Best laid plans of mice and men.....

THE CULPRIT: We have been so looking forward to our trip to see Lauren and Sandy and girls! We could not wait to leave! Our departure date got changed a few times, but finally we were on our way! Until 1o p.m. when we broke down....majorly....finally got a tow at 1...got to our hotel at 2 a.m. The next day it was in the shop, and wouldn't you know, it wasn't as bad as we'd thought. (Robert thought we'd blown a head gasket, thereby basically totaling our 10 year old car, as it is hardly worth anything anymore).....so we stayed around waiting for it to get fixed....so, after 2 nights in town, we were on our way again! YEAH!! Called up Lauren and Sandy and said we are coming! Only to break down about an hour on our way...this time in daylight, and at an offramp....so...the problem was not fixed after all....and it indeed was a head gasket....so...back to town...went car shopping (we'd been thinking of buying a car this summer), decided if we didn't find what we wanted, we'd go back home....ended up that we found a great used car.....and FINALLY got on the road again...so 3 nights in a yucky town when we wanted to be with our family! But all in all, it was not a bad experience...frustrating of course, but not bad.
The hotel we stayed in had jets in the bathtub.....so the kids had their own little Jacuzzi....Jared stayed in there too long and got reallllly hot...so here he is laying on his bed with ice to his cheeks! The room had 2 queens and a hideabed..so was perfect! We finally arrived at Lauren and Sandy's Sunday night..only a few days late! :)