A tripping we will go

Just a few days after the kids and I arrived in PA Matt had a scheduled trip to China for two weeks (and we thought he was getting out of those with a new job-HA!). I decided two weeks in the apartment didn't sound like too much fun so we scheduled our own trips!!

Trip one:Boston to see more cousins!!! It took six and a half hours, which actually went really quickly and the fun began!! It was great to see Jared, Mary, Grace, and Caleb, and a joy to meet little baby Gosh. The first night we were treated to a fabulous dinner and a trip to Kimball Farms for a "little" ice cream. Day two brought some drama as we went to one of the local "sprinkler" parks. All six of the mobile kids thoroughly enjoyed the water, the bigger boys the creek, and the park. On the way home Braden had a bit of an accident. He went down a hill on a scooter (no shoes-his mother didn't know) and crashed. After we got home and assessed the damage we determined that he had to have broken his left big toe.

In the morning I purchased an orthopedic shoe and he could walk a bit better so we attempted a trip to the Children's museum. He made it about 100 feet from Jared and Mary's front door before he couldn't go any farther. So we opted for another afernoon at the park. We all went to Texas Road House for dinner and polished off some shopping.

Saturday was an interesting day. Delainey decided to get up before 6:00 AM. We all went to Grace's soccer game and with some MAD parking skills I scraped the front right tire of my car on the curb which proceeded to flatten the tire. You know, the whole movie thing where you get out and hear the air seeping out of the tire....Anyway, Jared changed the tire and after the game Mary and I ran to Costco for a new tire. Fun day!!

Sadly we had to go home so we left a little before 3:00. It was a LLOOOOOOONNNNGGGGG ride home with little Miss Mess. Delainey was a disaster!!!!! She has this foot thing where she's afraid of "something gonna get me" and she just screams and screams. Someone has to hold her feet or prop a leg under her for her to put her feet on. Let's just say it wasn't fun. We made it home though a little after 9:00.

We had a great time in Boston and hope we can make it back up again in a few weeks when Sara and family are there. Thanks to our fabulous hosts-we had a great time and the weather couldn't have been better!! Photos aren't loading so I will try to post some later!