Geography madness

Today we spent the evening embarrassing ourselves by taking geography tests online. Anne Marie has a theory that those who live in states that are not self-sufficient tend to know a little more about the geography around them, i.e. anyone who does not live in California or Texas.

We also went to St. Andrews in Canada to pick up Mandy's boyfriend, Tim, and to visit a yarn store that was conveniently closed. Ben and Jaime left this morning, leaving Inga devastated because they took Moira and Evie with them (selfish pigs).


It's also Brad's birthday, and we celebrated with chocolate cake, chocolate frosting, chocolate icing, and pizza. My kids were in heaven. Brad is now officially as old as I am, which is quite young, actually. His birthday presents involved an HDTV and a night out on the town in L.A.

We have done very little outside the house this vacation, which is either a good sign (we enjoy each other's company) or a bad sign (we all have amoebic dysentary and cannot move). Since we have all been eating a lot (as can be proven by the grocery bill or Dad's gripe level) I think we can safely say we have simply been having a restful break. Saturday we will be going back to Connecticut and visiting with some friends before heading back home--and then we will have a lot of work to do to get our dossier ready for Russia in time for our travels. Good thing we've had some time to breathe first!