In Louisville

I've been slow in fulfilling my promise to catch up on blogging, but I have a good reason for it, honest! We spent this past week preparing for our trip to Kentucky, where we are visiting Dave's dad, stepmom and grandmother. Yea! Our first vacation of the summer. (We're planning at least one more, and hopefully two.)

We left in the middle of the night on Thursday and drove through well into Friday. It was an experiment, our first time trying a big road trip, and we didn't know how the kids would do or if they would sleep at night. The answer? Meg didn't... she was too excited about going to grandma and grandpa's house. She talked and giggled and wiggled for the first four hours straight, almost without pause. In fact, during the entirety of our 12-hour ride, she slept for 30 minutes. Matthew did somewhat better, sleeping an hour on, an hour off through the night and then taking some abbreviated naps through the morning. But by God's grace, they were both fairly happy through the whole trip, sleep-deprivation and all. So it was pretty bearable.

And now we're here and enjoying our family, as well as some pretty gorgeous weather. Plus, I was finally able to finish my post on Father's Day and Dave's birthday! It's longer than I intended... maybe should have been two posts instead of one. But... oh, well! Here it comes...