The Rooneys have had quite a busy few weeks. Our first **big** stop was our annual Indiana trip! It went by in a heartbeat and given the sweltering weather, thunderstorms, some bad planning and a trip to the urgent care, I can't say it was one of the best trips we've had.
I was talking to one of my friends who has 3 kids and we were laughing about the fact that every time we come home from a "vacation" with our kids we are utterly exhausted, buried in laundry and feel like we need another vacation to recover! But then we start looking through the pictures and hearing our kids talk about things that happened on the trip and all of the hassles seem to dissipate and we're left with beautiful images of kids having a great time....it makes all of hassle and stress of traveling with kids worth it.
Let's list out the hassles and stress....
1. Waking the kids up at 3:30 am for a 6:00am flight....actually that was kinda fun...they loved it :)
2. Barely walking onto our 6:00am flight after I silently swore we were going to miss it.
3. Arrived right after a tornado in Indiana which left everyone with no power...did I mention it was about 110 degrees and 100% humidity. Yuck.
4. A mean woman on the plane who yelled at my perfectly behaving kids for coloring too hard on their tray tables. Traveling with a 2 year old, she was lucky he wasn't yelling in her ear and peeing on her seat.
5. Too hot to hang out by the lake over the weekend which is usually the highlight of our trip. I was cooped up inside pretty much all weekend. Ugh.
6. Will broke out in an awful rash one day that got so bad we took him to urgent care. It could have been strep, reaction to sunscreen or heat rash. Who knows but it cleared up completely within hours of landing in SF.
7. Driving 6 hours one day to visit my relatives in Illinois, 5 hours the next day, then immediately hopping on a 6pm flight back to SFO...like I said POOR PLANNING!
And now...here are some of the "beautiful images"....yes, it's always worth it!
Quality time with Pops
Brookey, Kate & Will (who is being nice at the moment)
Bathtime for Brookey & Kate
Chasing fireflies
Fun with cousins!
Craft time with Grandma Taylor
Roasting marshmallows with Pops
Backyard races
What's more fun than rolling down a hill?! (or running around without a shirt?!)
Will playing nicely with Kate...for once :)
Brother and sister love at urgent care
Brookey & Livy
Turning some wheels at the shop with Pops
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