We left Ocala on Saturday August 6th to go back to Miami, finally. This was a loooong trip. We had a blast, but we were ready to get home. In the morning the boys got to see Lexi, and they both fell back in love instantly. :)
Group shot of us with our favorite neighbors. :) Keep in mind this was taken in the morning, during a road trip. Thanks guys for taking such good care of us, as always. And Lexi, thanks for giving up your room. So sweet! Hopefully we will be able to see more of them soon, Phil just took his test and wants to go to Georgia for his rotations too! Hooray!
The boys took good naps in the car as usual, Paul and I were super excited to start recognizing things as we got closer to our house... He didn't know I was going to take a picture, but I promise he was excited. :)
We got home and got to unpacking. We also went out and got Hawken his first real big boy bed. And thanks to auntie Heather and the train tracks she got them and auntie Jill for all the trains, the boys were well entertained as we (mostly Paul) ran around getting things set up and organized again.
We left on our summer trip on May 30th and got back on August 6th. We had 13 full days of driving, and stopped a lot along the way. Our car got ridiculously good gas mileage, nothing broke on the car, and fuel prices were lower than we had expected. We traveled with a 2 and 1/2 year old who has a bladder the size of a walnut, and 1 and 1/2 year old who thought he was potty training, and a daddy who doesn't like to drive for more than 45 minutes at a time, and a mommy who was big and pregnant... We also came back with at least twice the amount of stuff than we left with. We traveled through 18 states, got to see most of our family and friends, and were happily surprised at how fun it all was, even the driving. Hooray for summer vacations!
4 comments:
You have done such a good job documenting your trip, I am tired just reading it! You are a good motivator and reminder for me that with a little planning you can still do a lot with kids and crazy circumstances when other people would like to tell you you're crazy or it's not possible. That's a good thing because I'm pretty sure there are still plenty more crazy adventures ahead for each of us! love your blog!
What a long, fun trip! You are all pro travelers now. I am amazed your boys did so well with all the traveling...great job!
Paul must be just like Louie in the not-liking-to-drive-longer-than-45-minutes department! Honestly! And you used to drive non-stop from WI to CO 16 hours!! Cool map!
Wow--that map of the US really puts it in perspective how much you guys have traveled this summer! The boys are going to have some awesome memories of these family trips! I think you need to do a post of all your tips on traveling with kids :)
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