NorthWest Expedition

In order to make our grown up decisions we took an expedition to the North West to visit a few cities and meet a few Doctors. In no particular order these are my favorite pictures from our traveling.

This was our hotel room for one night - you can see all of it but the bathroom - literally, it was tiny but adequate and like a big party the whole time we were there. I loved that all 6 of my honey's were sleeping at once, after I took the picture I joined them and the snoring abounded.
Lots of sleeping for the little Darlin' - she was an all-star traveler and went more places in her first 2 weeks of life than I did in my first 14 years. She also grew even though I have begged her not to and is getting to be a little chubby.
I always laugh at the contortions my kids go through to sleep in the car. Ayvri almost always sleeps with her mouth open.
We visited the great state of Washington - I enjoyed the orchards and all the wonderful fruit . . . my new favorite flavor? Pear!!!!
Happy campers all buckled up. I can't believe we fill the van now - no empty seats. When we bought it I thought it was so spacious and now I have to squeeze between the middle seats if I'm on kid control duty.
More happy faces - I'm so thankful for how well my kids travel and how patient they were with us and all our driving around and adult conversations.
Oregon - the part we visited at least, wasn't impressive. Lots of yellow hills and not a whole lot of anything else. Still, did you know that it's illegal to pump your own gas in Oregon? That's a definite perk - that and the no sales tax makes me think happy thoughts.
Daddy loves to travel - the driving is his favorite part! Seriously though - he is an amazing guy who has traveled more in the last 4 months than I can even believe! On this trip he drove the whole time with a severely damaged ankle (x-rays have now finally confirmed it's not broken). What a sweetie!
About 4 hours into the trip the kids were struggling and had to be chastised. Apparently they didn't think it was fair for them to have to drive that far (little did they know how much car time we'd have in the following week). They staged a formal protest by hiding under the blankets. Brigham was oblivious to the whole thing - he's mostly content as long as I'm feeding him or if he has a pair of socks to play with and a tractor out his window to stare at.Idaho was a beautiful place - much more than I expected. I really loved the rivers and the agriculture and the people that we met there give me hope for a bright future (yep, we are headed to Idaho ladies and gentlemen . . . this is our informal announcement - details forthcoming).
And finally back to our great state. There's something wonderful about Utah - something that will probably always feel like home. It was fun to point out the temples along our trip and enjoy the changing leaves on our way home. All in all, a great road trip adventure!