Trip to Ba-ginia

On the 23 of July when Ben and Betsy's cars were never picked up, Colby and I decided to drive the van to Virgina. Luckily neither of us have 'adult' jobs so we left first thing the next morning at 6am. We drove from SLC up though Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia and finally we made it to Virginia. We only stopped (at midnight) and slept one night in a very small town called Shelbyville, MO. Stupidly we couldn't get the concept of the time changes and woke up at 3am (Utah time) and didn't realize until we were good and awake. Although due to this fact we were able to make it to Ben and Betsy's new house by 10pm (Utah time).

Once we made it we spent a total of seven day with the fam. We swim every day at the Grove pool (after we'd have to hop in Betsy's huge tub, luckily it fits five), toured the state capitol, swam at Virgina Beach, floated 4 miles down the James River and played a lot of 'Sardines' in the empty house. The day we left we had to fly out of Reagan Airport in DC. Which is about an hour and a half away so we decided to spend it all in DC. We went to The White House, Lincoln Memorial, Washington Memorial WWII Memorial and a few other attractions. This quick impromptu trip helped with the anxiety of the Van Tassell's moving, until they dropped us off at the airport. I couldn't help losing it when the kids asked if 'we could just stay a few more days'. I've never been so temped to move in my life! I miss them like crazy and it hasn't gotten much easier. But thank goodness for cell phones and blogs!