Flashback Friday:Roadtrip

So last August was my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary! They live in WA and it was my parents crazy great idea that we should all carpool up there together! My parents came and picked me and the kiddos up and we drove to my sister Tanyas house in Oregon (8hrs)  I was so nervous that my children would scream the whole way! Turns out it wasnt that bad afterall! Dont get me wrong, they did scream just not the whole way ;0) We would stop at rest stops for a break every now and then...the weather was too nice not to lay on the ground like bums relax for a while at this one rest stop! HA! ;0)

Easton LOVED all of the quality time he got to spend with his grandpa! :0)

We finally made it to Tanyas house in Oregon and needless to say slept very well that night ;0)
The next day we (all 8 of us packed in the car like sardines!) and drove up to my grandparents house in Washington (another 4hrs.) Here is a lovely preview of our accommodations:

and here we are playing BONUS! Its a game we made up as kids and always played on trips. Basically one person finds a random treasure in the car (mystery crusties, pennies, chewed up gum etc. and they put it between the other persons toes (they should have their eyes closed) and they try to guess what it is! :0)

In this case it was a grape that got squished all over Tanya ;0) We got there eventually and were so happy to get out of the car! We stayed at my grandparents house for a couple of days and had a blast spending time together!

Easton and his Cousin Cole had fun playing together and Everett...well...screamed was cranky pretty much the whole time! Its a good thing hes cute! ;0) This pic of him screaming was from our house earlier in the week but was too appropriate not to put in ;0)

Lets see, we spent alot of time visiting and getting ready for grandma and grandpas partaaay :0) My mom was in charge of the decorations so I enlisted my family to help me blow up a million balloons to make this cool balloon arch for the party!

It was so much fun to see my Aunt/Uncle and cousins that we dont get to see very often! Alot of time was spent taking pictures, eating yummy food and laughing :0) Here are some more pics from my grandparents 60th anniversary shin dig!

The party was super fun and super exhausting so after it was all said and done Tanya and i and our kiddos all went to the pool/hot tub to relax :0)

and the boys had fun popping all of the balloons when we got back :0)

and my gramps decided to show off his riding skillz  ;0)

All in all it was a really fun trip and im so glad that i decided to go even thought i knew it would be crazy! I love being able to see my family and spending time with them! One last story, on the way home we decided to stop at a park in Oregon for a rest/food break. There was a really pretty river and grassy area that looked like a perfect place to have a picnic...

and Easton was pretty excited about the surprisingly large amount of pigeons around!
It wasnt until after we put the blanket/sat down/started eating that we noticed the bird POOP everywhere! And i couldnt resist the temptation to feed try to catch the birds!

It reminded me of the crazy bird lady on Mary Poppins "Feeeeeeeed the biiiiiiiiiirrrrrds...topins abaaaag.." LOL :0) ANYwho, so we did alot of driving to get back home and we were so happy to be back home with  Matt (Easton missed his daddy like crazy!)

but i personally think he got the sweet end of the deal...a week vacation all.by.himself! ;0)