We left Atlanta at about 12:30 pm EST on Thursday, July 2nd and drove ALL THE WAY to Bourbonaiis, IL in one shot, arriving there at about 11:30 pm CST. So a twelve hour trip. With two kids and two cars. UGH, it was long, but we decided to push it instead of unloading and getting a hotel halfway through. Not sure it was the best decision...as I felt like death about 2 hours short of our destination (5 hours of INterrupted sleep the night before and an ungodly amount of time in a car will do that to you). Scot and I talked a lot of mindless chatter to each other on our cell phones those last few hours...and we did finally make it to our destination. The girls were great - much like on the way down, so we have that to be very thankful for. And it was great not to have to get up, repack and load, and drive some more the next day.
We had another nice visit with Grandpa Chuck & Grandma Sandy. Unfortunately, we were stuck inside for most of it due to rain and cold, but at least the skies parted at dusk on the 4th. The folks in their neighborhood had some pretty impressive fireworks and Ava was so glad to finally get outside and play with her pals.
After 2 full days in Bourbonnais, we headed 100 miles north on Sunday to Lindenhurst - a northern suburb of Chicago. We stopped there to visit my high school buddy Lisa and her family. Somehow we had let 3 years (and 2 kids) slip by without seeing each other, so it was great to spend time with them! We had a really nice visit and vowed to not let so much time pass between our next encounter.
5 kids under 5: Reese (6 mo), Amelia (3), Ava (3), James (8 mo), & Oliver (4)
The babies
The big girls
And then we finally reached our last day of travel on Monday, July 6th - 6 hours of driving with one lunch stop and we were back at our house in St. Paul. It was great to be home, to see our cats, to have all of our stuff back. Ahh....
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Glad you all made it safely back! Enjoy settling back in, I'm sure it is a relief to be home.
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