83 HOURS

Well, we head off the island in about 83 hours and are all in various stages of excitement.

I, of course, am trying to make sure all the details are in place, the suitcases are being packed by their respective owners, the house is clean and ready for the house/dog/church sitters, the TRIP FOLDER is organized with all the reservations, maps and other important documents. And at the same time, I am trying to do all my regular tasks at work and at home - just your typical mom type activities.

Kerry is probably just waiting for the trip to start, hoping his cold goes away before he gets on the plane, and wishing I would chill out.

Kenneth - well, Kenneth is a typical teenage boy...."trip? yeah, we leave some time and are gone for a while and it should be fun"

Abigail - typical pre-teen...."YES! I'm getting off the island! Gonna go shopping....what else are we doing?"

Just kidding! We are all very excited and have been looking forward to this trip for quite a while. The kids have lists of things things they want to do and places they want to see. Kerry and I are looking forward to seeing new areas and seeing friends and family.

Our goal with this blog is to try to enter something daily about what we have done and post pictures of our trip.

We leave on Friday, June 12 and will keep you up to date on our excursion and all the excitement that goes with traveling across country for 24 days with 2 teenagers, a laid back dad and a detail oriented mom!