2/25/09

While the girls slept in, Chris and Cole met up with Dave (Chris' boss) for breakfast and to pick our rental car.  It was supposed to be a 7 seater mini van but it is the size of a car and only sits 6.  There is absolutely NO room for any luggage!!  We couldn't even fit all of our backpacks in it!  Luckily Dave had rented a 12 seater van for himself, four others, and to help with our luggage.  I don't know how they fit it but they did.  Once everybody was loaded in the vans, we left for Quetzaltenango (Xela -pronounced Shay la)  After several U-turns, two kids throwing up, several gasps of fear, and lots of stress, we got out of the city.  The exhaust fumes, crazy drivers, and the windy roads were not a good combination for motion sickness!  About half way to Xela, we stopped for lunch at McDonalds.  Cole got spoiled when Dave bought him a basketball at a little store.  The kids have all latched on to him and Laina even called him Uncle Dave.  It has definitely been a great help for the kids (as well as me and Chris!!)  to have Dave, Tom, Brady, Charity, and Jessica helping us out.  After several more hours of driving, we got to Xela and went to see our new house.  Once again it took us several u-turns but we finally found it in the dark.  The kids seemed to enjoy the house.  By the time we got to the hotel, checked in and to dinner it was 9:00.  Alysa almost fell asleep at the table!  Everybody was ready for bed after a VERY long, hard day!