In the age of the GPS I don’t actually get that question very much. All my kids know how to look and see if the destination is showing on the screen – if it’s not, we’re not there yet.
Day 4
2065 miles down – 450 miles to go
Hotel living isn’t so bad if it’s a hotel like we stayed at last night.
No more hotels for a little while though, because we get to Grandpa’s tonight.
Day 3
1615 miles down – 900 more to go
Today was lots of this:
Day 2
840 miles down – 1685 more to go…
We got into the hotel REALLY late last night so we slept in a bit this morning and got started a little later than we wanted. The kids don’t mind though.
Today was the official start of our vacation! So after getting the car all packed and ready to go, there was just a little matter of mandatory fun for work first – the annual pig roast. We had a little lunch,
saw some wildlife (if only I’d brought the better camera with the telephoto lens),
and watched/played a little volleyball.
With the obligations out of the way we got on the road. Before we got too far we came upon someone who was having a REALLY bad day.
The car fire was so hot it felt like it would melt the windows when we drove passed, and emergency crews arrived the same time as us (everyone was okay).
Turns out we were taking our trip the same weekend as the Sturgis Rally – we saw a lot of this.
No! Your own beds!
Silly kids.
What is wrong with this picture?
You might have to look really close to be able to tell, but I noticed as soon as I got them up from nap this afternoon.
Nels and Solvei are on the wrong beds and if you look a close you will see that they swapped the pillows and blankets too.
Another bad thing about having to go to the ER for stitches/staples is having to go back to the ER to get them out. Today was that day, but at least it wasn’t quite as busy as the day we were here before. Nels is now officially better.
I think he got more upset getting the staples out than he did getting them put in…but that didn’t last too long.
It was still a tiring day.
And of course, because there was pictures being taken Solvei wanted to be a part.
After we got back from our trip to Utah for the twins’ birthday, they got another present that I had to put together. And since it took forever to get to Saedi’s, here is proof that I did get it done. 🙂
Nels did get to ride it too, he just wouldn’t cooperate for the camera. Thank you for the gift!
When I got the kids dressed today I put Solvei in one of the dresses I loved on Saedi. Nels picked his own clothes and ended up in “dress clothes” too. So I decided to take pictures.
Of course Nels wanted to argue with me about having his glasses on. I didn’t want them, but he would only scream at me if he didn’t have them. This time he won.
They both had to show me their latest tattoos.
They are especially cute when they are nice to each other.
Wadman Clan 