The Sooner State: Day Eleven

We got another good and early start this morning. We were all ready to get home. I was really anxious to just be home as I was kind of tired of sharing rooms/beds with kids. Plus, there's always some sort of comfort just being home.

We were on the road for a short bit before I reminded Eric I had wanted to stop at a Lincoln memorial type site there was. I had seen pictures of Eric and his brothers at this stop and in all the trips we'd made, we had never stopped. I was curious and wanted to stop. We were surprised to figure out how close we really were.

We stopped and well, it wasn't really anything like I had imagined in my head, but I finally got to see it and the kids kind of thought it was a little fun. And now my curiousity is over and we never have to stop there again.

After that we only made gas stops and a lunch stop. We really wanted to get home, but stupid Wyoming thinks they need to work on their roads ALL.THE.FREAKING.TIME! I'm only in Wyoming only so often, but there is ALWAYS road work. It took us probably 2 extra hours to get home going through all the construction they had. 

We finally got home around 5 or 6 and we all just breathed a sigh of relief. We had a wonderful trip, but there were things to get home to and things to get done.

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The Sooner State: Day Ten

We wanted to get on the road at a decent time in the morning and we actually accomplished that. I think we had everything loaded and packed in the car by 10, maybe it was even 9. We got on the road and had a really quiet drive. Before too long I looked behind me and saw this sight:

This kid amazed me. With all the time he had to be buckled up in his car seat, he never really complained or whined. He was a super good traveller and just enjoyed watching videos and seeing new sites.

We made awesome time getting to Wyoming this day. It probably helped that we gained an hour coming from Nebraska. Either way, we got to the hotel at like 5. We passed the pool on the way up to our rooms (2 rooms, next to each other with the doors that let you go from one to the other) and saw that it was pretty much empty. So we told the kids we'd go swimming as soon as we got all the bags put away.

Somehow I even convinced Eric to come swimming with us. We all had lots of fun and probably spent 30 - 45 minutes there. I even got some smiles and laughs from Eric. Hahahaha.

After we were done swimming we decided to order Jimmy John's for dinner. The kids all took turns taking baths and showers and then they watched a show in one room, while mom and dad watched another in another room. We didn't stay up a whole lot longer after we finished dinner, and I slept really well that night.

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The Sooner State: Day Nine

We didn't really plan anything for this day. Grandma's dryer had gone out a day or two before we got there and it took them about a week to deliver a new one. Because we were headed home the next day, everyone knew I had some clothes that needed to get clean. So I spent the day doing laundry and packing back up. 

But there's not much you can do while waiting for clothes to wash and dry and it was a nice night, so I took the kids outside to play again. Eric's mom wanted to make sure she got some group pictures before we left and so we made sure to do that while the light was still good.

{...I look up to these two and the relationship they have and hope to achieve the same kind...}

{...Lex learned lots of tricks from Uncle Greg, it was only fitting he give him a dose of his own medicine...}

When pictures were done the kids went about playing some more.

No trip to Nebraska is complete without the search for fireflies...

{...There's one hiding in her hair...}

The best part of the night, for me, was seeing this sight:

Lex was helping his Grandma's clean up after dinner. I thought he had done it on his own, but I found out it was after asking for an Oreo and Grandma asking him to help clean up that he did it. I was still glad he obeyed his Grandma and did what she asked, regardless of why.

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