Back to Idaho

 Last week we went back up to Idaho again to visit Rob's parents.  It is really nice being only 5.5 hours away rather than 9+ hours away.  The last trip we made up there was pretty good, but Riley did cry quite a bit and didn't sleep much.  We thought that maybe she wasn't comfortable in her car seat.  Emery was the same way it seemed like and she had the same car seat.  So we went and got one that can be rear facing or forward facing and gave it a try.  It worked like a charm!

 She was a pretty happy traveler this time around.  

 Rob's sister Crys came up with us (I can't believe I didn't get ANY pictures of her!!!) so I got to share the back seat with Sadie and Zac.  It was rather fun, but kind of a tight squeeze.  Those booster seats can be pretty wide. 

 Riley enjoyed playing with toys and playing peek-a-boo with me, but most of the time she looked like this:

 She really slept most of the way.  Both ways.  It was great.

 As we were driving up we ran into quite a bit of snow.  It was seventeen degrees on this day, but two days later it was down in the single digits.  Crazy cold.  I'm so glad ROb is comfortable driving in the snow.  He got us there and back safely.

 We went straight to the rehab hospital place where Rob's dad is and gave him a visit.  It was so so so good to see him feeling so much better than the last time we visited.  He is making some great progress!  Riley said hello first.

 Then Zac showed grandpa a card that was sent to him (I don't know who sent it) but it sang a song.  My kids played that card over and over and over and...well, you get it.

 Then they had to she Riley.  It was pretty funny.

 Then we made the trip back to where we were staying.  Too bad we didn't bring our snow gear!  Zac played outside in his crocs.  ha ha.  

 Then they came in and warmed up under our blanket.

 Grandma stayed with us that night and gave the kids a ride in the spinning chair.  They are lucky...I usually tell them no because it makes me feel sick just watching them spin.  ha ha

 Rob got the fun job of scraping the car off.  It snowed 6.5 inches I think.  Crazy. 

 While we were visiting grandpa, they transferred him to a fancy wheelchair and he showed us the PT gym.  First Zac got a ride.

 Then Sadie got a ride...

 And of course we couldn't leave Emery out.  I think we probably wore him out so we decided to make the trek back home.  Thanks to Crys who stayed home with Riley for us!

 We left for home early the next day because Sadie had a birthday party to go to.  :)  She better really appreciate us waking up at 4:45 am.  ha ha.  I looked over at one point in the drive to see this lovely scene.  See that drool?  ha ha.  He is so cute!  We made it back safely thanks to Rob's expert driving skills. Until next time...