To Scotty and Lindsay

I have been just cutting and pasting your comments to the main page, now you can sign in yourself to post

From Scotty and Lindsay comment

Scott and Lindsay said...
I'm not sure how you guys are able to make posts, because all I can do are comments. Someone will have to tell me how that's done.I just found out that I get an outstanding discount on rentals from Hertz. I get about 40% off the rental itself, and since we're renting multiple vehicles, the additional drivers will only cost $12 per vehicle - UNLESS they have a AAA membership, then the additional driver fee is waived. (I know at least myself and Scott Sr. have memberships) So Terri, I'm not sure what you had in mind, but if you'd like to look at the Hertz website and pick out what you want, then I can make the reservations using the discount. Also, I assume that we will be picking up these rentals outside of the airport after everyone has congregated, which is actually better because then we can avoid airport fees. So you can use the website to find the Hertz Local office closest to your house, and we'll rent from there.

How to Post

I cannot believe that I am teaching someone how to do something on the computer. lol If you want to post you must first click on "sign in" at the top right corner (in blue) with your email and password. Then your posts are published on the main page of the reunion blog and you then have access to other blogs from the family also.

Scotty and Lindsay, that is great about the discounts on rentals. Let get a final head count on who is coming and then we will figure out what we need for transportaion. Its basically the Hollister side that we will need vehicles for. So far....Andrea/Bill/Noah and Scotty/Lindsay/Trey and Ryan/Samantha/Madelyn and Scott/Tami/Olivia are confirmed coming so thats 12 people. Still need to hear from Amanda and Katie. I am thinking a large van and one smaller car so people could do day trips if they want.

Scott and Lindsay,

The car seat doesn't even count as one of you official "carry on" items which is cool. Just bring it to the gate and then decide if you want to put in on the plane to strap him in it or you can store it under the plane (handing it to them just before you board). Just wanted to make sure you knew that since we didn't the first time we really traveled with our little guy.

More Details

Tickets to the White House sounds fun, you just need to remember that from the lake to DC is 3 hrs away so we wont be able to just be going back and forth. You guys are coming earlier so maybe you could request the tickets for before we leave for the lake.

As far as helping with the reunion, I am going to ask that all the families with little kids organize one activity (craft, game, storytime, etc) for all the kids to do together. If each family takes a day, the little ones will have something fun each day just for them. Anyway, you can be thinking of what you want to do for that. I think we will have everyone take care of their own family for breakfast and lunch (or join forces with another family if you want) because there are grocery stores at the lake, and then we can all eat dinner together. As the time gets closer we will combine a couple families to be in charge of making dinner one night. You can be thinking of what you want to make when its your turn :)

Scott and Lindsay said...
I hadn't thought about bringing the car seat as a carry on for him to sit in. That's a good idea, we might do that. Let us know if there's anything we can do to help prepare for the reunion. I submitted a request to our congressman for 35 tickets to a White House/Library of Congress tour. I'm not sure if it will go through or not, but I thought it was worth a try. Also, I'm looking into some car rental discounts. I should be able to get some as a AAA employee. I'll let you know.
February 18, 2009 8:11 AM

Scott and Lindsay said... That's hilarious. I thought it was strange that Grandma was grey and you were losing hair- and that those 3 kids were so close in age! I'm glad to find out I'm not the crazy one =)February 18, 2009 11:58 AM

Coming to Maryland

Yes, Scotty and Lindsay we can pick you up at the airport, it sounds like you are on the same flight as Grandma and Grandpa. We do have an extra car seat if you want to use it, but you may want to bring yours on the plane. The kids are usually more comfortable (and you too) in their car seats. You decide, but we have one if you want to use it. And Grandpa........I know the mind is the first to go......Those kids are not yours...they are your grandkids, Andrea, Shandra and Ryan!!

Hey Gramps

We're interested in leaving on Thursday. We'll be buying our plane tickets this week. I'll take a look at some Continental flights and let you know which one is most appealing to us. It'd be nice if we could catch the same one!
Scotty and Lindsay

Ticket Info

I bought our tickets yesterday through Delta's website. Round trip, including tax was $170 per person, flying into DC on the 18th at 4:45pm. Just putting this out there for those in CO that haven't gotten their tickets yet; I don't think they'll go much lower than this.

We're excited and can't wait to see you all!!

-Samantha

From Scotty and Lindsay

Scott and Lindsay said...
We are looking at a Northwest flight, which is the most inexpensive one we can find. It arrives at DCA at 4:45 on the 18th and leaves Sunday at 1:50. I believe Grandpa and Samantha are both looking at that same flight. We'd like to hear back what everyone thinks about that, because we'll be buying tickets next week! Yay or nay?

From Bill

That itinerary sounds good to me. We can pick you up at the airport, we will rent a big van to get everyone out to the lake, its about 2 1/2 hours from here. I am going to post this on the blog at www.mdreunion.blogspot.com so more people can see what everyone is doing. If some of you get flights together it would simplify things. Can't wait to see you and the family.


Terri
We have found a couple of flights for the reunion and I just wanted to run them by you to make sure they fit into the schedule. The flight out there is into Baltimore and arrives on July 18 at 1:55 PM. The return flight leaves on July 25 at 6:10 PM. I was just wondering what most people are doing. I was also wondering if we need to rent a car or if there will be Peterson airport shuttles : ) Thanks for putting this all together we are getting pretty excited.

Bill

You're just mean!!

Troy, As much as I think it is great you had a great ride on a beautiful day, I think you are just rubbing it in that we in MD are having our coldest winter on record and Brian is living in Rexburg with a windchill of -30 and Matt is in Minnesota with a real temperature of -30. Meanwhile, my skin is wtill pasty white!

Lunch Ride

This has nothing to do with the reunion, but I thought I’d share.

It’s February 4th and I went for a lunch ride today in an open space near the office. I wore shorts and a short sleeve jersey. On February 4th. Except for some snow in a few shady spots – and my lack of fitness – it felt like early summer. Here’s a crappy cell phone picture.

I have tan lines.

I think I’ll do it again tomorrow.

Family............

As we have been discusing and excited that Scotty and Lindsay are going to have a new baby in the Fall, here is a pic I took during our family gathering last week. The little one is due in late Sept or early fall, according to Lindsay.

Dad/Gramps

The story of us... said...
It's definitely a good way to get the word out! By our calculations the due date is September 30th, but I'll be shooting for October 4th. Scotty's birthday is July 4th, Trey's is August 4th, and mine is September 4th... wouldn't that be cool? We'll keep updates and pictures on our personal blog: lindsayhollister.blogspot.com
February 1, 2009 11:34 AM