One month from today...

...we will be in London, England. I can't believe our trip is this soon. Are we ready? I guess so. Maybe. Ok, maybe not. Will we be ready by May 27th? Yep. I think I should get our suitcases out and start putting things in them as I think of them. I want to update our blog daily while we are away, since that is the MAIN reason I started this blog.
Here is our schedule:
May 27-June 1: London, England
June 1- June 30: Vienna, Austria
June 9-14: free travel - probably headed to Germany
June 18-22: free travel - probably headed to Swiss Alps
July 1-6: Italy: Rome, Venice and Florence
July 6-16: free travel - think we will do Paris, France

On a side note...I'm watching Oprah today...and I'm a little freaked out about MRCA and a staff infection...oh my...got.to.wash.hands.all.the.time. And what about this swine flu? Scary...

Matt goes to Seattle

Matt has been fortunate enough to attend 3 history conferences this school year. In October he had a conference in Albuquerque and we all got to go. We had a great mini-vacation. In January, Matt had a conference in New York City and this time, Matt and I went without children. That was super fun! Now for his last conference...Seattle. Well since he had been to 2 conferences already, OC asked if maybe he could find a hotel that didn't cost quite as much as the one the conference was held at. And they suggested a nice, moderate hotel near the conference. Well, if you know Matt, you know he is NOT a spender, even with other's money, so he thought he would find the CHEAPEST hotel still within walking distance to the conference.
This is where Matt stayed. Ever heard of the Kings Inn? Nope, me neither.

Here is the scary back of the hotel. Ick. I would have NEVER stayed there. He found a SCREWDRIVER under the covers in one of the beds. What? That is just too odd and strange and gross. A SCREWDRIVER??? Who leaves a screwdriver on a bed and then places the covers over it!!! I think in his 3 nights there, it only cost OC $90, so way to save the money sweetie. SO glad you didn't do that in NYC.

Can we still talk about Spring Break?

Katie loves to go to Pops as well. Although her Spring Break pick was to go to McDonald's and play on the playground she enjoyed going to Pops with Collin for his choice.
Collin and his favorite strange drink at Pops - Leninade.

My 3 favorite people at our favorite place to eat. Yum! Although I totally wish they would bring back the Arcadia burger - that was the best.

End of Winter Party with Vivian, Ethan, Megan, Caleb, Scott, Katie and Rhys. Collin was off golfing with the dad during the party. The kids had fun playing together outside and in and eating a super yummy snowman cake. And if you have never had Catherine's cooking you are missing out. I really wish this HAD been the end of winter...wearing a sweater in April seems very wrong.