First Road Trip

Today we are headed to Kansas so Lillian can meet our Kansas and Oklahoma family and friends. The trip takes anywhere from 8 to 9 hours depending on how many times you have to stop. My brother always manages to make it in under 8 hours with 4 kids...how he does this, I don't know.

We left the house at 9:00am wondering how far into the trip we would get before Lily became unhappy. She has had many short rides in the car seat, but nothing longer than 45 minutes.

So...how far did we get before our sweet girl went stir-crazy? One hour and fifteen minutes. Yep...that's it.

We had to stop and reorganize the car. This could be Lucy's favorite trip. She went from the cargo space in the back to the front seat. Bennie and Jack went to the very back and Lily and I are side by side in the middle row.

As I'm sitting here looking around the van, my thoughts are...we need a suburban! This van is way too small for all our stuff. We do have an older suburban we use to pull the camper, but not economical to drive every day due to the engine size...talk about a gas guzzler!

I'll keep you updated on our trip progress. Hopefully we make it to Nana's house before bedtime!

UPDATE: We made it! Hooray! It took us 9 1/2 hours...hoping to shave some time off on the return trip!