The Drive to (and from) Utah

Last week we spent seven super fun days in Utah.  I think it was the most fun, in fact, we've ever had on a family vacation.  The reason for the trip was my sweet grandma's 90th birthday.  But we figured that if we were going to make the long drive, we'd stay and enjoy ourselves for a while too.

The best decision we made was to get on the road early.  We got the boys up and were on our way by 4:30 a.m.  Luke went right back to sleep (awesome!), but Noah didn't want to miss a thing and never did go back to sleep.  I told him he could close his eyes, but he replied, "No mom, I want to see da wights!"  He was a happy traveler, so I guess the early wake up didn't phase him much.  On both trips we only stopped for breakfast and lunch.

When you're traveling with kids it doesn't matter what YOU want to eat.  What's far more important is where is the best play place for your kids to take a break from the drive. So yes, we did eat McDonalds for two meals straight..

There were few wiggles to work out because Noah got to watch movies in the car for the first time.

He was in the zone.

Thank you Mater for getting us across Nevada.  We also put a few new games on the iPad, which he knows are only for 'wong' (long) twips (trips).

Luke was a champ too.  He took his naps on schedule, played with toys, and then 'requested' a few times to have some company in the back seat.  Can you blame him?  Being rear facing is a bore!  It was fun to join both boys back there, most of the time. :-)

I love that Luke is still a bit of a baby, because all it took was resting his head in my hand and he was asleep.  

On the way home we stopped in Reno for lunch and did take a little extra time at Scheels sporting goods store.  Noah had just ridden the ferris wheel at the store in Utah, so we indulged and let him ride it again in Reno.  I think Nate and I had some wiggles to get out too or maybe it was just that we loved everything in that store and couldn't stop walking around.

Oh, we packed in the fun.  Our car reports that from beginning to end of our travels, including driving in Utah, we put on quite a few miles.  It was worth it, and just about every one of those miles was a solid, good time!