1840 some odd miles
36 hours in the car
13 stops the first day alone
2 hotels
6 happy meals
1 flat tire
1 patched tire
way to much snow....
a wonderful thanksgiving with the matt walls.
this picture is funny considering we almost didn't take the chains
6:15 am on the road..
love love love our chains
love love love that he knew how to put them on.
we followed snow plows for hours
she was chipper the 2nd day in the car.
FINALLY!
we couldn't always stop at a bathroom...
according to addie we drove through Christmas.
i love this picture....but its nasty how gross our car was.
he was done.
getting ready for playing in the snow.
matts wonderful birthday "cake"
Gavin got a little beat up.
the kids shopped for christmas.
add loves her uncle matt.
ainsley and her friend julia
she became addie's friend too.
the only Wall girls.
they were actually quite fond of each other.
our poor car was brown when we got back.the trip to washington was quite eventful. we hit horrible weather through the mountains in washington and were forced to put chains on the car. not 5 miles later we got a flat tire that grounded us for the night. after lots of prayers and tears from me we settled down with a pizza and went to bed. the next morning we got up, tire got patched, and 6 uneventful hours later arrived at Wall Manor.
we spent our time in sweats, shopping, doing a shoot of the family, and dreaming about our life if that is where we end up in a year and half (its going by so quickly).
the trip back wasn't bad until we heard the idaho utah border would be closed for the night and a majority of the next day. that left us in Boise to stay yet another night in a hotel and wonder if we were going to get home in one piece. we did.
it was a great trip. i got to know e and her babes better. addie became quick friends with ainsley as did i. we learned gavin has nothing on grady and at some point in life i'm sure will get truly beat up by him. cooper help me beat up dave and beckett tagged along on our many random trips.
our favorite moments were...
Add telling everyone she was thankful for her family at thanksgiving dinner
Standing out in the cold for 90 min talking to people about their black friday plans. they are crazy.
gap on black friday.
if grady looked at gavin wrong he cried.
coop being the nerdy, wonderful, athletic kid that he is.
dave pelting addie in the face with a fastball snow ball
doing pictures and facing some true fears of mine all at the same time.
ainsley telling me she would miss me "more than a worm could eat an apple"
leaving with a pound puppy that gavin has named 3 or 5 depending on the hour, but, that he won't leave alone.
watching mr. dave wall happy, no stress, no worries, just happy.
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