On Our Way!

Well, we are on our way after many months of planning! Jeff and I are taking Micah and Cami to California while Dan, Anna, and Josiah go to the Czech Republic for a missions trip. Aunt Jill and cousin Jace are joining us on our adventure! We are going to try and blog as much as we can so their mommy and daddy can see what they are up to!

We left by 2:30 this afternoon from Salem, Oregon in a stuffed-to-the-gills Chevy Tahoe and headed south to California! The kiddos had many fun surprises in the car along with special toys they knew about. It was so fun to hear their excitement as they discovered the surprises. Cami began right away to color on her dry erase board with the special crayons. So cute when we had just gotten to about Eugene she looked up and saw cows out the window along I-5 as her head had been buried busy with her coloring. She exclaimed in her Cami delight, "We're in California!!!! Look at the cows!" She kept doing that along the way when she would take time to look out the window. We FINALLY crossed the border into California when she was asleep! Micah immediately did kind of a little of everything tucked back in his cubby hole spot in the back. He won the prize for taking the first nap and slept for about 1 1/2 hours I'd say. Cami and Jace kept busy playing and watching movies on their own personal DVD players. Kids these days! Many thanks to Aunt Jill for helping with all the DVD's, snacks, toys, over and over. Grandma and Aunt Jill made a good team but it was Aunt Jill who really got a work out. We stopped for a potty break after about two hours which was perfect. On the road again and finally during Monsters Inc Jace fell asleep and soon after Cami was out! At about 6 pm!!! We pulled into the In and Out about 8:30. Ate outside in the wonderfully warm but not hot evening air. After that we got checked into out hotel....so much excitement! Aunt Jill and Jace went to bed but Micah, Cami, and Grandpa went swimming while Grandma watched. The pool closes at 10 pm and that's when we got there but they let us swim...so nice! The water was perfect and the night air was warm. A perfect combination! We didn't take the time to get floaties out since Grandpa was in the water with them. Micah could stand with his head above water in the shallow end. He loved bouncing/walking across the pool over and over! Cami loved playing on the steps and riding around on Grandpa's arms. After about 20 minutes we dried off and headed to bed! They were asleep when their heads hit the pillow pets! Oh, we read the next Bible story and I showed them the video of Mommy singing their good night song on my phone. They smiled so big and sang along on the splish splash parts. Micah kept thinking you were there like a video chat and was waving to you! So cute. They loved it! The end of a wonderful day! I didn't get the best pictures but here are a few from the car. We forgot to take the camera to the pool. So just imagine A LOT of fun! Love you!

For some reason I can't get the pictures to upload...it's late so I'll try again tomorrow. Good night!