We took a 9 day road trip to Madison, OH to visit our friends Lisa, Dave, Mattie and Molly :)
We started out on Saturday, June 18th at about noon and headed to St. Louis. We rented a super cool minivan for the trip with a built in DVD player so the kids were in seventh heaven watching movies most of the way there. Monte is considered a kid since he climbed in the back and watched, too :) We made really good time and got to our hotel at about 6:00pm. We checked in and then decided to get something to eat. After dinner the kids swam in the pool til after dark while Monte and I just lounged and enjoyed our evening without the 1 year old :) (Kye stayed with my mom for the week)
Sunday we went to meet my brother for lunch and then onto the Budweiser Brewery Tour. We really enjoyed getting to see him and the kids enjoyed the Clydesdale's. Of course, I forgot my camera! So no pics :(
Monday we went to the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (the arch in St. Louis) We enjoyed the Louis and Clark Movie.
In my old age I am getting very interested in history... Did you know that the Indian guide that Lewis and Clark used for the second half of their journey to the Pacific had a newborn with her? I was flabbergasted that she could take a newborn through mountainous terrain during the winter. I didn't even leave the house for a month after Nia was born!!
Then we went up the tram to the top of the Arch
And took pics from the top
The Air Force was there that day and Monte and Leyton got to go through this helicopter :)
Tuesday we headed to Indianapolis. The GPS only messed up once and tried to drive straight through the Allison Transmissions warehouse :o The boys went to Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Nia and I got our nails done. I am kicking myself for not taking pics!!
Wednesday we went to Dayton, OH to the Air Force Museum. I wrote down the wrong address and we ended up at the Air Force National Cemetery and it was in a very scary part of town, oops! Thank God for Monte having his blackberry so we could get the correct address and finally arrive at the museum.
Monte could have spent two whole day there but the kids and I were done after about 2 hours :)
Leyton found some flying games in the learning center.
We then headed for final destination Madison, OH. We got to spend some relaxing time talking with our old friends Lisa and Dave. It had been almost 2 years since we had seen them!
Thursday was onto Sandusky, OH to Cedar Point Amusement Park. It rained on us almost the whole way there, but once we got there it cleared up and we were able to ride roller coasters! Leyton was 1 inch short of being able to ride most of the rides so he and I kinda hung out on the smaller rides. (Thank God, my tummy does not like roller coasters!) Here are some pics.
Friday was Niagara Falls, NY. Again, it rained on the way there, but once we arrived it cleared up! I am so glad we made the trip. It is amazing what God has made there!
This was a really cool tree that the kids thought they had to climb.
Funny face pic :)
Saturday, our last full day was spent going to wineries. I was just in awe of the vineyards. They are soooo beautiful! Of course, I forgot my camera that day!!! There were grape fields everywhere you looked, almost as many wheat fields as Kansas has!
Sunday was a Mattie's 12th birthday party. We waited to leave until after the party because Mattie and Molly were riding back with us to spend some time with there Dad who lives in Kansas. We left at 3:30pm. It took us 15 1/2 hours to get home. We only made 1 wrong turn and we only stopped twice!! The kids slept most of the way, thank GOD!!!
My mom met us at our house with Kye, I missed him SOOOOOO much!!!!
I really enjoyed our vacation, but there is no place like home!! Right Dorothy :)
1 comment:
Sounds like a GREAT trip! We thought about a LONG road trip this summer but I think we are going to wait a year or two. I can't believe how big your kids are!
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