last leg of TX vacation

Wednesday morning we got up and loaded up the car and said "goodbye" to the beautiful city of San Antonio. We traveled north for a couple of hours and ended up in Waco to visit Brian's bother and family. All the kids were so excited to see each other. The girls slept in Molly's room and the boys slept in Wes'. Well, all but Ethan. He slept in the pack-n-play in the room with us. Actually he slept part of the night in the pack-n-play and then got in the bed with us.

Thursday morning, we got ready and went to MK and Wes' end of the year school program and saw MK graduate from pre-K. Mackenlee really liked listening to the kids sing their songs and then eating sandwiches and cookies for lunch. After naptime, Mimi, Pop and Gran arrived at the house and we all celebrated by having a sprinkler party, with pizza and cupcakes.

We headed back home on friday but not before a trip to the playground around the corner from Matt and Meredith's house. The kids played hard and all of them pretty much fell asleep before we got out of Waco. We left around 11:30 am but didn't make it home until 10:00 pm. We got caught in traffic right at the stateline from a horrible car accident and moved 5 mph for 1 hour. It seemed to take forever to get across the state of Louisana and I don't think I have ever been so excited to see the Welcome to Mississippi sign! When we crossed the mighty Mississippi River going into Vicksburg, I was amazed at how flooded the river was. The picture doesn't really show it that well, but the river looks like a delta right now, rather than just a river. And Vicksburg is not near the mouth of the river!

We are glad to be home today, and have spent the majority of the day resting after a birthday party with Mackenlee this morning. I told Brian it would be a long time before I get into a car and drive 12 hours again with 3 kids! Sorry for the ton of pictures but enjoy looking at them. We had a great time in Texas but really ready to get back to every day life and see friends.