Taking road trips with a car full of little kids isn't an easy task, but allow me to celebrate an all day drive cut in half! YAY! It was so much more doable!
I headed home for a quick trip to take a math class I needed for teacher re-certification. (Big thank you to all my sweet baby-sitters who made it possible!) It was all-day, all-week, so I was pretty busy; however, we managed to squeeze in a few memories and fun along the way. Here's the scoop.
We found a good pit stop to stretch our legs after two bouts of "car-sickness". Then we pressed on...
...And it was worth it. We are always so warmly greeted with open arms. How lucky are we?!
Of course, we had to take a moment to relax.
And then play.
And taste some "Bites of Sunshine" from the garden. (Grandma is very patient about the "premature" harvest she got this year. She had some very anxious pickers. :) It has really made Autumn love the garden. She just comes alive with excitement there.)
And we said
hello to the horses. (What will we ever do if Pepsi and Choice aren't there to eat our sour apples and carrot stems?! I think it would break Seth's heart. He really loves those horse.)
The picture isn't great, but the company and conversation were. We were out shelling peas as fast as the girls could pick them. They were quite tasty. Brig just ate the whole thing. :)
While we were busy shelling peas, we wondered where the boys were. This is were I found those couch potatoes, doing some male bonding. :)
The kids did the "double-dunk". This has become a "tradition" with Grandpa, although he might reconsider after how quickly they polished off the package this last time. :)
The apples were almost ripe... the boys didn't seem to mind either way. They polished off several sour apples. :)
Grandma put the girls to work cutting off all the dead heads. Rest assured she paid them well for their labors. :)
Then we finished the day with a story from Grandma. She's the best!
