Days of the Neuser Lives: Missouri

Jon's mom recently moved to Missouri and since she's been out here to visit us several times we thought it was our turn. I think we were both dreading a nine hour drive with three kids- one being a baby. Surprisingly the drive out there wasn't too bad. We left early in the morning and were officially on the road by 7am. Unfortuantely because I had to keep turning around and getting things for the kids I eventually got really nauseous and ended up buying some dramamine. That knocked me out for a majority of the ride. Vance took a good 3 hour nap around that time and GW fell asleep for awhile too. The girls watched movies most of the way and of course, Jon drove.

We enjoyed spending time with Mom and Jim and did some really fun things with the kids. Jon's favorite part was squirrel hunting, he loved being able to just wander around the woods. My favorite part was fishing, I think that was GW's also. We caught lots of fish in the pond behind the house. Overall it was really nice to just take a break from the daily grind and visit with family.

The ride home was a little more stressful but we made it home ok. It always feels good to come home! We really missed our farm. I hate how it takes a week to catch up on cleaning etc. after getting home from vacation - most of our clothes are still in suitcases. I had to go back to work the day after we got back, that's my excuse!