Road Trip!

Wow! I finally have a minute to sit down and reflect on our trip to Illinois! It was the first long trip that we have been on as a family. It was so good to go back and see all of our friends and family.

The car ride out there was great thanks to Aaron. We left at 3pm and arrived in Illinois at 3pm. Aaron drove almost all the way. I pitched in for three hours, counting crossing over the central time zone (so it was really only 2 hours.) The kids slept most of the way. The DVD in our car was a blessing!

We did so many things out there I don't know where to start. We stayed with Aaron's dad. Of coarse we had to bring the Wii and we played a lot with that. Ethan was in heaven teaching his grandpa how to play. I love the homes in Illinois. They are so cute each house has a huge porch and a swing. I loved spending the evenings out there. We were able to go to some cemetery's and get pictures of gravestones, which I think is neat.

I got to go see some of the kids at the day care that I taught preschool at. They are now so big! I just want them to stay little for me. It was nice to see the teachers I worked with too. The kids and I got to meet a friend for Lunch. Amy is so great. I taught her little girl Lauren in Preschool and we became really good friends. It was nice to catch up with her, I wish I would have brought my camera to get a picture of her.

Our friends Connie and Ralph gave us a little open house so we could see a lot of church friends without traveling all around the town. They are such great people and we love them dearly! We miss the ward out there and know that they are doing great missionary work. There were a lot of new faces at church.

Our last night there we went to Kenny and Renae's for a wiener roast. It was so much fun. Our friend Alicia came with her three boys. Renae, Alicia and I were all pregnant together before we moved. It was the first time we were all together to let the boys play. All of them 5 years old now!!! They all hit it off and were sad when we had to break the party up.

I am sorry if this post is so random but there were so many things that went on that week it is hard to make sense of it all. We love all of our friends and Family out there and hope to see them all again really soon, we won't wait another five years!!