Thursday, September 07, 2006

Labor Day Weekend

Been busy, busy over this way. I am finished with cleaning up the house after our unexpected Labor Day Weekend roadtrip. Yes, what started out as a Sunday drive, ended up being a Sunday,and Monday roadtrip. We got in the car on Sunday completely expecting just to drive a couple hours and get some dinner. We ended taking a different route that we had never been on before, went to a completely different part of the state, stayed the night, and then went even further the next day. We ended up at Yosemite National Park, then drove up further to see the big Redwoods. We didn't end up getting back till 11pm on Monday night.

Here we are at Yosemite



And here the kids are at the Redwood Forest (can you see them? LOL)



And here is Baby Boy enjoying his first roadtrip



It was a great unexpected trip. We went to places we had wanted to go and see since we moved to this damn state. At least now we know not all of it is shitty! LOL

The kids had a good time. They were forced to put away their DVD player and sightsee. Does anyone remember as a kid, going on vacations and just watching the scenery as you drove for hours? Playing the alphabet game? The license plate game?
Or playing that game where you alternate people in the car with the alphabet, and you have to say A is for Annie, my husband's name is Albert, we live in Alabama and we sell Apples? It creates memories right? Well my kids idea of a roadtrip is watching multiple movies on the portable DVD player. And I got SICK OF IT. After the first few hours on the road, they had already watched their DVD's. So after that we said no more. Tough crap. You are gonna be piss bored just like we were as kids. Look out the window. Take in the sights. Look at everyone's license plates and see what states they are from (granted we have lived so many places that Girly Girl could care less if she sees a different license plate, more then likely she has lived there! LOL) Look for wildlife. We don't care what you do, but you aren't watching any more DVD's. So the whole next day, the DVD player was put away. And this is what happened.



So much for exciting sightseeing. But everyone had a great time. After the DVD's were put away, the kids had a chance actually see what was going on around them. See the beautiful mountains, and the many, many cows. Yes, Crazy Boy's favorite thing was the cows. "MAMA COWSSSSSS!!!!"

Yes, Crazy Boy will always have memories of the cows.

5 comments:

Jamie said...

Wow! Looks and sounds like fun! I love those spur of the moment trips- I think they always turn out to be the most memorable. Boy, is the baby a cutie;)

Me said...

Oh how much fun! I'm glad you guys did that. Roadtrips are so awesome!

And, of course, I remember playing those games while going up north. Or the "99 bottles of beer on the wall"...haha. Good one to teach 'em eh??

Uh, yah, what'd you think about what Ma told ya about Janet....what a crock of shit that is eh???? When's the shitty drama gonna end?

Ben said...

Terrific! You were indeed in my neck of the woods. I hope you stopped by Reimers for some of the best ice cream in the land (Three Rivers -- the gingerbread looking place).

Great pics and great to see you guys enjoyed yourselves.

Cheers

eyes_only4him said...

aww..love the pics..looks like one hellofa road trip!

Linda said...

What an awesome adventure!! Sounds like a blast!!

Baby boy is too cute and Morgan has both of those toys too!! :)

I love that pic of your crazy boy sleeping...so innocent when they are sleeping!!