Such a strange Family we are.

This was a short and quick Vacation for us – a chance to spend a few days with Crystal and Andrew, who were last seen moving home to TN while we were in the process of moving to Michigan. It was designed to be relaxed, cheap, and filled with huge blocks of time meant for doing nothing more than hanging out at the pool or sitting out on the patio. Our neice, Leah, was able to go with us, which is just as it should be, and as it has been for most of her life.

I won’t bore you wth the details, and I’m sure Malloree will post the pictures she deems “good enough for Facebook,” but in reality, the story is told most in our silly conversations along the way.

So, to further confirm that we make no sense to anyone other than ourselves, (and even that gives me reason to lie  awake at night and ask God what He was thinking at times), here are a few things overheard on the Grimes Family Vacation 2009 Edition:

1) Fear is in the nose of the be-smeller.
2) You have to sign this waiver saying you won’t complain when you die of boredom.
3) Help! I’m in the back.
4) I think they made this a lighted foot path so that the bears could find us easily.
5) I need to take a shower so I can get ready to go to the pool.
6) I’ll bet this is what that sign meant when it said “Road Closed.”
7) Remember that Alfred Hitchcock movie called “Rear Window?” Well, I think I see a leg on that patio without a person attached. I suspect foul play.
8) That sign says you can make a friend disappear. Hey Crystal, come here. (spoken by Andrew)
9) I’ve got to wash Andrew’s hair off my teeth.
10) Now that I’ve lost my whole toenail, if I put it under my pillow, do you think the Toenail Fairy will come?
11) Please stop driving down the stairs.
12) Andrew lost his tubing.
13) When I don’t have my contacts in, and I see you sleeping but can’t tell which one of you it is, it’s OK because I know that you are cute no matter which one you turn out to be.
14) Dad, I think that guy is trying to impress you.
15) I put it in my phone and scanned Crystal, and she tested positive.
16) Life seems bearable from the jacuzzi.
17) Life is pretty funny, unless you are the one living it.

Ahhh yes, Grimes Family Memories. And the truth is that I wouldn’t have it any other way…

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