2 nights before we left, we had the missionaries over for dinner and packing. :) They were so helpful and we got nearly everything packed. Hooray!
Then 1 night before we left, the boys helped Paul a little... He ended up giving them rides on the dolly around the parking lot. Very helpful. Hawken and Matix were both very excited to move to Georgia. At one point Hawken climbed in the trailer on top of the boxes and said, "Okay, me go to Georgia now!", like he was going to be riding back there with all the boxes.
The boys and Lullers were demoted from beds to the floor for bad behavior... :) We had already packed their bed frames. I love how Hawken and Matix ended up snuggling, so sweet. And check out those dirty feet. Yuck.
Early EARLY in the morning we set out on our long adventure. Lullers was happy and ready to go. The boys were cranky, but ready to go too.
In true Southern hillbilly style, we ran out of room in our trailer AND car, so we had to strap the mattresses and trash can any place we could find on the outside of our car an trailer. Lovely.
All three kids in the car, Georgia, here we come!
Along the way we drank a ton of Naked juices. The boys thought it was the FUNNIEST thing when they found out they were called "Naked" juices. Love this video!
The juice mustaches were hilarious!
We had to stop A LOT on our way. 2 potty trained toddlers with bladders the size of a peanut and 1 nursing 3 month old make for lots of extra pit stops. :) The boys always took advantage of the stops. Exploring and gathering/hoarding sticks. So fun. (Can you tell we were still in warm Florida weather?)
The way the trailer was weighted made it so that we could not go any faster that 51 miles per hour. Every time we tried to push it faster, the trailer would start wobbling back and forth and it would move the car, enough that we were not feeling safe about it. SOoooo, we went the ENTIRE 690 mile trip going rediculously slow. We left at 4am and got in at midnight. We were so happy to arrive to family. Paul's parents got to Georgia that afternoon and my sister, dad and nephew got here that evening. Everyone had already cleaned the house, and unpacked the things they had brought. It was SO nice.
3 comments:
What a big trip! I cringe just at the thought of taking 3 little kids for that long of a car ride. That's SO super nice your family was there when you got there and had the house already cleaned!
Wow you guys really did use that trailer to its full capacity. Im sure you guys were just super happy you all made it there with everything and everyone all okay. SO great that your family was already there. Must have made getting there even better. Love the stick hoarding! hehe We would have never met if it wasnt for the stick!!! :o)
I'm so glad you had all the help. I felt so guilty that I couldn't come then.
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