sweet home alabama...no, texas

We got home yesterday afternoon after 8 days on the road. We are all very thrilled to be home but equally glad that we had a wonderful time in Alabama. The kids did great (my biggest worry) on the drive out there as well as all of the different places we went and stayed. My biggest prayer before leaving was for the ability to relax and just go with it. I am not so good at that and can border on anal retentive. God really enabled me to do ok with it all.

Shawn (and the band) were playing at a Song of Solomon conference in Huntsville, AL. He and his mom talked about us all going out for the week to visit his family. A ton of family on his mom and dad's side live there so it really made sense to visit. We had not been out there in over 4 years and very few of them had met the kids. At the time, I reluctantly agreed to going (remember, i'm anal retentive - oh, and can be a control freak too). My heart kind of sank when i thought about the long drive, lack of schedule and staying in random homes. Ah, a learning moment for me...

Shawn flew out there with the guys on Friday morning. We (Janis, myself and the kids) left Friday AM too. Shawn called us at 9:10 AM as he is getting on the plane. He calls us again a few hours later after landing in Huntsville and we are (surprise, surprise) still in Texas. Great morale booster. We arrived in Huntsville on Saturday afternoon around 3:30 PM and met up with Shawn.

Lots of details, lots more if you're interested :-)

Quick rundown b/c Shawn just got home with a movie:

Few days in Huntsville with Janis's family mainly
Few days in Montgomery with Shawn's cousin Keith and wife Terry. He's a federal judge so we got to see his chamber, meet his clerks, etc.
Few days in Troy and an afternoon in Birmingham with sweet Jenny.

I want to post some pics - they are currently on Shawn's computer. Will get to that tomorrow...hopefully.

Movie has started. good night.

sim