Sunday, July 27, 2008

Road Trip Conquered....

Well, we did our road trip to and from Colorado. We all survived and it went really well. I have to admit in the past I would always be so confused when people would say their children traveled so well. I always was a little jealous and thought I can honestly say our children do not travel well either by car or plane. They've traveled so much and it has never been easy to this point. I was really nervous about this drive to Southwest Colorado. I was praying so much the week before for them to enjoy it and for us to have patience etc... The way there we drove straight through and it took us about 14 hours with all the stops. We watched many movies and had many snacks etc... I knew if we could get to dinner time that we would be fine cause they always sleep really well at night in the car. I couldn't believe how well it went and there were no major stressful things that occurred. We had such an awesome time in Pagosa Springs, CO. Our friends joined us and it was so fun. Our kids played so well together and our girls slept well the whole time. Ellie has never been a fan of sleeping in new places, but now that her and Anna can share a room they do great! They shared a bathroom together this week it was pretty funny, but it worked really well! I will post more pictures from our trip when I get them uploaded onto the computer. We split the trip up on the way home and it was so nice. We drove about 9 hours yesterday and did the rest today. The girls did great once again. Mike did such a great job driving us on this journey and solving all of our electronic problems. Yesterday, our radio/cd/dvd outlets all would not work. We had to stop at an auto zone to get a new fuse. We are now home and it is time to get caught up on laundry. It was our last trip of the summer and I am a little sad. We've had such a fun summer and I am looking forward to the fall. However, this week I think we will be spending lots of time at the pool cause they said tonight a slight cold front would move through Dallas this week and drop the temperature to 102 degrees! Colorado was so nice in the summer with highs in the upper 70's!

4 comments:

Matt and Jen said...

so glad they traveled well. i know that's a huge blessing. so did mike eat the 4 1/2 pound steak? matt said you guys were going to try to find the place!! sorry i've missed some calls from you, but things have been crazy with matt's mom and just..well..life!! i'm glad you guys had a great trip...don't worry more trips to come!
i actually posted on our blog 2 funny videos. just putting the word out to check the gurneys blog!!!

The Martins said...

I'm so glad you all had fun! We are heading to the beach in NC in a week and a half...so we are excited to get away and enjoy time with our family!

The Via Colony said...

So glad the trip went well...even better than expected=) Welcome home!

The "W" Family said...

I love Co in the summer. It is so beautiful and comfortable. Glad you all had such a great time making some great family memories.