Hawkeye... still trying to recover from the overall experience, and will respond further when i do....LOL The tix were there, and can't possibly thank you enough for them (they even set the expiration date on the other 2 at the end of NEXT summer) Saturday was by far the highlight of the trip!!! Elitch gardens didn't compare to Water World, and we had dinner that evening with Happy Hippo (Whom i also can't thank enough for picking up the tab.... might add tho, Hippo, that the kids are pissed about it since now i have enough money left to pay their school registration fees.

) Next summer when we come to Denver to go to water world, i SWEAR we're driving tho, cuz God apparently doesn't want me to get home from that area by air

... our flight to Dallas on Monday was cancelled, so we haven't made that 6-flags yet, and we had to rent a car to drive back to IA.
PS...... Hippo is a very sweet gal (claims to be an age i won't reveal, but IMO she looks to be about 17, and once i get her permission to post some great pics my daughter took of her, i will), and she promises she'll go to the 2007 SB party!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm gonna hold her to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
off to bed!!! 20 more days and things should calm down a bit.
month from today, i'll be in Dallas for a month, so will be questioning all you TX folks
Hippo, hope to be able to send you the pics within 3 days, but kitchen remodeling is gonna be sooner than expected so don't have long to rip out old cupboards and get new flooring in so gonna be swamped around here for a while.