we had such a great time with my grandparents, dad, and uncle and aunt and their family. some of my very favorite memories are from family reunions. i am so blessed to have such a wonderful, loving, supportive family, who i absolutely love spending time with. and now the kids have pictures with their great grandparents. how cool is that?
we traveled back up to my other aunt and uncles before heading home. the kids all had so much fun together. i didn't get a picture of ethan and emma with the kids, but did get a few with adam.
naomi and adam had a lot of fun together. here they are going in for a kiss. :)
and a hug
the drive back home was quite eventful. it was quite cold - around 32* when we started out, and we definitely weren't prepared for the cold. the kids had on shorts, t-shirts, and sandals. let's just say that we weren't expecting winter conditions - in march - in the south. on the way there we had stopped often, and let the kids get out and stretch their legs a bit. that wasn't happening this time around! the poor kids (and parents stuck in the car with them!) didn't really get out the whole day. other than that, though, everything was going fine until we got to santa rosa, new mexico. there was a road block on i-40 because of the weather. it was cold, but clear skies, so we decided to take the detour south. we had already booked our hotel for the night, and didn't want to loose the money from that. so, we decided to drive the extra few hours to make it to albuquerque that night. that wasn't the best choice we've ever made. :) as soon as we hit the texas state line, it started blizzarding like crazy. the plains in alberta is the only thing i can think to compare it to. there were also patches of ice that we slid on 3 or 4 times. visibility was almost nonexistent, but since we were in the middle of nowhere, we just had to keep going. poor dave! i was glad it wasn't me driving! so, as you can imagine, a two hour detour ended up being quite a bit longer than that. christopher fell asleep pretty easily in his carseat, but naomi wasn't having any of it. she would cry and cry, then fall asleep for half an hour, then wake up and cry some more. i got in the back, between the carseats, so i could rub her arm and comfort her a bit. it worked a bit, but she was NOT a happy camper! we finally made it to the hotel at 2 a.m.! what a HORRIBLE drive! but that's what memories are made of, right? :) and once we got there, we still had to get the kids, and all of our stuff, to our room. we were all wearing sandals and summer clothes. at 2 in the morning. in a blizzard. dave took this picture as he was unloading the luggage. i was all for just crashing, but he wanted to document the event. :)
the next day was still snowy, and a little icy and slippery, but the road had all dried up by about noon that day. what a crazy, random night! we made it home safe and sound, though, and that's what's important. i'm so glad we went, even with the crazy drive home. :)
that story is cuh-razy! so glad you guys were safe!
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