Bye Ryan

Well Ryan left about 9:15 am. I have stopped crying which is a good thing. As you can see Riley had to help Ryan with a few last minute packing details. Neither Riley or I was a happy camper as Ryan's car left the driveway and drove away. Ryan is on his way to New Orleans to help in the rebuilding effort. He is going with the Bonners which is what they did last year. Actually if you look back in the blog, I have a few entries about Ryan's trip last year. They had a very bad trip coming home due to an ice storm in TN. It is about a 24 hour trip. There are about 30 kids going in 4 vans. Ryan is considered a "chaperone" this year, since he is all of 19 and a sophomore. Basically what this means is he will be doing much of the for his van. Luckily we only had a dusting of snow overnight so his trip to school should be ok. They are going to Philly for the afternoon to do God knows what and then they will be leaving for N.O. sometime around 5pm. The plan is to drive to North Carolina tonight, stay over and do the second leg of the trip tomorrow. Very poor planning in my opinion but that is how it was planned for them.

Please keep Ryan and all of the kids in your prayers for a safe trip going and coming. They are supposed to return sometime on Sunday January 17th. Ryan will stay down at school and move back into his dorm on the 18th and classes start on the 19th.

Ryan was really excited about going back to New Orleans. He had a great experience last year and is hoping for the same this year.

Riley is laying here next to me and doesn't really want to move. he knew something was up when he saw the sleeping bags and duffel bag etc. Riley will really miss Ryan almost as much as I do. Riley gave him big sloppy kisses before he left. i thought he was going to try to get rolled up in Ryan's sleeping bag but we caught him in time.

I will keep you posted on Ryan''s trip.