Trip to Grandma and Grandpa's House!

This past weekend we visited our Grandparents out in Pennsylvania! We hadn’t seen them since July and really missed them.

We had an interesting time packing for the trip. With my Dad’s job, he gets different cars every few months. This time, he had a Tahoe. Just imagine fitting seven people, suitcases, jackets, sleeping bags, blankets, backpacks, computers, water bottles, lunch, food for Grandma and Grandpa’s freezer, and one large dog in that size vehicle. Then imagine being cramped into that car for hours on end while you traveled. Yeah, it was interesting. J

Roma and Rubia before we left. You can see the luggage piled in the back. I think the space we had can be best described as the middle seat of a car. Except everybody had a middle seat. You couldn’t move one way or the other because of all the backpacks and blankets on our laps.

We were so happy to finally get to Grandma and Grandpa’s house! We all rested in the living room and enjoyed the space. J Here, Grandma is opening a gift-wrapped pot holder that Josiah made for her.

The rest of that evening was spent relaxing and settling in. We had sub sandwiches for dinner, which were quite tasty! Later that evening, I worked on finishing my Sunday school devotion and then I watched a TV show called “Sweet Genius” with Mom and Dad. Then I enjoyed some much needed rest!

Friday morning we slept in. It felt wonderful! We then enjoyed a breakfast of muffins, scrambled eggs, oranges, juice, and milk.

Since it was raining and cold, we spent the day indoors. Mom and the kids started doing handclaps together for fun. It was quite funny to watch them!

Daddy still tries to sit in his Mommy’s lap. J Here they watch something on the laptop.

Roma reading, while Mom and Josiah look at the laptop.

For lunch we had leftover sandwiches, Fritos, bananas, and cookies. One thing I always enjoy about Grandma’s house is the goodies she keeps around for us kids. We don’t normally get to have chips and cookies for lunch!

In the afternoon, Roma, Grandpa, Grandma, and I went out to the hair salon where Grandma gets her hair done. When she was all done, we went to a local candy shop and Grandma and Grandpa let Roma and I pick out some treats for the car ride home the next day. It was so nice of them!

We had pizza, popcorn, pickles, and carrots for dinner Friday night. Then Daddy surprised Grandpa with a German chocolate birthday cake! It was very tasty and we’re so thankful to celebrate yet another birthday with Grandpa!

Saturday morning we did a few more jobs around the house before packing up to leave. We’re sorry to go, but we look forward to visiting again very soon!

The ride home was interesting! J With such a long car ride, plus getting stuck in traffic, we find ways to amuse ourselves. Oftentimes this leads to silliness, as the above photo shows. J

Plus we were fueled by all that chocolate we had bought the day before! J But we have so many memories of car rides together that we wouldn’t change them one bit!