A month passes so quickly! We wanted to do so much and tried to squeeze in as much as we could. We passed through 13 states and drive 3800 miles to see family in Texas, Iowa, and NC.
In Texas we enjoyed a time of rest for a few days. Denise's brother recently moved into a new house, and their daughter is recently married. We had a blast exploring their property, playing softball, riding the gator. The kids played with lots of toys and had fun playing with the dogs, cats and rabbits.
We left for Iowa to visit Denise's parents. There we visited some parks, rode a tractor and ATV (Josh's highlight for sure). We attended a baseball game and Denise's dad came with us. There were fireworks after and he commented those were the best he has seen in a long time! Abby got glasses. Denise took the kids horseback riding! Roy helped mow grass.
We traveled for 2 days to go to NC. The kids did really well throughout the long car rides. We had snacks and played car games. We listened to music and books on CD and took naps. It rained for a lot of the trip to NC, so we had to be creative with our stops to stretch our legs. Thankfully we found some malls to walk in. We took advantage of the food courts to get what we each wanted. And found amazing play areas the kids enjoyed. They made friends and had the best time! And we were able to meet Roy's aunt and uncle on the way to NC!
We arrived in NC and had a week full with family and fun times. Most nights extended family came by to greet us and play with kids. We finally had rain in NC and interrupted quiet time for a special time of running through grass puddles.
Josh loved hearing the cars drive by when he was outside. We visited a Mega Play indoor kids play park, which has become tradition for us. We did some shopping here for supplies for our return. We shot off our own fireworks. Roy even snuck away to play golf with his cousin.
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