4th of July Trip

24 hours in the car (round trip)

6 states (PA, MD, WV, VA, TN, NC)

7 bathroom breaks

2 lunch stops

2 snack stops

4 movies

We headed to NC for the 4^th to visit some friends/neighbors of ours from MD – they moved right before we got married so they have never met Sam or Hannah.  Mark has traveled to see them in Ohio before but I stayed back with the kids.

It was a long drive and rained the whole trip but we had so much fun! It was cool and in the high 60’s or low 70’s every day.

Zac and Josh came along as well.  The Stanko’s have 4 kids of their own ages 8-19, I think.  The big kids hung out and the little kids hung out.  Although at times Sam was a little overbearing and even the little big kids needed a break – ha!

Sam loved hanging with Sam and Kayla (family friend) as well!

Sam had a bunny which Sam loved.  Hannah loved the bunny from afar – once he hopped to her she didn't like him anymore.

Sam had a love/hate relationship with Toby.  Toby is a puppy so he likes to bite things, in a friendly way but it was scary for my kids.  But Sam decided in the end he liked him and asked me to take his pic with Toby – too cute!

On the 4^th we all donned our ON tees and got a group pic on the porch

It rained but the kids did some sparklers outside and then drove around the neighborhood looking for fireworks – they found a few =)

It was also Steve’s 50^th birthday and he had no clue we were coming!  He was shocked to see us!

All in all it was a great trip!

I love this pic below - the Stanko's are getting a group pic but Hannah managed to sneak in on the right and she looks so cute with her legs crossed - click to make it bigger

Hannah's nails painted for the 1st time