Earlier today we got home from a road trip to Arkansas to visit the Crooms. We hadn’t been up there since the moved up there earlier this year and were excited to see their new house. At the same time though we were a little scared because we didn’t know how the girls, especially Caroline, would do on such a long trip. Taylor has never been a great road tripper and we had no idea how Caroline would do.
We decided to break up the trip and stay in a hotel Thursday since I had to work that day. I was able to leave work a little early so we got on the road around 4:45. Our plan was to stop for dinner in Hattiesburg, MS and then stay at a hotel in Vicksburg, MS. Caroline had a full belly when we left so she fell asleep within 10-15 minutes after we left. Taylor started to watch a DVD a little while after that. We made it to dinner (about 90 minutes) without a problem. We ate fast food and Caroline hardly woke up at all. We thought she’d be hungry but hardly ate at all. We got back in the car to leave and Caroline fell asleep right away. When we got to the hotel we were very pleased that the girls did so great.
We got there pretty late and Tay Tay was so hyped up (as she says) to be at the hotel. She had been calling it “the camp-out.” She had a pretty rough night and didn’t fall asleep until probably midnight. She was just too excited and couldn’t calm down to quit squirming in the bed.
I love a good continenal breakfast so I’d been getting Tay excited about it too. Except she calls it “caught in the middle breakfast.” Whatever you want to call it, it was very good and we were back on the road by 8:45 ish.
The drive from Vicksburg, MS to Bryant, AR took about 4 hours and was mostly on highways, not interstate. I wasn’t looking forward to this since we wouldn’t make that great of time but it was such a pretty drive, especially for the first hour or two. It was mostly through wide-open farmland that we just don’t get to see much here. One of the highlights, or possibly lowlights, of the trip took place at a gas station in Arkansas. We stopped so that Robyn could feed Caroline and while we were parked in the back of the gas station a truck came within about a half inch of backing into us. Robyn noticed the guy and started screaming so I laid on the horn. I stormed out of the car and was glad to see that he didn’t hit us. The other dude was happier than I was. All the commotion freaked out the girls but they calmed down soon.
The rest of the ride was great. We couldn’t believe how good they did. Once we got there the kids got right to playing. The Crooms kids got a trampoline for Christmas and a lot of jumping took place on it over the weekend. The cousins all love each other so much and have a lot of fun together.
Sorry for any typos but I don’t feel like spelling-checking all that!
I love the “caught in the middle” breakfast. It’s interesting how kids hear a new word.
Can’t wait to see more pictures! It’s so much fun being with cousins!!
Gran will be journaling the “caught in the middle” breakfast.