We headed over to Sparta today to visit Dad's side of the family. We actually had to take two vehicles this time because we don't all fit in one anymore... that chubby baby :) So we moved our caravan across the state S-L-O-W-L-Y. Typically it takes about four hours or so (this is giving a break for bathroom runs etc.) but for some reason everyone decided to travel today around 12 so we ran into a whole lot of traffic. Lucky for me I had just bought a new CD so mom and I had some quality conversations and listened to some awesome tunes. Dad on the other hand had Kaitlynn and kyra in his vehicle so that was a much different story. Not bad he told me- but those girls certainly have their volumes set at full blast :) (side note: Dad's hearing aids should come in the next few weeks here so hopefully he will be able to hear not only the vacuum but mom calling him now and then0 I am sure she would like that). But the traffic was horrendous! About an hour into the trip we were stopped for about 3 miles with creep-along-trailing that lasted and hour or so. We elected to stop at the cookie factory to munch our frustrations away and load up on some unnecessary sugar. After our bellies were satisfied and the girls were thoroughly wired we got back into the cars and kept going. This time I took Bella and Via because you never know what will happen... and wouldn't you know that we got stopped again- and only 45 minutes from Grandmas! So that was another hour or so and when we finally parked in the driveway it had taken us a total of 6 and half hours to get there- whooyee. The best part was while we were visiting in the living room I looked at how happy my girls were and how much my dad was smiling and realized that no matter how rough the trip over was... it was totally worth it.
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