2nd Missouri trip of the year!

Right after Mandy's funeral I hopped in my car and drove 1089 miles with my kids to Angela's house in Missouri for some serious girl time. Melissa had come down from Chicago to visit so I was looking forward to being with two of my very favorite people! Well worth the 16 hour drive, especially when you've got great kids like mine. They handled the drive so well. On the way out there I stopped in Sidney, Nebraska (the half way point) and stayed at the Motel 6 for a two hour night's sleep and I got to Angela's on Tuesday afternoon. We did so many fun things while we were there and I finally took pictures this trip! We stayed up late every night playing games and watching movies, my parents came over for a day and a half on their way back from Maine, shopping trips to Walmart and Jamesport, we did so many fun things! One night we put the kids to bed and had a night out by the fire. We had shish kabobs roasted over the fire and relaxed out there for a few hours. So fun!
This is Lincoln, Charlotta, and Isaak. They are all within 6 weeks in age and love playing together.

Sisters! I don't get to see her enough!

My niece, Melissa. We're only two and a half years apart, so I just call her my sis because she's as good as!

Melissa is superwoman. We went to the fabric store so we could make pajama pants for the kids and a few other fun things, like a handbag for Lila for Christmas. Anyway, Melissa got on a roll with the pants and ended up sewing ALL of them for the kids, they are so cute!

Isaak and Lincoln with their new Lightning Mcqueen pants!

Angela's house is so cool. She has 17 acres of land. She has a cow, guinea hens, chickens and cats. It's so great to be able to send your kids outside to play and not worry about where they are because there is nowhere to go! You have to walk a quarter mile before you get to the dirt road that leads to her house. She's got a trampoline, a tire swing, a frog pond, and endless places to explore. Here's Isaak checking out the guineas as they're eating....

Behind us you can see the storm shelter. There was a tornado watch while we were there, but YAY! We did NOT have to use it!

This go cart/ bike was a favorite of Isaak's..... and he loves his uncle Brady!

The baby guinea hens. Aren't they so cute?

And their cow, Salmon. Someday soon they will eat him. Seriously, my sis is superwoman, too. She can slaughter a cow and clean it in half an hour flat. She even killed a couple chickens when I came for our dinner.

One morning Brady watched all the kids so us girls could go to Jamesport and shop in the Amish shops. While we were there, Melissa found some cats for sale and brought this one home. She named him Mookie and he was so sweet.

One of the funnest things we did was a scavenger hunt for the kids. We left clues in ten different spots (including the 161 yr old graveyard down the road) and at the end they got a pumpkin to carve and some Halloween treats. Here they are putting together their first clue.

Miriam and Sam helping Isaak to the next clue by the frog pond.

One of the clues hanging on their "gallows"

Aren't they so cute! Tristan is only 8 months old and outweighs Lila by 4 lbs! Such a cute chubby baby, and so sweet!

Here's Brady carting the kids off to their next clue at the graveyard!

Here they are at the end collecting all their Halloween goodies.

Such a fun trip, the only downside was my kids getting the croup the last couple days we were there and Isaak having another Febrile seizure because of his fever. I did the drive home on Thurday and left at 2:15 am and got home at 6:45 pm. Longest drive ever. Poor Lila was so sick of being in the car. My kids are such troopers and we are so glad to be back home with Shaun, I sure had fun but I really missed him!