to post but we are on vacation in the US for three weeks and have had little time online. Plus, I am no longer able to upload pics to this blog so I have to sit down and figure out how I am going to restructure my blog from this point on.

We have had a great time in the US of A. Our first week was spent in sunny Florida. Lots of pool time, shopping time, visit to the Hard Rock cafe, and a beautiful wedding in Panama City..

Then we headed to North Carolina (kakalacki) for a week of insanity and fun. We saw our eye doctor and both got glasses, our dentist, Bryon saw an oral surgeon and had his wisdom teeth removed, dermatologist, got professional photos of the kiddies taken, had an evening with my college roommates in Charlotte, spent two days at the Great Wolf Lodge in Charlotte for Daniel's birthday, spent some great time with my girls Kate and Melissa who drove all the way from Maryland/Va Beach to spend the week with me, soo much more..

I did some 'Mall shopping" by myself which ROCKED. For those of you in the UK, you know that going to an indoor shopping mall and seeing any store you want is a major rarity, so it was fabulous! And actually trying on clothes without kids pulling on me, screaming, hiding in the racks and scaring me to death thinking they were lost, you know, normal mom stuff, lol.

We have eaten some yummy food.. Yamoto's Express three times, take out pizza three times, KFC, Cold Stone, Chickfila, Dairy Queen, Cookout, oh yes.. Fast food nation, here I come! :)

Now we are in Pennsylvania for a week with Bryon's family. I've taken my first nap of the trip home, it was glorious. I had forgotten how spectacular naps are especially when your so tired you are literally falling asleep sitting.

I'm so thankful for this time at home. It has been almost 2 years since we have all been home together. I swore I would not drive on this trip but I have many times. Ya'll can pray for me when I get back to the UK because on my last trip home, I got in a car wreck my first day back to the UK!! I was driving on the wrong side of the road! ah!

I think my southern accent is coming back a bit. We will see :) Thanks to all my UK friends for holding the fort down. Time is going by too fast..

PS. Still looking for input on blog sites, recommendations, any info or wisdom you've gleaned from the blogging world. I plan on making some big changes to my blog when I back to the UK and settle in a bit..