on the road again

Last week was our Winter Break and the kids were off from preschool.  Feeling adventurous I decided to drive the kids to see my sister in Rocky Mount, NC.  It was great to see her and Brian, but driving that far by myself with three kids was a bit crazy :)  It rained all the way there.  All the way.  Hours and hours of rain.  And on the way home, I went thirty plus miles down the highway in the wrong direction ... and then had to turn around and backtrack.  There went an hour plus.  Oops.  Add in lots of "are we there yet?" and "I have to go potty" and it was quite a trip! 

But it was good to be there and see Aunt Lolly and Uncle Brian.  We enjoyed a cook-out and meeting some of their friends.  And Lolly taught us how to play yahtzee, Ryan had a great time with that!  And of course we hit up a Chickfila playplace [and Walmart, but Chloe kicked her shoe off while we were shopping and Mommy was very sad about not being able to find it.  Loved those shoes.  And they were new, I actually bought something new just for Chloe!]. 

We also visited with Auntie Sarah and Maxim on the way to and from.  Hooray for a good halfway stopping point!  [we love seeing you guys too, hope you don't feel used :)].  We enjoyed playing outside on a rare sunny day and running around the McDonald's playplace. 

Thanks to Aunt Lolly and Auntie Sarah for offering us room and board and food and fun! 

The girls at Aunt Lolly's

Welcome to SC - the kids were looking right into the sun
I didn't take any pictures with Sarah and Maxim, sorry guys!

1,049 miles by myself in four days is a long way!! 
Hopefully next time it will be to Tampa - the beach, Disney, and of yeah Aunt Lolly & Uncle Brian too :)