happy trails...

to us as we load up in the newly-fixed volvo wagon and head off for alabama. say a prayer for me that as we embark on an eight-hour trip each way, i will not lose any of the few remaining marbles i have left-- i will be giving up my shotgun seat for jake and will be sitting between the girls in the back seat. i'm sure that by tonight at midnight (our ETA!) everyone will be pretty sick of me and of each other, and we'll all go to our corners to forget the long drive!

georgia and jules will be staying at nini's, kevin's mom's house, and jake says he's staying with his grandmother across town. kevin and i will be staying at a hotel. this is actually the first time the girls will be spending the night without either one of us, i think. (if not, it's been so long that i cannot remember a night alone!!!)...we just never get a chance to get away and we don't have family nearby.

hope everyone has a wonderful thanksgiving and safe travels. i'll post turkey pictures when we get back. here's a picture from church last weekend. both my girls are in the children's choir this year and they had their first performance of the season. oh, what was that hymn???...i have had it stuck in my head for weeks. i will remember while we're in the car this evening!!!