colorado vacay...day one

i understand this was about a month and a half ago but if you haven't realized yet, i kind of blog to my own beat so to speak. things eventually get posted:)

today the boys and i are traveling to KY, where my grandparents live, for the labor day weekend. so i thought it fitting to post the day we traveled to CO in july since we are basically doing the same thing today. the only difference is jeremy isn't with us due to work but my parents are! this could be quite a day...prayers are appreciated--ha ha!

we left for CO on porter's birthday, july 15th. the morning started out right with presents!
 
i decorated the van the night before so it would be a surprise when he walked outside. i wanted to do something special since he was having to spend his b-day in the car. too bad i didn't get his reaction on video, it was so funny!
 
i have no idea!? LOL!
 
yes, that is a trash can strapped to the top of our van! we drove to CO with painted windows and a trash can on top...classy! it's no secret that i am an over-packer, i admit it. but we were gonna be gone a long time plus we were gonna camp and you have to pack winter type stuff for camping in the mountains. i had this big trash bag of camping stuff and it just didn't fit. we looked online to price those bullet luggage carriers to see if we could just go pick one up on our way out of town. holy moley--we had no idea how expensive those things are! so this was jeremy's genius idea and it worked pretty dang good if i do say so myself despite all the silly stares we got. who cares if we looked like cousin eddie from the movie 'vacation' cruisin' into my sister's lovely denver neighborhood!
 
oh yeah, that's how we roll baby!
 
 
and we're off..
 
of course he had to bring some of his new presents with us!
 
 
killin' time with my camera.
 
 
then it started to rain and i was the one that was upset that the paint was getting washed off our windows!
 
thanks to dvd players and ipods the long drive is bearable.
 
 
 
still a long way to go so i get to enjoy a movie to myself:)
 
oh yeah, a little twilight saga. hmmm, team edward or team jacob? edward? jacob? LOL!
 
there was a glare on my ipod and i couldn't be havin' that! i didn't know jeremy took this until i went through my pics later.
 
this kid cracks me up! can you see the marker all over his leg? he just can't help himself!

of course we can't have a trip without a fake throwing up incident...thank the Lord it was fake!
 
kind of an odd picture to end the day and this post with but this was right before we got there and after 9 or so hours we were all just ready to get out, stretch, relax and eat! my brother was already there and some college friends of ours came over to see us, we had fun visiting with them. my sister was at dinner with all the bridesmaids from my cousins upcoming wedding so she didn't get home until late. she was sweet enough though to think of porter and made him some cupcakes so he could blow out a candle on his b-day. she's so great! so that's how we ended our day, eating porter's birthday cupcakes. i was too pooped to get my camera...sorry buddy.

this was really a great day of travel, no problems. minimal fighting. overall the boys did really well. now i can only hope that this is the case right now as we are traveling again, kentucky bound!

thanks for stopping by as always. hoping to get back on track with my friday 365 posts next week.

have a great labor day weekend everyone!
xo xo

Comments

[Cija Cooksey]

Edward!

[Candi]

that trash can is hilarious!!

[s]

my sweet friend..you knew i was in need of a blog fix (or several) and with all the craziness you put yourself through prior to a trip you still managed to squeeze in a few!!;) thanks!!

yes, the trash can is quite comical and im sure there are probably several pics of it floating around in the internet right now from travelers who passed you on the road and thought it was hilarious too (though quite ingenius). porter had to have felt super special to see all the window paint. fun idea!!

[s]

p.s. i was not aware of the 'fake puke' tradition...im hoping our boys wont adopt similar. just seeing that is enough to get my gag reflexes going. LOL

[Jenna Pfaff]

That was awesome Jules! You are a great mom. I know you wished you could've gotten Porter's reaction to the van on video, but I thought the picture was pretty good. It was funny to see your van like that when I got home late that night. I still like Joel's saying about posting it on the internet, "Arkansas car top carrier!" Too funny! That was a great trip and I wish I could've been there to watch Porter blow out his candles. Glad he enjoyed the cupcakes. It was great spending the weekend with you and our family! Love you.

[Momma Jones]

Dearest Jules,

Loved all the post but cracked up when you wrote your van looked like cousin Eddy in the movie vacation driving up. I thought it was a great idea and very functional:) Also, loved the picture of you watching the movie with the shirt over your head but all was endearing. Love you, Mom