James and Sean, I mean. :-) James got back this afternoon, so the kids and I drove into town to pick him up at the airport. It was our first time there. It's very... New Mexican! It's neat. We're all really happy to have James home (although the kids are bummed about the "party" being over! Ha!) and I think he's happy, too. He had a great trip and really enjoyed the Convention and service in Denver as well as all of the fellowship. But now he's glad to be home. And we're glad to have him home! Or them, I should say.

Ah, yes. I forgot to mention Sean to you. Before James left on this trip he went out and bought one of those nifty little GPS devices that shows you a map of where you are and where you're going and it talks and tells you when to turn and all that stuff. Mom and Dad have one they named Margaret and they are completely lost without her. I'm not sure they could read a regular map anymore if they tried! Ha! Anyway, these things are terrific for people who travel a lot and we definitely fit that mold. I got to looking through the book of the one James bought and it said that you could download celebrity voices onto it instead of using the generic ones that come with the machine. I immediately thought of Sean Connery and told James that that's the voice I want on our machine! :-) Sooooo...

While he was in Denver, Jon downloaded several voices onto our machine. They actually did have Sean Connery (wa-hoo!), so that's terrific. But now we also have Captain Jean Luc Picard, Darth Vader, Yoda, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. James said he was using the Darth Vader voice on his way to church in Denver and he had Nathan and Caleb with him. When they got to church Vader said, "Your journey to the Dark Side is complete!" Ha! How terrible! I love the Arnold Schwarzenegger voice. When you first start him up he says, "You are going somewhere... but you'll be back!" (You have to say it out loud in your best Arnold voice to really appreciate it!) Ha! Still, I like good old Sean the best. In fact, I had him guide us home tonight just for the fun of it. :-) Life is grand!!!

Let's see. Not much else to report. We had waffles for breakfast and one last pizza party with a show on the wall before James got home. We watched the Sumo Veggie Tales so we could see Lutfi's Fanciful Flannelgraph about St. Patrick's Day. Ha! That one is so great. "Oh, mighty pond scum! Ye are powerful and... scummy!" :-)

Got the castle cleaned up for the king today... That's about it. Wow! A decently short post! Do I get a ribbon or something?! Have a great night, ya'll!

~Becki~