Road Trip

The last two weeks our family has been on an exciting road trip. We wanted to introduce the two newest members of our family to friends and extended family. We started off our trip in Atlanta staying a few days with Preston's Aunt Lou and Uncle Mark.

On Logan's birthday, we met our friends, the Chung Family for lunch and then Logan and Jonathan were able to go to Monkey Joe's for some real fun during the afternoon. We were also able to meet their new little guy, Sebastian.

On Friday morning we headed down to IKEA, for some toy shopping and then down to LDi office where we were able to participate in fun friday activities. We always time our visits to be a part of this fun and yummy friday afternoon treat. The boys enjoyed meeting so many wonderful people who have been lifting them up before the Father for months!!

We spent Friday evening and Saturday morning with our friends, Jennifer and Michael Bowden. We had a great time visiting with them and all three of the boys loved playing with them.

Saturday afternoon we headed to Georgia Tech for GT Fan Day. The players and coaches were there to sign autographs. We were there to just see Buzz and the Wreck (Logan's two favorite things). We only stayed a little while because it was so hot and we were able to see our two things quickly. Also, it was really crowded so we did not wait in really long lines to do any of the extra games they had set up for the kids. We were able to meet our friends, the Chungs, again...but only briefly.

On Saturday evening we headed to Michigan. We got a really slow start...I mean really slow. We left downtown about 5:30 and did not make it out of Georgia until about 9:30. We stopped to feed the little boys and to make their cereal. While we fed them we let Logan play in the McDonald's play land. The little boys were having a hard time. Once they fell asleep we were able to make good time. We drove through the night...we had to. Once they woke up for the day it was really slow going again. We were able to make it to Frankenmuth by 2:00, so a 12 hour ride only 21 1/2 hours.

When we got to Frankenmuth we spent 3 nights with my Aunt Ann. She had a bbq for us and invited her girls, Dee and Shawne and their families. We had a great time visiting. Logan loved playing the in the pool and playing with the girls. We had a wonderful time staying there for three days. Shawne and her two girls came over the next two days too. Logan was in heaven. They all played so well together. They swam, rode scooters, played with Logan's new train and just really enjoyed being together. Aunt Ann has two garages, which of course Logan loved. I told Preston he was never going to want to leave. He loves Aunt Ann, Shawne's girls, the pool, the garages, and then they had cookies and doritos (which he calls triangle chips). It is amazing we were able to get him to leave!!!

We were able to visit with my Grandma Elaine and her friend George on Monday morning. We had a very nice visit and she made a good lunch topped off with some delicious chocolate cake. Preston was able to get her skype working, so now we will be able to video chat with her any time.

On Tuesday we were able to spend some time with my Aunt Nila, Uncle Bob, Grandma Nancy and Aunt Andrea. We really enjoyed our time visiting with them. Aunt Nila also enjoyed looking at Logan's Tag books with him and Uncle Bob had fun playing on the floor with Logan. Uncle Bob is always such a good sport letting little boys climb all over him.

On Wednesday we headed in to Frankenmuth for a yummy lunch at Zenders. I was able to get some chicken noodle soup, just like I used to eat as a child. It was fun to show Logan some of the stuff I did at his age.

We then headed down to Macomb, in the Detroit area. We stayed with my cousin Dan and his wife Jackie. They just had twin girls 4 months ago, so it was fun to get our 4 little ones together. They had a cook out for us where lots of other family came. My cousin Rick and his wife Sarah have two girls, one only a few weeks younger than Logan. The girls had lots of fun playing together. My Aunt Julie, Uncle Bruce, Aunt Lee and cousin Mike also came over for the bbq. It was so fun being able to see everyone.

On Thursday we headed over to see my cousin Brenda and her little guy, Stavros. Her husband was in Brazil working. We had a great visit!! We took all the kids to a near by park located on Lake St Claire. Logan had the best time playing on all the playground and the little guys all really enjoyed the cool breeze and wonderful sites. Brenda made the most wonderful salad for lunch. In fact, Preston is at the store right now buying the stuff for us to make that same salad tonight.

On Friday we then went to my cousin Jenni and her husband Paul's house. They have two little girls, Olivia (who is just a month and a half older than Logan) and Elina who is two. All three had fun playing together, but Olivia and Logan really hit it off. They played and played and played. It was so fun to hear them just laugh and laugh together. Unfortunately we cut our visit with them short because we decided we really needed to do most of our driving again at night. The good news is, they will be at our house in just a few weeks. We are really looking forward to their visit.

We drove through then night, leaving at 9:30 pm and this time we were able to make the trip in just 14 hours. We had a great time and really enjoyed being able to visit so many friends and family.