But moving on...our plan was to head up Friday afternoon, attend the ceremony at 7pm, partake in the party on Saturday and make our way home Sunday. Good solid planning I think. Not too much. Not too little. Well, you can only plan so much...and then fate and roadways take care of the rest!!
We woke up early Friday and finalized our packing, picked up the house, gave Owen a torturous, but necessary, summer hair cut and then took off out the door. We stopped for lunch and it was smooth sailing! We had movies for our DVD player if the kiddos got bored..the Wreck it Ralph soundtrack on our iTunes account..and while the boys napped we even had Pandora to enjoy listening to a bit. All was well...and as we neared our destination we jammed Wreck it Ralph and our whole crew sang along!!
About five miles outside of Walnut (our final destination at the end of our 4.5 hour road trip) we hit a bridge deck and heard a very loud bang. Jeremy and I looked at each other and both said out loud..."That didn't sound good." To which we went back to jamming to music and dancing with our kiddos. After a few miles though, a whole different kind of sound filled the car and the car swerved to the shouldera bit...and that folks is when we ran into this:
The scenario was about perfect as far as flat tires go b/c it blew out right as we neared a farm where we were able to pull far off the highway. A young guy who happened to be renting the place came out and made sure we got off the road safely and then kept my husband company while he changed out the demolished tired to our spare tire...which happened to be in PERFECT shape (thank you Mike!)! Owen hung out the sun roof and watched his Daddy do his work..asking "Dad? You know about flap tires??? Wow! I want to see our flap tire!" I had a good laugh, even posted the incident to Facebook with a thankful heart. After about an hour delay we made the remaining 5 mile (yes I said 5 MILES of a 300 mile trip!) drive to Walnut! We missed the graduation ceremony...but we were there safe and in plenty of time for the party the next day!
The next day we enjoyed Linley family visiting, a graduation party and some pretty chilly weather! We're talking 50's. Man was it chilly.
Cooper and Owen enjoyed playing on the "motor cycle" that will soon come home to our house for the boys to ride. It belonged to Grandpa Mike and was fixed up to riding condition so the grandkids could enjoy it. And both boys had fun with Great Grandpa's cool piano that plays itself!
Sunday after some rough sleeping, we enjoyed a family lunch and then took off for home. We made a pit stop to stretch our legs and do some exploring. Thanks Grandma Stacey for the wonderful idea!! If you are ever in the Springfield area, look up Scheel's on your Google maps and go take a gander. A pretty fish tank full of salt water loving fish and an indoor ferris wheel are just the beginning!
Owen went to bed talking about how much fun he had riding the Ferris Wheel! Thanks Jennifer for riding with him!
Sunday night after we got home, we got the kids settled and worked on getting our lives back in order. Monday was going to be a busy morning for our crew...we participated in a freeze pop give away with UABC. I am happy to report it was a smashing success and lots of fun :)
Assembling pre-packed groceries bags for the give-away. We had somewhere in the neighborhood of 1000 pops just in our freezer. The goal was to collect 5000. We met and beat our goal by a few hundred! Alton citizens...we had fun and hoped you enjoyed it!
That afternoon there was family napping while it thunder stormed away and then had delicious BBQ dinner (courtesty of my Dad who made us a carry out package to enjoy at home!) and we closed up shop on Memorial Day 2013!!
Thanks to those who gave their life so that we may have freedom...and enjoy the kind of weekend we enjoyed. God Bless America!
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