our first night in Ohio...

Thursday, July 10, 2014

It was a loooonnng drive for the littles and myself. Mainly b/c of an Urgent Care stop for Lydia in Champagne, IL who came down w/a fever and refused to eat lunch :( Chris helped me figure out where to go, so I called, and thanks to my smart phone, I was able to have instant directions. I was going to have to take her one way or another and I'd rather get it done before we got to Mimi & Pap's so we could do this(!) when we got there. Once the Advil kicked in she kept telling me that she didn't need to go to the Dr anymore, and I wanted to believe her, but I knew better ;)

The little two were really, really good... I was just missing my big-girl helpers w/snacks and movies and sound and blankets and, and, and :) And then finally we see the blue-rainbow that welcomes us into Ohio and LeaAnn says, "yeah! we're at Mimi's!!" And... that's not exactly how it goes, there's another 40-minutes to go :) But! We made it, safe & sound, and Mimi jumped through all the necessary hoops to have the medicine there when we arrived.

And as soon as we were done w/dinner, we hit the pond! (ie: super glad I didn't have to drive to an Urgent Care ;)

And I tried really, really hard to get them all to look :)

the sunlight was just gorgeous...

Bowser (Donnie's & Ashley's pup) was there as well and chased the kids around the pond :)

I just adore these series of photos...

Lindsay's camera skills in action :)

thanks Linds! SO happy we made it!!!