The Weekend

After much trouble with the website I was finally able to post.

We really enjoyed our visit to Grandma and Grandpa’s house! We only wish that the weekend did not go so fast and it was longer. Although the drive up could have gone a little better than it did. “I hope the rest of the trip is as good as the first three minutes” is what Travis first said as we passed under the Archway. Rebecca was asleep and Marisa was as happy as could be. Not too long after that Marisa fell asleep and we thought things were going great. Rebecca decided to get up a little grumpy just before Central City. So we decided to put gas in the car, change and feed Rebecca in one stop. With Rebecca fed we were ready to continue the trip (we were not at the half way point yet). So I go to start the car and it won’t start. Now is about the point that you could have seen panic on both Travis and my face. Our family cars have always breakdown on long trips. We figure it must be an electrical problem from what the car was doing. We get a jump from a nice gentleman. In the process Marisa is woken up. The car starts and off we go.

About 8 miles out of Central City, maybe a little further but not much, we stop to change Marisa’s diaper and let her walk around. Off we go again. Marisa starts to cry. We try games, food, milk, books, everything we could think of but nothing helped. So we stop again just North of Hwy 30 towards Monroe. We find out Marisa is sick due to a side effect from a medication she was taking. I change and feed Rebecca also and then off we go again. We make it to about few miles North of Columbus and we stop again. Change diapers and feed all. Finally we get back on the road. Rebecca falls asleep through Norfolk. Marisa has us make one more stop about 30min from Grandma and Grandpa’s house. About 20 minutes from Grandma and Grandpa’s house both girls were up and wanting to get out of their car seats. We entertained the best we could the rest of the trip. The trip started at 12:45pm and ended at about 6pm.

Marisa had a wonderful time exploring the outside and inside of Grandma and Grandpa’s home. She found a cat. They seemed to bond over the two days. It took a few hours of adjusting for Marisa but by Saturday morning she was settled in. Rebecca loved it there. She had lots of smile for all. We all enjoyed seeing everyone. Thanks to Kristen we were able to cure Marisa’s diaper rash that got out of hand. Marisa defiantly felt better by supper time. We only wish we could see everyone more often. There are so many stories but not enough time right now to type them out.

The trip home was great. We made it home with only two stops. The first was in Aurora for gas. Both girls were still sleeping but we were running out of gas. The second was at Gibbon. Dirty diapers from the girls and a feeding for Rebecca. We were home by 4pm.

(Picture courtesy of Grandma and Grandpa Dendinger)