The Massner Tales

Monday, July 30, 2012

Magic

Hello again,

I am happy to be back and blog. The vacation was a blast and I would be happy to repeat everything that Stephanie posted. Just kidding. I will actually just give you my opinion of the best part. I think the funnest part was Universal Studios Orlando Islands of Adventure. It was fun to go on the rides. Dad even lost some pounds to go on the Harry Potter ride. I would say my favorite ride was the Hulk Coaster. You can see what it is if you search. Also the Hollywood Rip Ride RockIt. It was fun. Mom didn't like it though because her hair got messed up. All in all I am back home and ready for the boring times. I have unpacked. Please disregard other posts about me not being unpacked. I also have gotten a magic trick and it is amazing to astonish people with amazing things. I may post a video later of me doing my trick.

P.S. I would like to celebrate my second post and Stephanie going to college. She will no longer need her bed which means it is up for grabs.

Home Again

Yep...we are once again home! We left shortly after nine, stopped once for lunch and gas and then again at the new Hardee's in Burlington for supper (nobody felt like making supper when we got home). Nothing extraordinarily exciting happened, though we did take a few pictures from the road! In the end, I believe either Mom or Billy won the license plate game (found the most state license plates) with Jesse, Travis, Justin, and Jonathan close behind. We listened to two whole stories on CD and Jesse claimed to be hungry every twelve minutes.

We stopped to eat at Hardee's and got home at 6:45...so I suppose if we try to be technical, the vacation lasted precisely 10 days and one hour! Now we are in the process of unpacking our many belongings. Actually, no. Dad and Billy are looking at the mail, Johnny is reading the paper, Travis and Jesse are playing with their Hardee's toys, Justin is downstairs playing or something, I am blogging, and Mom is unpacking.

So...here we are, home at last! What a week it has been! And now, some photos from today's drive...

I think this is supposed to show that we are in Kentucky since we missed the welcome sign.

St. Louis Gateway Arch

Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals

We passed the church in Taylor, MO

Travis and his bubble gum (ewwww....)

Funny smile from Jesse

Funny smile from Jonathan

Back in Iowa (a great place to be)!!

...And back in Mediapolis! It's great to be home!

Departing Tennessee

Next time I post we will likely be home! Unless I find internet access on the road somewhere...

We are planning to leave in about 10-15 minutes from our hotel, be on the road for about nine hours, and get home at around supper time! I can't believe we are almost home and vacation is almost over. We had a lot of fun spending time together and seeing all kinds of things! I will try to post when we get home safely.

P.S. If you revisit the post from Saturday (On the Road Again...), I just added some photos from Chuck E. Cheese's!

Atlanta and beyond

Sunday, July 29

Today we woke up and went to church in Atlanta. The congregation there was very small, and the building was small as well! There were a lot of friendly people there to meet and we felt very welcome!

Atlanta Apostolic Christian Church

After church we changed and got on the road, driving four hours to Nashville, Tennessee to our Holiday Inn Express. For supper we went to a place called Cori's Doghouse-it has 38 different kinds of hotdogs! We were stuffed by the time we finished (not because we ate all 38 hotdogs). We came back, swam, and then went to bed...ready for one last long day on the road!