Snowed In/Atlanta Trip

Who would have thought that Birmingham, AL would have provided nearly 3 inches of snow in March. Global warming, eh? Take that!

So we woke up this morning to the sound of Chad's phone alarm and an almost simultaneous text message from Kyle letting us know "IT SNOWED". Then we found out that nobody was going to church, and while we could have taken a sled down the hill to the church building, we decided to officially declare ourselves "Snowed In". This is our favorite kind of day. We slept late, we made breakfast and coffee, watched a movie in bed, and stayed in our sweatshirts.

Currently, its about 2 o'clock, and the rest of our day looks as follows:
We are about to watch the movie (in bed) American President, which is Mom C's favorite (or one of her favorites) movie. I think it's kind of a chick flick. After the movie, we are thinking of playing a game of Monopoly, the St. Louis Cardinals World Series edition, or maybe an Xbox game, a card game, or something. We aren't tied down to anything. Then dinner, maybe another movie, maybe a tv show. Who knows, but I wish we could get paid for being snowed in, because we are having so much fun we could do this full time.

On to our trip to ATLANTA last week end. It was a blast, so I will give you full details! Friday night we left around 6:00, when we had actually planned to leave around 4:00. There is an interesting story behind all of that, but I shouldn't blab as it might embarrass those involved. Even though I shouldn't blab, I'm going to. Kevin drove Mom C's car to school, and the plan was for him to get out of school, come home quickly and we all leave for Atlanta. BUT....Kevin comes out after school to head home and gets in the car only to have the engine not crank. So he checks the battery. Bad news. Mom C gets an urgent call "Mom, someone stole the battery in your car!" So Mom and Dad head to the school, call the police, begin filing an official report when Kevin and the cop notice that there is a certain battery cover that they conveniently forgot to look at. Well the battery was present and accounted for, the cop made fun of Kevin (rightfully so), and they discovered that the lights had just been left on all day and the battery was drained. So jumper cables were provided, the car was revived and all was well again.

We hit the road. Cristy and I in one car, the rest of the fam in the other. We made the drive, lost an hour due to crossing into the Eastern time zone, and arrived at total strangers' house close to 11 PM. They were nice people, I don't remember their names, and we talked briefly and went to bed. Sleeping in a strange bed was strange, and the morning was very welcome unlike most other mornings. We woke early, and headed to the Georgia Aquarium to start the day's activities. Now some pictures to prove it!

We met the founders, and had a great photo op!

Here is the official sign!

We saw these cool Jelly Fish that Cristy tried to point to.
Cool Reef Shark in a glass tank above us.

This is the one of the coolest things I have ever done. I got chosen out of a group of people to feed the fish. I had never even put on a wetsuit before then!A very cool and gigantic Manta Ray
Cristy being eaten by a HUGE Grouper!
Stupid Flash was on...
Underneath a Sting Ray
Another Huge Grouper!

And the Highlight, a very cool and very large Whale Shark. You cannot see these anywhere else in America! (it's a baby and it's 24 feet long)

Anyways, the aquarium was great. We then went out to eat at a cool Italian place, and soon after made our way to THE Turner Field. We were out to buy one ticket and get one free to see the Atlanta Braves take on our St. Louis Cardinals. But of course, the box office was closed, and we got stuck in crazy traffic and it took forever to get out of there.

We then went to one of our favorite places, IKEA. We hustled through, to catch up with the rest of the family who had been there a while shopping for a new bedroom set for Kyle. He picked out a very cool bunkbed/loft and desk and we cannot wait to see it set up. Then we headed home, and welcomed the comfort of our bed which we dearly missed the previous night.

So I hope you enjoyed yet another blog post. We enjoyed giving it to you together, and the "American President" is a good movie so far. Despite it being a chick flick.

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-Chad and Cristy