That isn't how you store deodorant
One night we came back to our hotel room, and this is how we found the deodorant. We’re pretty sure we didn’t leave it that way in the morning. Our hotel housekeeper must have taken a few minutes to get it to stand up on the rounded cap. Practical joke, or has she really never seen how deodorant stands up?
We are back from Europe, and we will post more pictures of our trip when we get the energy. Maybe tomorrow….
It is crazy to think we are halfway through our trip. In case you have missed us, here is a link to some pictures of our travels so far: Europe 2010 on Photoshop.com
We will give you more information when we get home about all of our travels but we are killing time while our clothes are in the wash. Hilton Garden Inn, thank you for having a washer and dryer so we do not have to use the sink.
Sorry our writing is so weird, we are using a foreign keyboard, and there is no apostrophe. And no °at° sign, and apparently no quotes…
We opened Jake’s mission call on Thursday afternoon and he is going to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He reports to the Brazil MTC on September 1, 2010. We are all so excited for him. We know that is where the Lord wants him to go and that he will be an amazing missionary.
Thank you to everyone who participated in guessing where his mission call would be. We had a fun time talking about everyone’s guesses and thinking about where he could go. But enough about that, it is time to announce the winner. Erik Hulme (my brother-in law) won with a guess of Cordoba Argentina. The distance between Cordoba and Rio de Janeiro according to Google Maps is 2760 km a 1 day and 9 hour drive. That is a drive I definitely don’t want to make, and luckily we don’t have to! We will be sending Erik two movie tickets so he and my little sister can go on a date! Congratulations Erik.
Feel free to leave comment with advice or congratualations for Jake here on the blog and we will be sure that he receives them.
Mission Call
My little brother Jake just received his mission call but we will not be opening it until Thursday since we will all be together for my little sisters graduation. So the speculation begins.
Please leave a comment with your prediction. You may guess one foreign mission and one domestic if you’d like, per Jake.
There are two prizes up for grabs. The winner can choose the prize they would like from:
The winner will be determined by distance to actual mission in miles.
What are you waiting for? Go leave a comment with your prediction, a free date awaits!!
If you need ideas, this document has all of the missions listed: List of LDS Missions
March of Dimes
On Saturday we participated in the Dallas March of Dimes March for Babies walk. The walk was a five mile loop by White Rock Lake. My company was one of the sponsors for the walk so I signed up to participate. We thought it would be fun and a good warm up for our Europe trip next week since we will be doing a lot of walking while we are there.
We showed up at the park and ride facility to be bussed into the walk and it was a bit of a fiasco. There were tons of people all waiting for the shuttle buses. When we finally arrived at the walk there were thousands of people. I wanted to wait and go walking with the people from my company but we were standing at the starting line and as I looked back I couldn’t see the end of the line. So we went ahead and knew we would have fun on our own. It was inspiring to us how many people were willing to give up a Saturday morning to raise awareness and money for research to help premature babies.
As we started walking we quickly noticed that there were too many people for the roads and it was crazy crowded. Addie just wanted to get out and walk around, but would have been trampled, so she was fussy. There were a few times when we wanted to just turn around and head back home but we stayed with it. We took breaks, let Addie run around, gave her snacks, and walked really fast so we could speed up the process. At the end we felt good for staying to the task and getting it all done. Here are some photos from our day.
Ready to Walk
Starting to Meltdown
Addie and Daddy
Finally out of the stroller
Look how big my shirt is
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