Day 2 ~ Atlanta, Georgia

Ahh, what a good night sleep. We were soo tired, but more importantly, we slept all night. We were relieved that my mom had slept all night. She wasn't any better, but wasn't any worse either. And that was a good thing. My dad, Josh and I all felt like we had had a really good work out. We were just a little sore and stiff, but not hurting. I had some broken blood vessels in my neck where the seat belt was, but it didn't hurt at all.

Since we lost out on the day yesterday of seeing things, we decided we wanted to drive by the Olympic Venue. Luckily, it was very close to our hotel. So we checked out in the morning after breakfast, and drove by. There was some market going on, so we decided not to get out. We also wanted to go by the Atlanta Temple. It was about a 1/2 hour drive, but we had some time before our 1:00 Braves Game. Yes, it was Sunday, but we were on vacation.

As we came around the corner to the temple we were VERY surprised that there were A LOT of people on the temple grounds, and a long line of people waiting to enter the temple.

Our first thought was that they must hold church meetings at this temple. As we entered the parking lot, there were ushers there and we asked them what was going on. He proceeded to tell us that the temple had been closed for the past 2 years and that it was getting rededicated today and that President Monson was inside. WHAT!!!! President Monson was inside. Amazing, we were slightly under dressed, ok a lot under dressed, but we parked the car anyway, and go out and walked around. It was such an amazing feeling to be on the grounds knowing that Pres. Monson was just right inside.

We once again felt blessed to be there, since it was supposed to be on yesterdays agenda.

We then felt a little guilty and left the temple for the Braves Game. My mom and dad want to visit all the Major League Baseball Stadiums and Turner Field is one that they hadn't been to yet.

That was the main reason for making this drive. We were so excited to be there. It was a beautiful day,

and we had great seats down the 3rd base line, but we decided to sit a little bit higher where there was some shade. I think it was about the 3rd inning that someone on the St. Louis team hit a foul ball that basically fell right into my dads lap. Hmm, so many crazy things this trip. He gave the ball to me, and then we decided to give it to the little boy a few rows up.

We stayed long enough for mom to do the Tomahawk Chop...and then we left.

We ate lunch and drove partway back to SC and stayed the night in Macon, Georgia. We weren't as tired tonight, ok maybe a little, but we were watching tv when they announced that President Obama had an announcement to make. Ok...what Bin Laden has been captured/killed. Crazy...this trip has been so eventful in the 48 hours that we have been here. Unbelievable.