Home again!

Well here I am, home at last. I had a great time at Apryl's. I totally forgot what true humidity feels like. It hit me when I hit Washington D.C. Had me wishing I had thought to put my inhaler in my carry-on. But I put it in my purse first thing in Virginia! The first two days we just sorta hung out around the house and played games. Then we ventured out into the heat and humidity. We went to the Zoo, and we had an absolute blast! It was soo hot we had to drench ourselves in water every fountain we came to. It was great. The next day we went to the Aquarium and then to Virginia Beach. The aquarium was great, even lil Christian was watching the fish! And it was air conditioned!! After it closed we went down the road to the beach. We went late in the afternoon so it wasn't too hot! We all had a blast in the water although we couldn't do any real swimming because of strong rip tides. But we had a fun anyways! The next day we went to church with Apryl and Tom. It was a decent biblical sermon, accompanied with a lot of prayer and music. However the music was way too loud and I had a hard time keeping up. I don't think Ryan can even play his guitar that fast. I am defiantly grateful for Valley's more traditional style. The people were all very nice and friendly, in fact while we were there they brought Apryl and Tom meals and have been for about 6 weeks. It was good to see they found a good church to go to. We played more games that night, in fact, a game of Scatagories is what prompted me to write my last blog. So we had this category that asked for words with double letters. So I put Aaron (A being our letter). Apryl and Emily both voted that I was wrong (which is how a dispute is settled according to the rules...I think they were just jealous because I was winning). They both thought that a name is not a word. Knowing I was right I had to prove to them that a name is indeed a word. Now I am not so good at grammar but I at least know what a word is. So I got on the Internet and looked up the word word on dictionary.com. It said:
A unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages. Ok a little confusing! So I looked up the definition of name, and it said: A word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known. Eureka! There is nothing like the sweet taste of victory! A name is a word! Even though Apryl is still sticking to her guns that a word is not a name and a name is not a word :P Anyways, the rest of the time we spent resting and shopping. I got some of the cutest baby things on clearance and Apryl bought a onsie that said " I love my Auntie". So very cute! Wednesday I had to fly back home. It was really hard to leave after missing her so much for such a long time and having such a great time there, but I was missing Cris and knew I had to go home. My flight was pretty uneventful, with the exception that I had a one hour delay in new york and the lady that checked me in in Virginia only sent my luggage to Denver, but they delivered it yesterday so no big deal. I did get to see the Statue of Liberty for the first time from my air plane, that was pretty cool. I am glad to be home now and sleeping in my own bed!

For those of you who want to see pics, Apryl has some up on her blog and on her myspace!