First Family Red Dot/Adventure Road Trip

On May 11th, my cousin Alex, who I haven't seen probably since our wedding in 1999, got married. I took Saturday and Sunday off to be able to make the trip, because I haven't seen that part of my mom's family in years - probably since my wedding. Facebook is wonder for being able to stay in touch and see their families grow, but they hadn't yet met our kids either. Estherville is 3 hours away, but the next day, Mother's Day, we  took 9 hours to get home. We stopped off at small towns, basically our first Red Dot adventure with the kids.

After breakfast at Bud's Cafe with my mom, dad, Aunt Lisa and Aunt Val....

We are off from Estherville!

We stopped in Mallard to see this cool semi

 and to take a picture with his great big duck.

Next we stopped in Pocahontas to see the statue - My sister Tiffany was born here so it was extra cool.

When I was very young, we used to live in Laurens - I haven't been back in lots of years.

Our house in Laurens used to be where these pine trees are on Olive St.

We stopped in Fort Dodge to see Brad's Grandma Dellit so she could meet the kids for the first time.

Outside Grandma Dellit's the kids picked flowers for me for Mother's Day.

We stopped in Fort Dodge at the Maid Rite for dinner.

We stopped in Grundy to pick up the dogs. Grandpa Ron showed Mo how he could put his hand in the water in the street and then make handprints. I think he could have done this for hours.

Singing. Alot. How we roll. Any time we are in the car.