Ready or not, here we come!

OK, so I've been really bad and really busy. But let's jump in like you know what's been going on. K? :o)

Only ONE day until our Florida adventure begins! We're headed out tomorrow night after work to Mom & Dad's where we'll celebrate Papa's birthday after we arrive. Boys are excited!

At 5am Wednesday, we'll kiss a sleeping Josh goodbye (he's getting his own adventure at Grammy & Papa's!) and embark on a multi-state whirlwind adventure. We're headed down through Arkansas and across on I-40 for a rendezvous with Memphis at the lunch hour. (Wonder how many Starbucks we'll need to drive through before we get that far?) Then we'll head eastward through Mississippi and Alabama, finally arriving for our first night's destination - Atlanta. We'll spend a quick night there (sorry, Jamie, no Braves game this time) and leave for sunny Orlando bright and early on Thursday morning! With any luck, we'll be in the Sunshine State by noon-ish EDT.

Once in Orlando, we'll be staying near Universal Studios, so we'll of course be hanging out at Universal for a couple of days. Jacob can't wait! Mom, on the other hand, is a little nervous for her stomach. See, Jacob thinks that he's all big stuff and is ready to take on all of the big, bad roller coasters. Of course, he is begging Mom to ride with him. Hmmm... We'll see about that...

Saturday brings the real reason we're making this crazy trip - the World Bible Quiz! He'll start the quiz at 12 noon and should finish by about 3p. We'll post his results on Facebook for sure, so check out that avenue for updates.

Saturday night we'll head out to Jetty Park near Cape Canaveral for a cookout with the rest of the GracePoint quizzers and their families. Looks like an awesome beach!

Sunday brings our return trip, but via another route for some different scenery. We'll be driving to and spending the night in Nashville on Sunday night. Then we'll head home via St. Louis on Monday.

Phew. I'm tired just after typing all of that! I'm sure we'll be going on some adrenaline. Oh, yeah, and some grande non-fat 2-pump mocha lattes from the 'Bucks. ;o) More updates to come as the trip commences... T minus 32 hours!

Happy trails!
J&A&j&j