We left our house around naptime, as it's the easiest way I've found to make the drive with kids in tow. The boys go down for their naps as we start out, they're awake for a bit, we stop for dinner and to change into jammies, and then they go down for the night for the rest of the drive. Fabulous! (If you could call a 12 hour drive fabulous....). The boys were such troopers! Even with Drew's "Are we here yet?" questions every half an hour or so, they did great! We ended up arriving at my parents' house around one in the morning where we were greeted by the entire family waiting outside for us as we pulled in the driveway. :)
The first night we arrived, Christi let Drew sleep in her bed, where he spent a good hour talking to her about "joker soakers" (a.k.a. super soaker water guns) before falling asleep. The next morning, on a run to Target, Christi happened to find similar water guns to what they had been talking about in the dollar section. She brought a few home and roped Tyler into running around and getting wet outside with Drew. I honestly think this was the highlight of Drew's trip. He loved it and is still talking about playing with the water guns and Tyler.
P.S. Check out Drew's "bad guy" face in this picture! :)
Drew and Poppi spent plenty of time out in the yard playing trucks
My little blondie
Collin loved the sandbox!
This was the other thing Drew loved, "flying" with Auntie Kell
We had Christi's shower on Saturday evening. I had a ton of fun meeting all of Christi's friends and coworkers, but couldn't get over how weird it was to be at my parents' house and know hardly anyone the girls hang out with these days! Guess that's part of growing up and living apart. Everyone was great, and we all had a fun time embarrassing Christi while showering her with lingerie!
"Christi hearts Tyler"
The delish desserts!
The delish dessert makers! Casey and Jenn. Casey is one of the girls' friends in Oregon. She was not only super sweet and fun to hang out with, but she was a huge help in getting the shower all pulled together
Christi and Ty Ty before we kicked Tyler out for the night
Party animal Collin, who wanted nothing to do with sleep while there was the possibility of fun to be had!
Since we threw the shower at 7pm, we tucked Drew into Lala and Poppi's bed to watch movies. Spoiled boy!
But of course, not to be left out, party animal Drewski made his appearance half way through the night as well.
Oh Ty Ty...you thought you might get a sneak peak if you checked the blog, didn't you??? Nope! This is as close as you're going to get to seeing what she got! ;)
When I got married, my sister-in-law Kim threw me a shower and while I opened gifts she asked me a list of questions she had already asked Nathan. My job was to give her the answer Nathan had said. For each question I got wrong, I had to chew a piece of bubble gum. Well, of course, I ended up with a wad of gum in my mouth by the end (To this day, I blame Nathan and his ridiculous answers!). Anyway, I have been waiting patiently to put another little bride through this hilarious torture and Christi was the perfect fit! We asked Ty Ty a list of questions and had Christi answer them in between opening each of her gifts. By the end she had so much gum she could barely talk (I think she ended with 9 or 10 pieces of Bubblicious in her mouth!). Christi was a really good sport, and we all got a good laugh.
Christi and her ginormous wad of gum!
Me, my sisters Jenn and Christi, my Momma, and my sister Kell
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