Road Trip

This last weekend we decided to road trip out to Idaho to visit our good friends Nick and Kara Johnson. They had recently had a new baby girl, and we were anxious to meet her. We left our house on Friday night around 9pm. The plan was for the kids to sleep the whole way, and for me to lay down in the back seat for naps. It didn't go very well. Grace was awake the entire night! We were all super cranky because Grace wouldn't be quiet. Let's just say Saturday was a rough day for the kids. We mostly relaxed and played with water balloons outside. We went out for lunch to a Mexican place, and made yummy salmon for dinner. Sunday morning we all went to Church, and then came home to get ready for a fun afternoon at Kara's parents' house. My sister Bree and her date, David met up with us there. We played with water balloons again, and there was a kiddie pool. Grace loved the pool! They had horses too, which was defiantly the highlight. First we shucked some corn and fed the husks to the horses. The kids really liked feeding them, although Grace wasn't quite sure about getting too close to the big "doggies". After dinner we took turns riding Cocoa. He was really nice, and let us all have a turn. It was Chris's first time ever being on a horse. Claire loved it! She never wanted to get off. Later she asked if we could have a horse at our house. She didn't really understand why our "yard" wasn't exactly big enough for a horse. Grace just kept calling them doggies, but she was pretty excited to see them.

On Monday we went to a fun tumble place that had trampolines and a big foam pit to jump into. We had been there once before, and it is always a hit. Grace loved being able to run around and jump on everything. It is even fun for the adults! They have this really high ledge that you can jump from into the foam pit. It doesn't look very scary until you get up there. It definitely makes your heart skip a beat when you get up the guts to jump.

Tuesday was time to go back home again. This time we drove during the day....a much wiser choice! The kids did really well on the drive, and we were home by dinner time. Overall, we had a really great time this weekend! Thanks Nick and Kara for letting us come stay with you!