Nebraska or Bust.....or Nebraska and Bust

I have now upped my road trip length. I drove by myself with the kids to Scottsbluff, Nebraska to visit family. It was only three and a half hours, which in road trip world is ridiculously short, but it was definitely long enough for me. The kids were wonderful! They were great travel buddies.

    

So, I have never driven very far by myself. I think my longest trip by myself  was probably Salt Lake to Provo. Or maybe Sacramento to the Jelly Belly Factory, I'm not sure which one was farther.

The kids were so excited to get to stay at my grandparents' place. 

Aren't these two a sweet couple? It's fun to see how much they love each other.

 

We all headed over to my Uncle Lou's house. My kids would have happily lived at Uncle Lou's house for the rest of their lives. 

I mean, who wouldn't? There were cars to drive. 

And trailer rides to be had. 

There were even toys for the big kids.

 

After playing outside, we went inside to play more. 

I love how much James and my cousin's son Auggie got along. They were a cute little pair!

We had dinner and enjoyed each others' company. 

 The next morning Lou took the kids on a tour of the garden. They got to pick all sorts of fruits and vegetables.

We also ate the most DELICIOUS apples straight off the tree. 

 It was the perfect trip.....up until the point we packed up to go and I backed straight into a tree. Oops!

For the record, I have the best husband in the world. He asked me, "Is everyone ok?" When I said yes, he said, "Well, then there is no need to get upset about it." Then he scheduled with the shop, and even took the car in for me the next day.

Lou helped me wrap up my car for the ride home. 

 He also came up with an idea of how to keep James quiet on the ride home. James was so excited when he ran around the corner to show me this.