Vacation day 1

Day 1 was pretty uneventful. We loaded up all of our considerable arsenal of crap, then Mom drove us to the airport. Our flight from Toledo to Cincinnati was perfectly uneventful. We had a delicious lunch of airport-kiosk soft pretzels in Cincy, then flew to Huntsville. Matthew was fussy on the airplane but a nap soon cured that. Afte rour arrival, we picked up our rental, a Chevy TrailBlazer. It’s a bit smaller than what we were originally promised, but it seems pretty nice so far– especially since we can drive it from here to New Orleans and drop it off at no extra cost.
We had a backyard barbecue with our friends the Huffords. I’m not sure whether the boys or I were happier to be outside in the sunshine, but we had a delightful time and some very nice steaks. Afterwards, we went to the Athens ward building to see one of our friends’ sons receive his Eagle Scout award. It was well-attended, so we got to see a goodly number of our friends from Athens. The ceremony went on for a while, though, so it was easily 9:30 by the time we got the three wise guys in bed. They all slept well and woke up this morning full of beans. More tomorrow.