One of the last big things we did before I started work was to take a road trip to Arkansas to visit family. I have to admit that we faced the travelling with a bit of trepidation, as this would be by far the longest trip in the car that the boys had taken. We broke it up over two days and it ended up taking about 16 hours one-way. To our pleasant surprise, Luke and Leo did great in the car, helped by the box of new toys we got from the dollar store and 17 DVDs from the public library (!).
We had a great time down there. The boys got to see Grandma, Grandpa, Great-Grandma, Aunt Kari, (soon-to-be) Uncle Mark, Great Aunt Lyn, Great Aunt Nancy, and Great Uncle Bob. Luke and Leo did a great job of entertaining everyone and providing some excuses to go shopping. I also got in a few rounds of golf.
My parents took a bunch of pictures. For whatever reason, we got a lot more good ones of Leo, probably because Luke was just constantly on the move, trying to impress people by jumping off the couch into a pile of pillows and doing other fun around the house games he invented there.
We had a Halloween/Birthday Party as well:
Leo had a cookie to celebrate his upcoming first birthday:
He also got a few presents:
But don't worry, Luke wasn't left out. He got some gifts as well, but the biggest hit of the evening was a Halloween stamp set. I think most of the ink ended up on his body by the end of the night!
The boys also enjoyed a trip to the beach along the lake:
I'm really glad we were able to make the trip. It was especially nice for Great-Grandma and the boys to spend that time together, they really took to her well:
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