Tuesday, August 26, 2008

First Road Trip

This was a big weekend for our family. Silas took his first road trip! We drove our Accord with Silas and two dogs six hours to see Shane's family in Illinois. Thankfully everyone did great in the car. We stayed with Shane's mom out at the lake. As you can see, Silas was all smiles with Grandma and Grandpa. I'm actually not sure which was cuter, Silas smiling or Grandma and Grandpa trying to get those smiles...


Silas also got to meet several other very special people while we were in Pekin. We spent some time with Shane's dad and his sister, Tara. Silas loved snuggling and sleeping with Grandpa Mike...

Shane, Silas, and Aunt Tara. Silas has two Aunt Taras (we both have sisters named Tara) so we'll have to figure out how to distinguish between them someday...

On Sunday, Shane's family had a get-together to celebrate the recent marriage of one of his cousins. So Silas got to meet the whole family. It was very special for him to meet his Great Grandma and Grandpa Draher. Silas is their fourth great-grandchild...

One of our dear friends, Susan, had twins this spring. We had to go see them while we were home! What precious girls they are. Here is me with Susan. She is holding Delanie and I have Natalie. I still can't believe that Silas will be that big, sitting up, and interacting soon...

We also went to see the Josh, Kim, and Ava Fryman while we were in town. They were so sweet to have us for dinner. Silas looks pretty curious about Ava. In reality, he was pretty fussy while we were there, but I suppose he was just getting Kim ready for their second little one who is on the way...

We had such a busy, but wonderful weekend. It is a joy to share Silas with friends and family who mean so much to us. It was pretty late when we headed home on Sunday so Grandma got to give Silas a bottle to save us some time while we packed the car.