Spring Break in Idaho

William's school has a two week spring break.  I know, right?  I don't think I ever got a week for spring break let alone two.  So looking at different factors, the price of gas going up, Brandon not getting time off until October, and a couple of other things, I took the kids back to visit Grandma and Grandpa Luke.  Now I am not completely crazy.  It is a 12-13 hour drive from here to Idaho but it is only 9-10 from here to Crystal's house.  So we took two days, drove to Crystal's, spent the night and then drove the rest of the way.  William ran the DVD player and handed out the snacks. 

I was a little worried about the trip because Britton was throwing up the week before we were supposed to leave.  But since we didn't see anything from the other kids for a week I thought we were good.  Poor Zach and Crystal, Caitlyn threw up at their house the first night we were there.  We did make it to Mom and Dad's with  no throwing up, but Caitlyn was up during the night throwing up and spent the next morning sleeping on the couch. 

The kids were very excited to see Grandma and Grandpa.  We were able to see Hailey for a little bit too.  The big worry was that Bradley, who isn't a people person and that applies to all people, wouldn't go anywhere near Grandma and Grandpa.  But he was great, for the first couple of days.

Grandpa was getting the tractor ready for spring work and was nice enough to let everyone have a ride.

 Britton was very excited for her ride.

 This is to prove that we were with Grandma too.

 Bradley wasn't very sure about what was going on, until he saw everyone else getting a ride.  Then he was ready.

 William looks so big compared to the others.

 Everyone with Grandpa.

Caitlyn loving her ride.  Funny story, Caitlyn used to not be much of a people person, she is much better now.  But for the first year or so she would break into tears every other time she saw Grandpa.  They now have a very sweet relationship so I have some hope for my antisocial baby.

The only sad part about the visit was the fact that my parents are down to one cat.  Their cats were so good with the kids.  But two of them are now gone, the two that the kids usually played with.  The one cat they have now used to be pretty standoffish.  The other two really wanted to be with people but Funny Face didn't.  Now that she is the only one she wants to be with people.

Bradley gave her a lot of love while we were there and there were no scratches at all.

We had pretty good weather while we were there, you know Idaho in the spring, so Grandpa got out the trampoline.  The kids loved it.

Bradley actually had a love/hate relationship going on with the trampoline.

And Grandma made cookies.

They were a little messy.

By the end of the week we spent there Bradley was ready to go, he had major abandonment issues toward the end.  And of course the day we headed to Crystal's before making the long drive home Bradley threw up all over me.  One week after Caitlyn.  So the drive home was really fun.  But we made it and Brandon survived without us.  I think he got a lot more sleep while we were gone.