ROAD TRIP

I have the next two weeks off from school and Robby managed to get a vacation (from BOTH jobs!) so we headed to Pittsburgh to visit with family and leave Garrett for the annual Grandma visit. She keeps one grandchild each summer for about a week and it's Garrett's turn (again). I'm hoping for a less eventful stay this time since his last trip left him in the hospital with an attack of previously undiagnosed asthma.

Usually we travel at night so the kids can sleep and the opportunities for conflict are at a minimum. We decided to be brave this time and leave as soon as I took my Test since it's the first day of Robby's vacation and we didn't want to waste it. As expected, there were a million questions of "how much further?" and "how much longer?" and What are we going to do when we get there?" Then there was the "She's touching me!" and "He's putting his feet by me!" bickering back and forth. Overall the trip wasn't that bad, but we will be making every effort to continue to travel at night for awhile.

Take a look at these happy campers!!!!!

Someone managed to enjoy the drive. . . .

Once we made it to my Grandma's (about an hour outside of Pittsburgh) we stopped to eat dinner at Bob Evans. Garrett managed to find his sense of humor once again.

On another note. We passed the Christmas tree farm that Cynthia found so interesting a few summers ago. If I haven't told the story before--she was intrigued by the rows of trees growing so straight. I told her it was a Christmas Tree farm which confused her even more. She paused a moment before responding "They're growing them ALREADY?!?!?!?!?!?!?" Yes Cynthia. They grow Christmas trees all summer long!