Travel to Idaho, Day 1

Thought I could attempt to do short entries each day on our way back to Idaho!!

Yesterday morning some friends had a goodbye breakfast for me...yummy food and GREAT people! Going to miss everyone a lot.

Started off this morning with ANOTHER round of goodbyes at the hotel with our good friends the Hinckley's. Alexis and Camryn hugged and cried...and cried some more. How I am going to miss that girl! She gave Alexis a very sweet scrapbook and I truly believe they are going to be roommates in college someday! :) Alexis cried quietly in the backseat for the first hour, but began to cheer up after. This is why we are NEVER MOVING AGAIN! Too hard to make such good friends, and then have to say goodbye.

Today we went through Ohio, Indiana and Illinois - stopping for the night in Ottawa, IL (30 miles outside Chicago.) We ate dinner at Portillo's (thanks to a great recommendation from Rachael) and met up with an old friend of Thane's there. Kids were so great in the car! Alexis entertained herself looking at all the different license plates (she is trying to find one for each state - we are thinking Hawaii might be a tough one!) Ethan played DS, watched movies and played with Star Wars toys. Brylee didn't take a single nap, but hardly fussed at all! She is such a trooper. She did eat a TON of Gerber puffs though - whatever keeps her happy!

Kids love staying in hotels and swimming at the pool. Hoping to wear them out so everyone will sleep great tonight!

I am going to try and remember to bring my camera into the hotel at night so I can post the pics we have taken along the way.

Wondering to myself a lot today when we will make it back to Ohio again. Never imagined we would live there, and never imagined missing it so much already! But as this chapter closes, another one begins...right?