Best At Being Handicapped goes to…..
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Pippi, who endured three weeks without her “BYOO”.  She asked a few times for her sidekick blanket, but was a really good sport when we told her it would be a while before she reunited with it.
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The Most Fun Award goes to…..
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Navy, who did everything, tried it all, and never stopped looking for fun — even this time when we were in the middle of a really cute store, she found a huge bug to keep the fun alive.
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The Biggest Adventurer Award goes to…..
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Scout, who kept the adventure alive at every park, in every country, on every leg of the car ride — AND in ever restaurant!!!  Hallelujah!
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The Biggest Copycat Award goes to…..
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Dash, who literally became the “Peeing Boy” in every single spot we stopped.
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The Best Co-Pilot Award goes to…..
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Nonnie and Micah are a tie on this.  Nonnie wins because she sat in the front helping us see everything to go and check out, and she also sat in the back where she sang songs for hours with the children.  Micah wins because he was, and always has been, the ultimate navigator and finder of treasures!
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The Best Packer Award goes to…..
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Micah!
According to him, his spacial reasoning is spot on at all times.
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Best Chef Award goes to…..
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Micah!
He did the best job of keeping us all fed with delicious sandwiches and snacks at all times!  And his good nature, when everyone barked out their orders, was unparalleled.
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The Self-Contained Award goes to…..
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All of the kids.
They were an absolute dream the whole time — although they must learn, that wrestling isn’t one of the adult’s choices for a great past time.
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AND THE BEST AWARD OF THEM ALL…
THE BIGGEST TROOPER AWARD goes to…..
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This lady in the mug shot!
Poor Nonnie got herself a black eye on the last day, by tripping over our mass amounts of luggage into the lamp shade.
Honestly…it was all a perfect dream vacation…even if I had to sport a mother with a black eye during the last part!
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My award you ask?
Obviously…THE BEST DRIVER AWARD.
I would take on ANYONE in a driving competition in Europe.  From driving down steep and crazy tight parking garages, to speeding on the Autobahn in Germany, to getting many, many picture tickets sent to us in the mail after getting home…I dominated that van!