Recap of our mini vacy

Okay our trip to Grand Rapids was entertaining and adventurous as usual! We started driving at 3:15 on Thursday, and I took the wheel first. I drove until 12:30 pm, when we reached Omaha and we decided to get a hotel. We were both exhausted. Brian hadn't slept 3 nights prior, so was in no position to drive himself.

Going in to this trip, we knew we'd have challenges. Nothing worth while is ever done easily. While driving across Nebraska, we were pummeled with a severe store, complete with tornado warnings, gold ball size hail, and wind and rain....

However, after traveling through the storm, God blessed us with an AMAZING sunset!!




We woke up the next morning and were on the road about 8:30 am, and spent another 11 hours on the road! We were in stop and go traffic on the south side of Chicago for 2 hours...

At 9 pm, we finally hobbled into our hotel.... and crashed out. The actual function didn't start until noon the next day, Saturday. We got up the next morning and drove out to the Amway surplus store to find goodies! They buy up extra overstock and sell it at a MAJOR discounted price. We got some new clothes, cleaners, napkins, etc.

Here's what the stage set up looked like this year. World Wide Group always does such an amazing job on everything!

We're looking forward to our next conference: Free Enterprise Days (FED) in C. Springs in October!

Annnnnnd, my hubby: it was a long ride home... 19 hours straight through...

At the Amway Grand Hotel: