"Are we there yet?"

I heard this phrase way too many times this last weekend. We ventured over to South Dakota for a quick surprise birthday party and family reunion for Tyler's Grandpa. It consisted of A LOT of driving for one weekend. But it was well worth it to see family and also to snatch two of them to bring back home with us for the next week.



We stopped at a park for lunch one day in a small town. It's great having the maps app on Tyler's phone when it comes to searching for things like this.



The trip consisted of paying over $10 in tolls one way through the Chicago area. We detoured away from that on the way home.

With Jordan newly potty-trained, he got to experience peeing on the side of the freeway in the grass. He loved it and requested to pee in the grass the rest of the trip.

We've had a giggle-fest once Makenzie's cousin, Lexi, joined us. While on the trip, the two watched "An American Tail." There is a song in the movie that sings, "There are no cats in America." The whole way home they would replace the word "cats" with some odd word and laugh about what was sung!

Here is Makenzie with her cousins, Cameron and Lexi.



We had to get creative with this boy who really needed a nap in a hotel room full of people. We removed him from all distractions and put him in between the curtains.






Here are some pictures that Tyler's brother, Scott, took of the trip.