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November 24, 2002
Working on phase two
While we were in Arizona, we explored the Grand Canyon. I think that it tops the list of the most beautiful things I have seen the world to date. The edge is terrifying, most places it is a half mile drop. They say that 20 people a year are killed by falling off!
We spent several days in Chicago with Eli and Jake's Wakefield family. We had a great time. Aunt Susan took the boys to a Children's museum in Naperville where the kids went crazy with overstimulation. Susan has triplets, Megan (spelling?), Daniel and Bradley, that are 15 now. It is amazing how fast kids grow when you are not looking. Last time I saw them they were about 11. Grandma and Grandpa Wakefield have a whole host of critters that they feed on their back porch. While we were there we saw possums, racoons, birds and dozens of squirrels. One of the squirrels is a favorite visitor named Patch. He only has one eye - he lost the other in a squirrel fight.
Yesterday, we drove six hours down to my dad's place in Anna, Illinois. I was amazed at how easy the drive was. The minivan that I rented has a VCR in it, so the big boys watched a couple of movies that made the time fly! Eli and Jake are outside with my dad right now while Seth is napping. They have been cooped up inside due to travel and bad weather for the past week and are absolutely in heaven here.
Posted by DebC at November 24, 2002 08:57 AM