And while the North Carolina-based couple successfully navigated the streets of Glasgow, Bonifacio and Thessaloniki, getting those two $500,000 checks into their savings account was a comedy of errors.
“He was so excited he opened it,” Kim recalled of her husband of 19 years. “So we had to drive to the bank and, like, record it.”
From there, though, they followed their game plan to a T, even holding off on replacing Penn's car because they didn't want to go too crazy with their prizes.
Instead, “we paid taxes,” Kim said. Another 30 percent gave and shared, and about 28 percent was reserved for their daughter Lola17 and son Penn Charles, 14 years old, to go to university. “And I think that left us with just under 10 grand.”
That's when they realized the world was waiting for them. And so, Kim continued, “last year we took the kids on a trip to France.”
