Thankful for a safe and fun trip!

Well, today officially wrapped up a week's stay in Florida. We managed to have fun in Walt Disney World with my wife's family. Like, it would be anything but fun! It was an awesome time! A time to share with one another, especially Bob, Sheri, and their three kids, whom we haven't really seen for over two years. (They are missionaries in SE Asia). We all had a great time, but are very exhausted. We made it to all four of the WDW Theme parks, spent time at Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, met lots of characters, took in three parades, three fireworks displays, and tons of other stuff. Some day you will have to see our 575+ pics of the week.

But the most thankful thing about this trip was our safe return home. When we left Florida this morning to head back to Ohio, we were met with a bumpy ride in the flight with some serious turbulence from the storm that just started to hit our area. By the time we were in Akron, ready to land, we had to circle around for a second attempt because of the snow/ice conditions on the runway. My poor wife was really terrified even after we landed safely. In what should have taken us a little over an hour to get back home, it took us almost 2 1/2 hours to get from Akron to our home. The roads were so bad, that our top speed was about 35 mph on good stretches of road, and about 20 mph for most of the travel. My hands were white by the time we got home because of clutching the wheel for deer life. Okay, so maybe I'm exaggerating a little bit, but seriously, it was pretty bad out there, but we are glad to be home, safe and sound. Now I'm about ready to hit the bed. So good night all, I'm sure we will post some pics soon from our recent trip to WDW.

John