Long overdue

Hi all.  Or maybe I should just say "Hi Self!"  Still not really sure anyone reads this!  As I sit typing Levi is shaking my table and I imagine this is what it's like to type at high seas or in the middle of an earthquake.  LOL.  Never a dull moment around here. 

So we made it to Groton, Connecticut.  Yep.  Not much else to say so far...I can give you a brief synopsis of our trip:

Hit the road (2 hours later than planned) Forgot Levi's heartbeat bear and Lullaby lamb.  Return to Cassondra's house to retrieve it.  Hit the road again.  Take 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times as long to arrive in Vegas than it actually takes.  Have pizza and yummy fruit at our friends Shenay and Taylor's house.  Wake up.  Have a yummy breakfast courtesy of Shenay.  Hang out with Natalie and Kahea.  (All 3 of these ladies are twin moms I met when preggers with Ava and Sophia) Jason fell in love with a toilet seat.  Toto in case anyone needs a really good toilet seat experience.   Leave Vegas.  Almost get in an accident 15 minutes later, not even out of Vegas.  EEEK!  Take the rest of the day to have heartbeat return to normal.  Stop  in Grand Junction.  Get up in the morning, drive the Jeep and Armada separately through the Rockies.  Beautiful in case you were curious.  Drive until 2 AM to make our hotel in Salina Kansas, which was a a complete dive BTW.  Leave KS, pull over several times for Elijah to throw up...meet uncle Dan at a ghetto McD's to get the key to Grandpa's farm.  Arrive at farm, visit Aunt Donna, have pizza, Grandma and Grandpa sighting!  OMgosh!  The kids were ecstatic.  I may have been happy too!  4 days of luxury without any crazy time spent in the car.  We went on golf carts and 4 wheelers at the farm, saw Abbey graduate, saw Jesse graduate, played with Colt and Gabi,went to Chuck E Cheese, had a small Scentsy party!  Hung out with some fun Fosters and relaxed.  Left MO.  :-(   Drove to Columbus.  Went to dinner with amazing friends, had Levi start throwing up everywhere (You ARE welcome fellow Max & Erma's diners) had yogurt with friends and a super special family (very near and dear to our hearts) the Nelsons.  Stayed overnight with Heather and Dennis (spending time with them reminded me of HOW much I miss them) Left OH, stopped in Media, PA after the worlds most boring and awful turnpike....certainly it wasn't maintained well enough to cost us $30.50.  Stayed overnight with Aunt Judy and Roland.  Skip town around 10 am.  Sit on the GWB for 2 hours.  Need to pee desperately.  Hold it for 2 more hours.  Stop at rest area that is now closed for renovations.  Drive aimlessly around until we find a Wendy's.  Pee.  AHHHHH.  Relief.  Eat lunch.  Drive some more.  Arrive in Groton CT after hours in Traffic.  It's cold.  Gray.  Unwelcoming.  We pull up to our house and Tessa says "NOOOOOO!  I wanted our house to be yellow!"  And so ended our cross country trip. 

I'm sure I left out little nuggets of awesomeness, of which, when I remember, may make it to the blog, so don't feel like you missed out on anything.

We're here.  We're settling in...Ava is back in school, we're still unpacking...Anyone want to come help??  We have a bed you can sleep on!!