KateSP's Guestbook

HI!!!!!!
Can't wait to see you on Sunday! I'll know you'll be super tired. What do you want for your birthday?

Cosmic
Kate, We are cosmically connected! We spent last week at this gihugeic soccer tournament in Minneapolis ( I'm talkin' 852 teams on 52 soccer fields!) where the girls, plus Maggie, played on a team from Richmond, Ill. and made it all the way to the finals to place second in their division. Most of the goals/assists came from our three Elkhorn girls:) We were in a kitchen store at Mall of America and I heard this strange, yet beautiful language. I then struck up a conversation with this charming family from BULGARIA!!! Your mom was seasick on our honeymoon on the boat to Nova Scotia and the age of the rock forest was determined by the change in the ratio of C-14 ( half-life = 5715 years, the time it takes for one-half of the mass of that isotope to decompose ), which undergoes spontaneous nuclear decay, to C-12 which does not. All living things have the same fixed ratio, so when someone/something dies the ratio decreases and one can extrapolate back in time to estimate when it was alive. Love you, Dad.

wow!!
Wow, is all I can say! This trip sounds truly amazing. I like your Grandmother am "green" with envy! Your blogs are wonderful and very entertaining. Sorry about your dock time, that kind of stinks, but I am sure you will make the best of it. Can't wait to hear all about your trip and see the pictures. Have a great time. Love, Mary ps We are keeping Kyle busy while you are gone!

Kate I am so glad you are having an amazing time.. Im a little slow at keeping up with your blogs... thats just me ya know slow.. but i love you and im so happy you are having an AMAZING time! I am also excited that you and Kristin finally got to meet up! :-) miss you lots!

I am soo jealous but excited for you at the same time! I hope you are having a wonderful time and I miss you dearly! I cannot wait to see you when we get bk...ps lets start planning bday parties!!!

memories
You are traveling in my memory zone! During my four years of Latin in high school we studied all of those ancient Mediterranean cultures and plenty of Greek mythology- Virgil, the Illiad and the Odessey the Aneiad.. the list goes on. Of course it wasn't too exciting having to translate all that verbage, but the settings that you are visiting are etched in my memory in prose form. Don't let the fun stop! Dad

Croatia
Kate, I really enjoy reading all of your blogs. It sounds like you are having an amazing time. I totally remember having the 4th on board the ship and missing home. You are going to have so much fun in Dubrovnik. That was my older brothers favorite country and he thought one of the most beautiful. He liked it so much, he even convinced my parents to go on their 25th anniversary there!! Have fun and "Don't do anything stupid" Brian

Pompeii....i'm jealous... but so happy for you!

Spanglish
Mui bien, my bonitas munchacha! You probably didn't know that I learned Spanish from the Mexicans on the landscaping crews. However, most of the words/phrases are innappropriate when addressing my daughter. It puts a tear in my eye to know that you are safe, feeling better and having such an awesome time. Try to stay rested so that that can continue. I thought about you alot yesterday. I drove almost 3 hours to the northern Kettle Moraine region and hiked 13.5 miles. I'm taking today off! Love you, Dad.

HELADO!!!!! yummm :) sounds like your having fun mama! love you!

I knew you would love spain!!!! Have so much fun! Id go back in a heartbeat! love you

You're in Spain!
Sorry to hear about the rough seas as you were crossing the Atlantic :(. Hope you are feeling better! And now you are in Spain!!! I'm so excited for you. I'll be anxious to hear all about your stay. Love you bunches! Di

:)
I bet you are looking forward to stepping on dry land :) I'm excited for you love!