The Emmazon

Despite having ADHD, our daughter, Emma Kate, age 6, has a very healthy self esteem.

She lives in an emmacentric world, which is kind of fun to be a part of. Becuase she has no verbal filter or inhibitions, life is full of energy and logical conclusions that are surprisingly valid, yet sometimes absurd.

Our latest challenge is to convince her that Large South American Rain forest is not named in her honor. She is is telling everyone we are going to the Emmazon. In an effort to show her that it was the Amazon, not Emmazon, I googled 'Amazon'....which of course produced a bazillion web pages, none of which had anything to do with rain forests, just books.

Not waiting for a second google search, she jumped off my lap to declare victory and tell her sisters that they, indeed, are going to visit her private rain forest, the Emmazon.

The point of no return

Well, we did it... Today we bought non-refundable tickets to Montevideo. After weeks of research on flights and prices I decided to pick up the phone and talk to a person to book our air travel.

Danielle from Brasilian Wave Tours gave us an incredible deal. It was good to practice my failing Portuguese..perhaps she thought I was on drugs. She kept saying. "Boy, that's a lot of kids."

It seemed to be a shame to be in Lima and Santiago for layovers, yet not be able to leave the international terminal. Chances are very slim that we will ever get back to Peru and Chile. So, with Danielle's help we extended our layovers in Lima and Santiago for a week - for just $150 per ticket. Machu Piccu here we come!

If you need to travel to south America, call Danielle. Tell her that the crazy gringo guy traveling to Montevideo with 5 kids sent you.

The Start of Something New

Whether business or personal, something exciting is always happening in our lives. I can't begin to count the number of times people have said to Emily, "You live such an exciting life, I wonder what it must be like?" I'm not quite sure if they are coveting our lifestyle or commiserating with Emily...probably the later.

So, this is an amalgamation of a personal diary for our family as well as a open diary to everyone else, including schoolmates, friends, family and those interested in Aaron's businesses.

We hope you enjoy our blog.