It's always amazing what kids will say. Bailey comes over today and tells me she lost her voice. I asked her when that happened and she said it happened last night when she was going to sleep. Then I asked where her voice went. She looked at me and simply replied, "In my hiney." Don't know where she got that from. But I suspect that her brothers have taught her that phrase.
Brandon is also one for funny statements. Today I had them at the grocery store and was talking to Sheri on the cell phone. When we got home, Sheri said, it sounded like you guys were taking over the store. Brandon said, "you could here that from our house?" He had a huge grin, so we think he was intentionally joking, but who knows....
May you all have a happy mother's day. Our kids gave Mom the gift she requested: cleaning her car out. Seth also cooked Sheri a delicious omlet for breakfast.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Valentine's Day and Bailey' Surgery
All of the romantics in the crowd will be excited to hear that Sheri's Valentine's Day gift was a printer. I typically don't buy Sheri jewelry, mostly because I think there are so many other practical things in life I could get her. The boys were excited because they got a new Wii game (Mario Party 8). I tried to get one that had some movement to it. Its okay, but I am still looking for games that offer a lot of motion rather than thumb and finger controls.
Bailey had surgery on February 22. This was really minor stuff. She needed tubes in her ears so the craniofacial doctor decided to fix up Bailey's nose while she was under anesthesia. He is a total perfectionist and Bailey's nose now has perfect symmetry. The changes were subtle but she looks great. The funniest story from the surgery came as we were about to take Bailey back to recieve the anesthesia by a gas mask. The anesthesiologist said Bailey might be giddy or scared, each kid reacts differently. After she left, Sheri and I were discussing what Bailey might look like if she were giddy. Bailey promptly asked when we would see the "kitty" back in the doctor's office. Bailey wasn't giddy, in fact she looked quite scared as she was going to sleep with the anesthesia. I was sure glad to see her awake after the surgery was complete. She now runs around the house and has already hit her nose once or twice despite the doctor's request that she not get banged up too much. The problem is that she has 3 older brothers......
I found out today that a wrist injury I sustained in early December may require surgery this summer to correct some ligament damage. I am certainly praying that I won't need surgery, but its possible that I may.
We are all looking forward to the early issuance of daylight savings this year. That will allow some evening outdoor hours as we will have light. The kids are looking forward to warm weather.
Bailey had surgery on February 22. This was really minor stuff. She needed tubes in her ears so the craniofacial doctor decided to fix up Bailey's nose while she was under anesthesia. He is a total perfectionist and Bailey's nose now has perfect symmetry. The changes were subtle but she looks great. The funniest story from the surgery came as we were about to take Bailey back to recieve the anesthesia by a gas mask. The anesthesiologist said Bailey might be giddy or scared, each kid reacts differently. After she left, Sheri and I were discussing what Bailey might look like if she were giddy. Bailey promptly asked when we would see the "kitty" back in the doctor's office. Bailey wasn't giddy, in fact she looked quite scared as she was going to sleep with the anesthesia. I was sure glad to see her awake after the surgery was complete. She now runs around the house and has already hit her nose once or twice despite the doctor's request that she not get banged up too much. The problem is that she has 3 older brothers......
I found out today that a wrist injury I sustained in early December may require surgery this summer to correct some ligament damage. I am certainly praying that I won't need surgery, but its possible that I may.
We are all looking forward to the early issuance of daylight savings this year. That will allow some evening outdoor hours as we will have light. The kids are looking forward to warm weather.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Christmas at The Mayo Household
As promised in our Christmas letter, I'm going to try and update out blog throughout the year. Christmas at our house was a load of fun and surprises. Levi received a RipStik (like a skateboard), Brandon received an indoor single person trampoline, Seth received an electric guitar, and Bailey received a doll house. Grandma and Grandpa gave them a Wii and Granny and PaPa gave them them some cool legos, a rocket car, a tea set, and a flag football set. I'm really trying to teach the kids not to be materialistic, but it is a struggle at Christmas. Our neighbors decided to take the money they would have spent on Christmas and give it to a charity (except for one small gift per person). That may be a good lesson for our kids in the coming years.....
I must admit, I was surprised at how much fun the Wii has become for adults. We recently had our Bible Study group over for a potluck dinner and the adults had more fun using the Wii than the kids.
If you haven't had a chance to review our trip, you can still check the links at the bottom of the blog or the pictures. You can still read about my struggle changing the toilet on the RV (if you are really interested) or our amazing trips to some of the beautiful places throughout Canada and the US.
We sure hope everyone had a blessed Christmas and we all took time away from the distractions of Christmas to ponder the greatest gift to all mankind: Christ the Savior.
I must admit, I was surprised at how much fun the Wii has become for adults. We recently had our Bible Study group over for a potluck dinner and the adults had more fun using the Wii than the kids.
If you haven't had a chance to review our trip, you can still check the links at the bottom of the blog or the pictures. You can still read about my struggle changing the toilet on the RV (if you are really interested) or our amazing trips to some of the beautiful places throughout Canada and the US.
We sure hope everyone had a blessed Christmas and we all took time away from the distractions of Christmas to ponder the greatest gift to all mankind: Christ the Savior.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Home for Good!!
Sunday, October 28
After 15,850 miles and 112 days on the road, we have finally arrived home. It feels good to be home, but that means returning to work is just around the corner. Oh well, you can’t be on vacation forever…….or maybe that is called retirement. We averaged 142 miles per day and spent approximately 288 hours in the car (12 of the 112 day trip). In hindsight, that is probably more than we should have. We did feel a little pushed for some of the trip. On the other hand we sure covered a lot of ground. The next sabbatical will have to be on a beach in Fiji for 4 months straight! We probably won’t be posting to this for some time. We may turn it into the family blog….Thanks for everyone who followed our trip, we hope you got to vicariously enjoy it with us!
After 15,850 miles and 112 days on the road, we have finally arrived home. It feels good to be home, but that means returning to work is just around the corner. Oh well, you can’t be on vacation forever…….or maybe that is called retirement. We averaged 142 miles per day and spent approximately 288 hours in the car (12 of the 112 day trip). In hindsight, that is probably more than we should have. We did feel a little pushed for some of the trip. On the other hand we sure covered a lot of ground. The next sabbatical will have to be on a beach in Fiji for 4 months straight! We probably won’t be posting to this for some time. We may turn it into the family blog….Thanks for everyone who followed our trip, we hope you got to vicariously enjoy it with us!
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Shuttle Launch
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Blast off!!! Today we got to see the space shuttle launch at 11:38 am as planned. We arrived 4 hours early just to get a spot and it’s a good thing we got one since the lady nearby was frustrated that the folks in the front weren’t sitting down at the time of the launch. The shuttle packs a powerful punch, and from where we were (about 11 miles away), the sound was pretty incredible. It was delayed about 50 seconds because of the distance, but still pretty neat. Levi took a pretty neat picture that I have placed to the right. In fact, he actually snapped a picture when the booster rockets came off, which was totally unplanned. We met with a family from our church in Winchester so it was nice to share the experience with someone we knew. After the launch we just chilled out at the campground and spent some time in the pool.
Blast off!!! Today we got to see the space shuttle launch at 11:38 am as planned. We arrived 4 hours early just to get a spot and it’s a good thing we got one since the lady nearby was frustrated that the folks in the front weren’t sitting down at the time of the launch. The shuttle packs a powerful punch, and from where we were (about 11 miles away), the sound was pretty incredible. It was delayed about 50 seconds because of the distance, but still pretty neat. Levi took a pretty neat picture that I have placed to the right. In fact, he actually snapped a picture when the booster rockets came off, which was totally unplanned. We met with a family from our church in Winchester so it was nice to share the experience with someone we knew. After the launch we just chilled out at the campground and spent some time in the pool.
Monday, October 22, 2007
On the road again!
Sunday, October 21
After 14,022 miles and 106 days on the road we spend the last 6 days at our house in Berryville. We caught up on weeding our flowerbeds, doing laundry, cleaning the RV, and having fun. However, today brought a new direction. We headed out once again on our adventure, so I’ll call today day 107. Today was a long driving day as we covered about 450 miles and made it to southern South Carolina. For our 106 day trip, I can’t think of one significant item we forgot. However, for this 7 day trip, we have managed to forget some important items. First and foremost is baby wipes. Nobody should go on any roadtrip without babywipes regardless of whether or not you have someone in diapers. Just think of the hassle years ago when people had to carry water and papertowels and make their own wipes on an as needed basis. The second item we forgot was towels. We discovered this as the kids were going to the pool tonight at the campground. It might make showering interesting tomorrow…… I told Bailey that she may not want to go to the pool because she wouldn’t have a towel. Her comment was, "I’ll just dry off in the sun". That was only made funny by the fact that it was 8 pm at night and the sun had gone down over an hour earlier. The third item we forgot is Bailey’s baby doll. You see, we carried that baby doll with us all across the US and it provided needed comfort each night. However, Bailey was sad tonight to learn that her favorite baby doll is sleeping at our yellow house (Bailey’s term for our fixed home-the one on the concrete pad). Tomorrow we’ll travel to Titusville, Florida, which is our home base for the Space Shuttle launch. By the way, at least one family took us up on joining us down for the shuttle launch and possibly a second family that resides in Florida that we meant in Maine. Oh, I almost forgot. One noteworthy event for the day was listening to a Bill Cosby cd that we picked up from Sheri’s Dad’s collection. I almost had to pull over I was laughing so much. The whole family was laughing like crazy at his comedy sketches.
After 14,022 miles and 106 days on the road we spend the last 6 days at our house in Berryville. We caught up on weeding our flowerbeds, doing laundry, cleaning the RV, and having fun. However, today brought a new direction. We headed out once again on our adventure, so I’ll call today day 107. Today was a long driving day as we covered about 450 miles and made it to southern South Carolina. For our 106 day trip, I can’t think of one significant item we forgot. However, for this 7 day trip, we have managed to forget some important items. First and foremost is baby wipes. Nobody should go on any roadtrip without babywipes regardless of whether or not you have someone in diapers. Just think of the hassle years ago when people had to carry water and papertowels and make their own wipes on an as needed basis. The second item we forgot was towels. We discovered this as the kids were going to the pool tonight at the campground. It might make showering interesting tomorrow…… I told Bailey that she may not want to go to the pool because she wouldn’t have a towel. Her comment was, "I’ll just dry off in the sun". That was only made funny by the fact that it was 8 pm at night and the sun had gone down over an hour earlier. The third item we forgot is Bailey’s baby doll. You see, we carried that baby doll with us all across the US and it provided needed comfort each night. However, Bailey was sad tonight to learn that her favorite baby doll is sleeping at our yellow house (Bailey’s term for our fixed home-the one on the concrete pad). Tomorrow we’ll travel to Titusville, Florida, which is our home base for the Space Shuttle launch. By the way, at least one family took us up on joining us down for the shuttle launch and possibly a second family that resides in Florida that we meant in Maine. Oh, I almost forgot. One noteworthy event for the day was listening to a Bill Cosby cd that we picked up from Sheri’s Dad’s collection. I almost had to pull over I was laughing so much. The whole family was laughing like crazy at his comedy sketches.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
HOME! ........for a week
Sunday, October 14
After over 14,000 miles we docked at the home base today. We decided to make a stop near Christiansburg to see the McClennahans, who used to live in Berryville. After a 3 hour visit with them we headed home and arrived at 10 pm. To the kids, it was like Christmas morning. They were so excited to see their rooms and toys they had forgotten they had. Bailey was the cutest as her room was like a new place to her. The kids were so hyped up, we couldn’t get them to bed until 11:30. Brandon and Seth were the two kids that couldn’t wait to get their own bed. However, when they realized how far away from Mom and Dad they would be they both asked if they could sleep together. Bailey also had trouble. For 4 months she went to bed seeing Mom and Dad and having a brother by her side. To sleep by herself was scary. However, everyone did just fine. This week we are taking it easy and getting some chores done around the house. Next Sunday we leave for Cape Canaveral to see the shuttle launch!
After over 14,000 miles we docked at the home base today. We decided to make a stop near Christiansburg to see the McClennahans, who used to live in Berryville. After a 3 hour visit with them we headed home and arrived at 10 pm. To the kids, it was like Christmas morning. They were so excited to see their rooms and toys they had forgotten they had. Bailey was the cutest as her room was like a new place to her. The kids were so hyped up, we couldn’t get them to bed until 11:30. Brandon and Seth were the two kids that couldn’t wait to get their own bed. However, when they realized how far away from Mom and Dad they would be they both asked if they could sleep together. Bailey also had trouble. For 4 months she went to bed seeing Mom and Dad and having a brother by her side. To sleep by herself was scary. However, everyone did just fine. This week we are taking it easy and getting some chores done around the house. Next Sunday we leave for Cape Canaveral to see the shuttle launch!
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