Our Family Vacation!

No way can I write about EVERYTHING from our vacation, but a recap with pictures seems legit.

We began our 10 day journey by traveling to my parents house. We originally planned to stay overnight, but left a day early to spend a little more time. This actually turned into 3 nights instead of 2 because our brother--in-law ended up in the hospital with a blood clot in  his leg!

We hung out at my parents and Daniel enjoyed the sprinkler...until I put his swim trunks on. Then he decided he didn't care for it. He let Pa take him through once though.



Also, while we were there we had supper at Texas Roadhouse. Mmm...rolls. Had Orange Leaf. Mmm....fro yo. Plus Jacob and I got to go see the Fast and the Furious at the Collins Rd. Theater! Yay for a cheap movie and popcorn. Mmm...popcorn. :)

Monday we headed up to Minnesota. Once again I have to comment on what an awesome little traveler we have!

That evening Daniel enjoyed exploring.





The next day, Aunt Rachel made some "super bubbles" and we went to the park and lake.







It's all fun and games until it's time to go!



On Wednesday we hit up the zoo! Wasn't prepare to wake up to chilly weather, but it warmed up as the day went on and we really enjoyed it!

So stinking cute!





We even found Daniel Tiger! He would look at him and say, "RAWR!!!"





We were so happy that we got to go up to Minnesota and see where Rachel and Micah live! Daniel enjoyed there place as well and did a pretty good job sleeping somewhere new too!

Had to prove we actually did get to see Uncle Micah now and then, even though he was still in quite a bit of pain.



We set back off for Iowa on Thursday morning. Car loaded and driver's mirror duct taped on. Rachel may or may not have hit it with her car. Haha! It was fun giving her crap about it. :)

Daniel was excited to see his Pa again (and Grandma too!). I got caught back up on laundry and we just hung out. Then Friday afternoon we were off again! This time we were all headed to Chariton to visit Grandma T.

Grandma of course was prepared for her 2 great grandsons and had balls and sand out for them when we got there!



He also loved the "park" across the street! (The school playground). We spent many hours over there playing as kids.

He face planted off this slide twice and both times got up, brushed himself off and carried on. So proud!



Saturday was just a fun day all around. It was filled with:

Piano playing



Ice cream eating:



"Peep Mobile" making



Bubble Blowing:



Family Picture Taking:









And hotel fun:





Sunday we said our good-byes after a yummy breakfast made by my Grandma! It was a long uneventful trip home until a red oil pressure light came on an hour from home.

Since we've been home my car has been repaired...after leaking massive amounts of oil. In fact I left a nice oil trail all down the street taking it for repairs. Oh...and our air conditioner broke. We're taking the plunge and having a whole new air conditioner and furnace installed next week. It's scary spending so much, but our furnace is (no joke) about 45 years old. The air was VERY old too. Hopefully this will help in selling the house later!

Alright...this still got long. I've got to post again next week. I have so much to write about our little man! We're off on another mini adventure this weekend!