Well....The Thornton tribe has lived on the ROCK since
July of 2010 - a little over two years.
After our failed attempt at a
MAC flight this summer - my mom caved in on her plan to NOT fly "all the way to Guam" and booked a ticket very shortly after we gave up our attempt and made my step-dad agree to tag along and
pull her suitcase visit the island rich with WWII history.
They left this morning after a two week stay.
I'm not sure they had a vacation really....with all the chaos that is the normal in our house,
but we did enjoy their visit and had a great time having them here.
A few snapshots:
For our first day, and tour around the base - I thought maybe they shouldn't feel so far from home.
So we went to Nap's....
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Another day - Molly McGee's on base
for some Irish Pub Grub
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And then after they had a chance to catch up on sleep and get the island feel....
It was out to Jeff's Pirate Cove for some family
fun in the sun and a little FEISTA dinner,
Guam style.
Red rice and
chicken kelaguen.
If you notice a theme here around food....
well.....
so.
On the way to
Jeff's Pirate Cove,
we toured around the south side of the island,
I was totally stunned when my mom said she wanted to get on the
carabao -
but she did, with the help of Big John at
Fort Soledad.
We stopped at Inarajan Pools with a swimming break for the kids
(who were sick of the "history lesson")
Michael and Papaw solving the world's problems with a beautiful backdrop.
They also did some touring on their own while the kids were at school.
They saw three of Michael's cross-country meets and one of Isaac's soccer games.
My mom did a lot of dishes, laundry and homework help.
They are heading to Hawaii for a week before heading back to Alabama.
But the room is available for the next guests.....who's coming?
