Vacation 2016: Day 1

This summer we went on a pretty epic vacation. We traversed the majority of the Western states of the US and had quite an adventure along the way. If you follow me on facebook or instagram, you probably saw my series of daily picture collages. Here I'm going to elaborate on those collages and tell a bit of the stories behind the photos. Enjoy!

Here we are all fresh-faced and well-rested as we set out on our epic adventure!!

Since we knew we were going to be spending a lot of time in our van over the next couple of weeks, we made sure to bring a wide variety of activities. Each kid was given a new set of colored pencils and a fresh notebook to document our adventure (or just color in). Albert was trying it out.

The first day we left from Albert City (we only had to circle back once, about 20 minutes into our trip because we forgot Albert's blankets and monkey) and headed through Iowa, a bit of Nebraska, and northeastern Kansas as we headed to Grandma and Grandpa J's in El Dorado. This was only the first leg of our trip but the kids were still pretty excited to be out of the van once we got to G & G J's. They always enjoy playing a little Wii there. It is so fun to make a plane crash (hopefully none of them decide to become a pilot!).

After dinner, we got some more energy out by heading out on a walk. We headed to the campgrounds.

And a good time was had by all!