Vacation

My husband is a workaholic, he works anywhere from 60-150 hours a week. I understand he works for the family business and really takes pride in the work he does. He also get frustrated when he is sitting in Louisiana just to sit at a site "on call". How he racks up so many hours amazes me. Because even when he works 80 hours a week he still seems to be home with us and the kids. Anyways, this is what he looked like for a week...

So we planned a vacation to go see this Laura. Kansas and Texas girl, met in New Hampshire while coaching volleyball at a summer camp for girls. God knew we needed each other. We have been together (though thousands of miles apart) through our good times and bad the past 7 years! So we planned to go up to Omaha to see her.

I love this one of us sliding down the huge slides, Laura beat me down. We had a good time, Ruth adores Laura, and it was great to spend some face time with my best friend. I love you Laura.

So we went through 6 states during our vacation... Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and New Mexico.

In Oklahoma we stopped at Turner Falls Park and did some swimming, hiking, and picnicing (sp?). We also stopped along Route 66 to check out this soda pop store.

In Kansas we got to go to Daily Mass at the Cathedral in Salina, then Rolling Hills Wildlife Preserve, and more swimming.

In Nebraska we visit with Laura, went to the zoo, and checked out downtown Omaha.

Then we headed to Colorado. Here we saw the Seven Falls, and the Royal Gorge before stopping in Center, CO to look at a pump for Hanzik Hydraulics.

We then went through a bunch of smoke to get to Santa Fe. Santa Fe blew me away. I didn't know what to expect, but there was so much history there, especially for the Catholic faith. We checked out several churches.

The labryinth at the St. Francis Cathedral Basilica.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel - The oldest in the United States!

The miraculous stairway at the Loretto Chapel - Built with no nails or glue. And no center support.

Here's the story of the staircase - Stairway Story

And the Oldest church in the United States, the San Miguel Mission.

So we are home now, doing laundry, emptying the car. We had a great time and hopefully can do something like this again.