Road Trip

It has been seven months without flight benefits. Of course we miss them. We recently took our first road trip. Or as I like to refer to it: "Fulfilling the measure of our mini-van." We had a great experience.
Our first stop was in Asheville, NC. We stayed the night and the next day we visited the Biltmore estate-which was beautiful. That afternoon we drove about three hours to Columbia, SC. Elizabeth, Greg's youngest sister was graduating from the University of South Carolina with her Masters in Social Work. Way to go Elizabeth.
After the graduation we drove another two hours to Charleston where we stayed on the Isle of Palm with Greg's Mom, Haley's family and Elizabeth and Mark. We had so much fun playing with cousins, swimming and playing on the beach. It was a great time!
Greg, Ansel and I took a little excursion to Savannah, GA one day. We love that quirky little Southern town. While there we had to visit Paula Dean's restaurant, "The Lady and Sons." Greg ordered the pulled pork sandwich. It was so good it gave him chills. Seriously. Paula's son Jamie was at the restaurant while we were there. I couldn't resist--I made him hold Ansel so I could get a picture. He was very gracious to oblige.
We took a long way home so that we could visit Travis and his family in Fairfax, VA. Elsa and Henry had a great time playing with Natalie and Calvin. Henry took quite an interest in Calvin's cars. He spent most of his time there digging in their backyard with Calvin's trucks.
Travis wanted to see a baseball game for his birthday-and luckily we got to celebrate with him. We caught a game of the Nationals vs. the Orioles. Both kids loved it. Henry has been requesting to watch baseball games on TV since we've been home. Funny enough he was assigned to be on the Orioles for his first season of T-ball. He'll probably be the only one on the team who knows who the Orioles are and has actually seen them play!
Before leaving the DC area we visited our friends the Sorensons. It was fun to see Henry get reacquainted with his "old friend," Caleb. We sure miss that family!
the next day we drove home-about thirteen hours with stops. It was a great trip, The kids were fabulous in the car. We're already looking forward to our next road trip--SLC in two weeks!