Road Trip

Last week we took our first ever road trip as a family. And I have to say, the kids did just awesome on the ride up. It was a lot of fun and I actually really did enjoy being held captive with my little family! The ride home was a little hairy, but we won't dwell on that.

To pass the time we played, "I spy with my little eye", sang to scripture scouts CDs, watched movies (we've never had a DVD player in our car before), colored with wondercolor markers (I'm convinced these were made especially for road trips), sang a lot of songs and ate a ton of junk!

Here's a glimpse into our life on the road for two days...

Not 15 minutes into our trip, the DVD player we borrowed from some friends broke. Lovely...but don't fret: our friends confirmed that the players were old and told us to not worry and to just chuck them; and thanks to Sears in Barstow we picked up a new set and all was well. Crisis averted.


Spencer got used to having a TV all to himself



It wouldn't be a vacation without the stink eye from our biggest stinker




A slurpy stop in 100 degree weather in Vegas was a must!


Spencer discovered there was street named after him


Just a little bored, but hello gorgeous mountains!


The kids started a game of who could clap the loudest with their feet. Leda won.


It makes me crazy to look back at this picture and see that Leda's five point harness was NOT where it should be...how dangerous! But she was happy as a lark coloring on her My little pony pages anyway:


Aaron and I decided that this guy here was surely trying to compensate for something.


A closer look at his license plate



Each time we crossed a state border we would scream and yell...and on this occasion we were finally in Utah and SOOO excited. Enjoy!




We were happy to arrive at our half way point and relax. Yay for being in Utah!!







And last but not least, I had to share with you our main "in-drive" entertainment. Chase just would not quit! He was loving the "I like to move it, move it" song from Madagascar and would sing louder than the movie. Oi! And what Aaron and I say at the end of this clip pretty much sums up our feelings for our beloved crazy children.