Savannah to St. Louis to Peoria to Griffin to Savannah

We made it. I am convinced that God kept us from killing each other, kept my back from seizing up, kept us going. We had a great trip. Though it was much too quick and we did not get to see everyone we had hoped, we did see many. Here you see Elliot holding up the map. I bought a pad of 30 maps at a teachers' store. Elliot loves maps, states, all things geographic. He must have gotten this from my mother, as neither Michael nor I are particularly directional. For about 7 hours the first day, Elliot made a tally mark in a state every time he saw that state's license plate on the road. It was a lot of fun, actually. Michael and I were still looking for license plates from far away long after Elliot was finished. We even saw California, Alaska, Montana, and New York.

Here you will see our friend, Mark, with his babies, Isak and Remy, and our baby, Ezra. And there is cousin Maggie, with the kiddos. Maggie has become the favorite cousin after her lavish care for the kids. We miss her, and all of the Ryans, and all of St. Louis...