31 Hours

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A few weeks ago we decided it would be really great to see our families. It had been three and a half months since we saw them, but with winter it just seemed A LOT longer. And we missed them! So we packed up the car on a Thursday, spent three days PACKED with beautiful family time and packed up again for a LONG ride back to ND–for a total of 31 hours in the car!

And it was so worth it! Sometimes family time just is.

Now we’re over here cooking up eggs and really wishing we were cooking up eggs at Grandma and Grandpa’s or playing with the kitties at Grammy and Grampy’s (Hyrum especially. He LOVES cats. He follows them around squealing “puppy!”) Somehow both kids ended up with the stomach flu on separate days while we were there (somehow that always happens) but it was STILL an awesome trip.

We had a beautiful drive through Utah, Idaho, and Montana, and we made sure to stop and “run through a field,” “stand in the snow,” and “sit by a river” (Ava’s relentless requests.)

Long Drives

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I don’t think we’d be able to do so many road trips if our kids didn’t enjoy them too. But of course we all get a little stiff being in the car for so long, so we reeaally appreciate our quicks stops, especially Hyrum. He gets all sorts of excited.

A Drive to the Countryside

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Jake heard about a big antique show about an hour and a half north of us in the countryside, so we decided to make the trip and make a day of it. We didn’t end up buying anything (being an avid garage saler myself, I was kind of shocked at the prices) but we had a good time together anyway.

antiqueshow-17 — Jake, looking at a real estate magazine. Someday we’d love to own land in a place like this. We’ll keep dreaming. 🙂

Love these two.

San Antonio

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We had heard a lot about San Antonio, so we decided that it was time we checked it out! That, and our planned trip to Destin and Disney World fell through last minute, so we wanted to at least make up for it by doing something fun together. 🙂

We drove up in the afternoon on a Friday, toured the Alamo, rode on a riverboat, and ate lunch on the Riverwalk. From there, we went to our hotel, played in the pool, and ordered room service for dinner (for the first time ever, which was fun for us.) Saturday we visited the ocean animals and Sesame Street characters at Sea World and headed home!

It was a great little trip. 🙂