Weekend Travel

So this was the best travel experience have had in a long time. After piling 2 adults, one baby, and two very large, hairy dogs in a Honda Accord for a 6-hour drive multiple times this past year, we felt like we were driving in luxury in the new Odyssey. Luther and Auggie sprawled out with the whole back to themselves. It was joyous.

On Sunday, Shane's extended family had a reunion. It fell right at lunchtime/naptime so our Silas-boy was a bit cranky. I didn't take many pictures as we spent the majority of our time on the play equipment...
Sunday was also Shane's birthday so the whole family sang to him. And he had 2 delicious cakes. I was glad someone did something special because between us moving and this trip, we hadn't planned anything to celebrate.

Later that day Shane's brother and his wife came over to hang out for a while. Silas entertained us all with a little dancing...

And showed Aunt Brooke his treasures...

Grandma and Grandpa live on the lake so Silas, who has recently become quite the nature-lover, soaked up every minute outside. He could barely contain himself when he saw this...

It was more rocks in one place than he had ever seen in his life. A dream come true for this boy who just last week cried when I had to pry a rock out of his clenched fist at bedtime.

Lu and Augustine had their share of fun. They romped all over the property, went swimming, got dirty, endured baths, then did it all over again.

Silas was thrilled to watch Grandpa on the tractor...

And loved time with Grandma...

We got home this evening and promptly packed a load of stuff in the van to take over to the new house. Getting back in the car after being home less than an hour was not too much fun for anyone. While Shane was unpacking the van, Silas ran around the empty living, dining, and kitchen areas at the house nonstop. It was hilarious. Then Shane and I cleaned while Silas watched a Baby Einstein. So we're tired. But the weekend was wonderful so we're energized to close the doors on our current house this week and move into another.