Packing Day

Samantha's room was the "staging area" for packing for our trip down to Fort Smith, AR. I had stacks of clothes and suitcases lining the perimeter of her room. She enjoyed helping me pack for our trip. She had to inspect the inside of the suitcase before I could put clothes in it.After I got it packed, she enjoyed climbing on and off of the suitcase.

May 22nd: Day 0 - Travel Day

We are taking a trip down to Fort Smith, AR to spend time with my husband's family. The only family that have seen Samantha are my husband's Mom & Dad, no one else has met her. It has been 2 1/2 years since the rest of his family have seen Marc. So, we decided that AR would be our "big" vacation this year.
We left Friday after lunch. We drove to Quincy, IL. Our plan was to get to the hotel about 8:30. We left our house about an hour late and we got stuck in a back-up for about an hour so we didn't get to the hotel until about 10:30. We were exhausted.
The kids were actually very good. Marc spent most of his time watching movies on our small video player.And Samantha just sat there playing with her toys, munching on cereal, or looking out the window.
After some time in the car they both fell asleep.Marc watched movies on the video player. He was watching the CARS movie when we stopped for dinner. We "just happened" to find a place to eat on Old Route 66. Marc thought it was cool to be eating on the same road that Lightening was on.Afer getting some food in their bellys, we got in the car for the rest of the drive.