Back in the states!

We are back home and the trip was great fun. It is nice to go on adventured and visit other countries, but I like being able to come back to my own bed. For the last few days we went to chichicastinango, panajachel, and another city that I don't know how to say. We did a lot of shopping in the markets.

Driving to the cities were an experience. You drive up this mountain, on one side is the mountain and the other side is a huge drop off. At one point I didn't think we were going to make it up those tiny lanes. Our car started smoking and we were struggling to get up the mountain. Thankfully we made it, because I don't know what we would have done if the car stopped working.

The chicken buses were also crazy. There is a driver and a person hanging out the door telling the driver to go, stop, and direct traffic. They were weaving in and out of traffic driving so fast. They were crazy. They would pass us going around a corner not being able to see if a car was coming or not. I guess they figured that they would win if they were in an accident. They were crazy and we almost saw a few accidents from them.

My family did get drunk on there labor day. A few of them asked for a pina colada and well it came with alcohol. Mickie said that it burned all the way down. Ok they really didn't get drunk, but they all had 2-3 sips of the stuff. I am glad that I can say I still have never drunken alcohol.

We took a boat over to an open market. The market was so crowded. It was nuts how packet it was. They had dried fish there, and it made Mickie and my mom so sick. It didn't even phase me. I told them they wouldn't last in Hong Kong with all the fish stores.

The flight home was not terribly fun. First off I did not eat breakfast because it was to early in the morning and I thought I would just snack and then eat at 1 when we land. Well we sat on the plane for 2 hours waiting to take off. One of the flight equipment did not work. My parents missed their flight and if it had been another 15 min I would have missed my connecting flight as well. I was not able to get food in between the flights. thankfully I told Will to meet me with food. As soon as we got to the car I stuffed myself. Poor Jason sat there and cried as I at. He would say mmmmmm as I took a bite. I feed him shortly after.

It is amazing how much a kid changes in a week. When we left he really didn't say anything and when we got back now he says cracker, grandpa, and there you are. It is hard to hear at first, but once you hear it you know what he is saying. I had gone ahead of my parents and when we saw them again, Jason saw my dad and automatically said "bam-pa" He really knew who he was. It is exciting to see the connections he is making now.

I know this is a long entry, but the last thing is that Mickie and my mom got pretty sick. We think they just have a case of food poisoning. I am glad that Jason doesn't seam to be sick.