Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Lowe Reunion in Numbers

2,100---miles we drove during Chris' two week break from school.
pretty sunrise in The Dalles on our way to Utah.
34--- total hours that were spent in the car.
 Not consecutively!
12---hours to and from Utah.
5---hours to and from southern Utah.
I would not recommend this to anyone. ever. 

4---number of times Chris told me to throw my bocce balls to "left field!" during our bocce ball tournament game....that we ended up losing...because I did NOT throw the balls to "left field."
After the "bocce ball blunder" with Justin and Amanda.
50---the number of times I got teased about my bocce blunder for the remainder of the trip.

30---water balloons we tossed back and forth...and eventually broke.


4---number of water balloons that exploded on me during the water balloon toss.
0---number of water balloons that exploded on my partner (Chris).
Something is wrong with this picture...
wet                  |                       dry.

10---times we sang "In a little house in the middle of the woods" around the campfire while Maddy did the actions.
Seriously the cutest thing ever.
(And by "we" I mean Minnie and Steph).

1 million----bugs that attacked us while strolling around the lake.

3---versions of Mary Had a Little Lamb (normal, laughing, crying) recited by Bob for great laughter.

50 gazillion---bubbles blown by the Gazillion Bubbles machine...
...much to the delight of Maddy and Liam.


100---degree weather at Bryce Canyon. Or at least that's what it felt like!
Even the trees had heat stroke.

2---chips held onto by Maddy after falling asleep during the hike at Bryce Canyon.
So cute!


5---extra miles Chris hiked with Ryan and Ruth around Bryce while I enjoyed a delicious ice cream cone with the rest of the family and avoided heat stroke.

2 inches--- diameter of the hot dogs we roasted. Fattest hot dogs ever! And yummiest.

81---times I looked at this picture and thought: "Jeez! Just call me Ginormica."
Hello. My hips practically go to Steph's shoulders.

0---number of pictures taken by me. Thanks Mike for all the great shots!

countless---laughs/activities/good times not captured or documented by camera.


It all adds up to:
1 PRICELESS vacation!
(I think I'm getting cheese-ball syndrome from that cheesy line)

4 comments:

Shannon said...

Loved this entry. Very creative!

Dave and Nicole Simister said...

cute! but what about the rest of your trip?

April said...

Fun pictures! People probably tell you this all the time, but you could be a model!

Mike and Steph said...

Dear Ginormica, this post had me laughing out loud...several times! I think you should take up writing for a career, you are so talented and funny! Thanks for posting! BTW, I really don't think you are THAT much taller than me, are you? I don't think I've ever been the short person in a picture, so thanks! PS, I miss you guys a ton!!!