the griswalds

ok, so far vacation has been feeling a bit too much like we should legally change our last name to griswald! remember the antics of the national lampoon's "vacation"? so far, we have survived both a tropical storm and being held captive by the elevator in our house! chevy chase has nothing on us. the winds were so high that the last two nights we have been lulled to sleep by a rocking house. jon and i actually chose a new bedroom last night because the rocking was making for a difficult sleep. and then this afternoon we returned from the seafood market and decided to take the elevator up to the 4th floor of the house we rented. jon, fin, max and keegan and i all pile on the elevator. my mom had the good sense to take the stairs. we close the door, press the button and nothing - we dont move an inch. so after trying several desperate combinations of pushing buttons and pulling on the doors to free ourselves we decide to yell for my mom. ok, so i decided to yell. i didnt want to scare the boys, but i was freaked out, starting to feel claustrophobic and hot all at once. so my mom tries to open the door from the outside, nothing. so she tries to call the emergency number of the rental agency and gets the answering machine - ACK! finally, jon decided to break the door down. see...




















despite all of this, we are actually having a great time! it is so nice to finally be taking a vacation.