Thursday, July 31, 2008

Catching Up - Denver/Redding

Last week Andy had to go to Denver on buisness so we decided that it would be a good time for me to take the kids down to visit family in Redding. My mom was gracious enough to fly up here so that she could drive down with me. (8+ hours in a car, alone with 3 small children didn't seem like a good idea) Thanks mom!

The trip down went well, as we broke it up over two days. 4 hours seemed way more manageable and the kids did great! We stayed at a hotel in Roseburg, ate dinner at Denny's (which by the way Kenneth ordered mac and cheese with a side of mashed potatoes! =) ) and even manged to swim for a bit! The next morning we woke to a fabulous continental breakfast (even the coffee was good!!) and then hit the rode. It took us 6 hours to make the final 4 hour trip...... if you want to hear a good story sometime then ask me about the blowout, the cops, or the flying shoe.....ahhh yeah, its good stuff!!

Some highlights from our trip were....

**Hanging out with the cousins... John 5, Anna 3, and Lydia 1 (almost 2)


** Abby meeting family (not sure how I missed getting pictures with Uncky and my Mom and Duane! Sorry guys!)


Uncle David
Big Grandma
Big Grandma and Jaja
Abby, Anna, and Lydia (they LOVED her!!)

**Time at Jaja and Big Grandma's house - turtles, fish, and guns!












Though exhausting, we had a great trip and I am glad that we went down. By the way, our 8 hour trip home took 12 hours!!! Wow!

2 comments:

Doni Brinkman said...

I am so glad you posted those pictures! So fun to see Lorene and her kids and Aunt Ruth and Uncle Johnny too. Haven't seen David since he was a little boy!

Pate Family said...

"A Blowout, A Cop, and A Flying Shoe" sounds like a great blog title to me. Pretty sure there is a great post to be done with that material