Summer Trip: Day 3 & 4

We spent a nice morning having breakfast with Ahnah and Maren then left for Historic Winter Quarters in Omaha, NE. Then drove the rest of the day to Grandpa & Grandma's House in Otsego, MN. Thankfully the girls all slept nicely and we have been dingin' around all day. I managed to vacuum out the van while the twins took their nap. We are trying to make the rounds to visit as many people in MN as possible. If you would like to come and see us, stop in at Rockwoods on Saturday May 30th @ 8pm.*** (by that time Nathan will have joined us so you can see him too.)

***this date has changed because on Friday night we will be celebrating Hannah's "decade" party

Summer Trip: Day Two

Oil Change for a mini-van =$30

New Tires for a mini-van =$350

New Breaks for a mini-van =$150

Cross-country trip with my 3 daughters =Priceless!

Today was an adventure! I heard a weird noise with our new tires-I kept thinking that it was maybe mud in the wheel well or something about the pavement. It just wouldn't stop, so I decided to stop at Walmart Tire & Lube and have a guy look at it. It turns out that something was done wrong when the Dealership changed the breaks and a bolt that holds the caliper in just fell off while I was driving. It was making a horrible thumping sound. The guy didn't have to fix it, it wasn't even something that they do there but he said he would run to the parts store and get the part to fix it. He left and when he returned he said the parts stores that were actually open on Sunday don't have it in stock, and that he went to his house and got a bolt from there to make the repair. Talk about an angel!
We are staying tonight in Lincoln, NE with our dear friends the Lingards. We will just see whose front lawn we end up on tomorrow!

Summer Trip: Day One Summary

On Saturday we packed up the van and said goodbye and gave lots of hugs and kisses to "daddy" and left at about 1 pm MDT. Everyone is doing great! We stopped in Rock Springs, Wyo for gas and to stretch. That Walmart there is gross, by the way, I am not sure if any other place in that town would have been any better. We got to Laramie by about 7pm and the girls were starting to let me know that it was their bedtime. I saw a sign for Ramada that said free hot dinner and free hot breakfast, so I couldn't pass that up with 4 mouths to feed. I, of course, have packed lots of things in the van for everyone to eat so we don't have to stop to feed all of us, but that was too good to pass up. The staff at hotel was nice and the room was adequate. Hannah loved the fact that dinner included a salad bar--fresh food--yeah! After taking 10 trips to the van to carry stuff in, while Hannah played with her sisters in the room-with the door locked, chained, and a secret door knock to signal that it was me, I set up the pack-n-plays and proceeded to get everyone to bed. Just so everyone knows, I do not ever want to be a single mother, it takes a ton of work to get everyone to bed at home, and even more work during a road trip! Day two will bring us to Lincoln, NE, more later!