Here it is, almost lunch time, and I actually remembered to throw some potatoes in the oven so I could eat a baked potato for lunch. (typically I think of this at lunch time and don’t want to wait for a potato to cook) so I am feeling really proud of myself till I realize I don’t have any sour cream. And really, what is a baked potato without sour cream?! So this is going to be a quickie post in hopes I can run get some sour cream before my potatoes are done…good thing my neighbors are also friends!
Last week I mentioned that I was crazy busy so I took a little blogging break. I did manage to get caught up on almost everything before we left for TN on Thursday morning. My husbands brother and his family live there so we went to spend a long weekend with them. Something we don’t do often enough!
Here is something I have learned, with kids, trips are always longer. Yes, it is a no-brainer, but still…I didn’t expect the drive to be that long. We have to stop and potty more often, get out and stretch little legs and arms that are tired of riding in carseats, eat, etc. We went through the mountains on the way, that is the route Stu prefers and the way we always go. Typically it takes us 5 1/2 hours. It took us 7+ hours this time! Whew! So, we decided to go through Atlanta on the way home. We were making great time, even stopped for a long lunch, and then just a couple of hours from home we ran into this:
(taken with my phone)
Yes. It was awful and we were in it for at least an hour and a half! We finally got to moving again, only to hit this, and were so close to home:
Ah, yes. 8 1/2 hours after leaving TN we made it home! At one point while sitting still the song “Take a backroad” (by Rodney Atkins) came on and we just laughed, it fit the moment perfectly.
But we are finally home and getting back in the groove of things. I haven’t gone through my pictures from this weekend yet, but here are a couple I pulled off my camera…..
All the kids…
Owen and Bailey…
Owen was showing us some of his tricks on the trampoline….(notice Kennedy watching)
She decided to give it a shot
and made a pretty good effort!
I will (try to be) back tomorrow with a few more pictures, then I’ll blog some shoots later this week. Happy Monday! (I am off to find some sour cream!)