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.
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.
While I really like my Commander, we have outgrown it. Its just doesn’t function well for anything more than passengers when the back seats are up. A little while after buying Nate’s truck we started looking at the Sequoia, because this year they look just as good as the truck, and they have room for storage behind the third row. But we weren’t sold yet because of the gas mileage and price tag. So that we could see what other options there were on the market that had third row, we went and perused the local dealerships. We ended up finding a midsize SUV that had more room than the commander and was better on gas.
The kids got free balloons while we signed all the paperwork.
And I LOVE my new car! It’s pretty isn’t it?
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