We're Off!!!

Ready to Go

We loaded everything (I mean everything!!!) into the van--photos below--then ate lunch, said "Bye" to the kids,and hit the road!  I must admit that even though I'm going to love this trip, it was hard to leave them all behind.  (That new granddaughter proves that sometimes the curves in the road are figurative, not necessarily literal.)  

Stuff Ready to Load

Fully Loaded Van

We made it to Chris' folks, had dinner with them, and we all enjoyed seeing Mizzou take out Baylor to WIN the Big 12 Championship.  While that was good news, we also hit the first speed bump in

the road (figuratively) when we tried to fire up the laptop to show Mom & Dad the blog and the  new baby pictures.  That's right....you guessed it....the computer is DEAD. ***boohoo***   (I'm writing this post from the parents' desktop model.)  I guess one of the next stops is to buy a new laptop somewhere on the road.  I knew that we would have to be flexible and "go with the flow" to make the journey successful, but I can't believe that we are going to test that out this soon.  I'm going to say that this is a good sign and we've just gotten our big bad surprise out of the way and are ready for smooth sailing!