The Drive to Utah

Thursday afternoon the kids went to Shari's house to play, have naps, and have dinner. (Thanks again Shari!!!!) Meanwhile Brad and I packed, loaded up the car, gased up and took naps (so we could drive straight through). Brad and I got dinner and then went and picked up the kids. We were on the road by 7:30pm!! Utah here we come. Brad and I decided to let the kids watch movie until 9pm, so at 9 we stopped to gas up, use the bathrooms and get everyone comfortable for "bed" and turn off all the dvd players. We were back on the road by 9:30pm and Ted and Alex were asleep by 10pm. Sierra, on the other hand, was having the time of her life. She did not want to go to sleep and was keeping Brad awake, which was a huge problem he need to sleep so he could take over driving in a few hours. She finally fell asleep at 12:45am and we were so excited. At 1:30am I could not drive any farther, so Brad and I switched. At 2am Sierra woke up!!! She was crying and asking to go to bed, she wanted out of the car!! At 3am we decided to find a hotel for the rest of the morning. We stopped at four different hotels and no one had a crib for Sierra, so we finally went back to the Holiday Inn. They were incredible, they gave us a huge discount on the room (with the time change it was 4:30am), free breakfast for all three kids at the restaurant in the morning, and they found a crib!!!! We were all sound asleep by 5am MST. Everyone woke up at 11am, so we got up and went downstairs for breakfast. It was so good! We hoped in the van, started the dvd players and hit the road at 12pm. We only had to stop for gas/bathroom breaks and we were able to get to my mom and dad's house by 6:30pm!!! We had dinner and then let the kids run wild outside.