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Hey all,  Jet lag has me up at 4:30am... I thought that you would like to hear about my trip, but I only have random thoughts to jot down in no clear order.Trip Stats:7 days (147hrs)6 Airports (22.5hrs on a plane / 7.5hrs in airports)8 trains (7hrs) 6 taxis (7.5hrs)4 hotelsI haven't sat on a non-pre-heated toilet seat in 4 days.  That ...

So, did you hear about the 7.8 earthquake in China??? Kenton is actually in China as I type and wiill be traveling to Chengdu Wednesday. If you could keep Kenton and his fellow co-workers in your prayers, I would greatly appreciate it! :)  I just talked to him and they are doing fine, they were in the air when the earthquake ...

We made it!!! we arrived safely in Orlando in Thursday, and have been having fun since then. The girls rocked the plane ride! Eva had no problem, she is getting use to this whole flying thing. This was her 3rd plane ride and she's only two! She gets the window seat so she can see that ''little cars and little trees.'' She did amazing, but her ...

Waiting in the shade while Nina takes pictures on the riverfront.  (05-24-2007)

This building is also on the river.  We only had an hour and a half downtown, and it was HOT, so really only pics on one street, (05-24-2007)

These are just some windows on the river, downtown Nashville (05-24-2007).

Eva posing in another window in Nashville.  It was super hot, but she was lovin' the attention (05-24-2007).

Isabel in the window on the river (05-24-2007).

After lunch, we walked down to the river, and found some cool windows (Nina's favorite photo props).  Eva, in one of those windows. (05-24-2007)

The last day in Nashville, we decided to head downtown for lunch.  We stopped at this restaurant before it opened, and they let us in the A/C to sit in the lobby.  We were the only ones inside until opening time.  Since we were the first, we got to eat in the rail car.

Day 6 Today we head back home.  The flight is leaving at 8:30am which sounded OK when we booked it.So, we need to be up early.  We are a little behind to start with, but we grabbed the breakfast sandwich to go, and we are back on track.  We arrive at the rental car drop-off and start unloading the car, but the attendant stopped us, ...

DAY 5 Day 5 is planned to be a catch-all day.  We picked a bunch of stuff from the internet that looked like cool old stuff for Nina's photography.  Eva woke up around 7:00am again, which is good again, because the nap at the hotel worked so well yesterday, that we are trying it again today.Free breakfast ruled again, and back to the ...

DAY 4 So day four starts off like the earlier ones, although today we decide to just chill at the hotel room until after EG's morning nap.Eva wakes up at 7:00am which is closer to normal, but not quite there yet.It works out well for us though, since she will take an early nap, and we can go to the zoo early in the afternoon.We get the free ...

DAY 3 Eva woke up around 6:00am this morning, so we are closer to CA time.We had decided to go to Sea World today.We again got the great breakfast at the Hotel, and took a banana for the road, which always comes in handy when you eat at amusement parks that have only junk food!After breakfast we headed straight to Sea World.We jumped on the sky ...

Eva layout from our trip to the beach in San Diego. She did not like the sand on her feet.

Since Google started offering the map service with the satellite images, I have used that to get my directions.In San Diego I looked up the Hodad's restaurant using the satellite image to get an idea of the location we were looking for.Apparently, since Hodad's is near the airport, I happened to pull up the image of an airplane flying over the ...

Nuestros Chica Bonita Eva Grace

Eva at the mission.

Eva at the mission. Just the bare feet.

I just posted some of the pictures from the San Diego trip, and am completely convinced you all want to see them :) !!! They are here if you want to see them.

Rhinos are really crazy looking. Another cool example of the different animals in this world.

Eva loves elephants right now, so this was the highlight of her day!

Koalas are pretty cool, too!

Pandas are pretty cool!

Daddy & Eva posing by the Zebras