Road Trip

So last Monday me and Joe took off to begin our newest adventure. We left at 6pm to take a road trip to San Antonio to pick up OUR children. The trip was going pretty well, Joe had to drive the most because it is not safe for me to sit completely still for more than an hour or two while being pregnant. We drove all night Monday. Tuesday was great too. We made it to New Mexico. Right outside Cuba NM I was going ten over and a state trooper pulled me over. What made me mad was there was a truck going about 15 to 20 over just 1 or 2 miles in front of me. I got my first speeding ticket for 65 dollars. Whatever! We stayed in Santa Rosa that night. Right before we stopped Joe got sprayed with big bugs....I mean on the windsheild, lol. The next day was long. Everytime I do this trip I forget how huge Texas is. We got to San Antonio at 8pm but ate at Chili's before going to my moms house. Believe me I was a little nervous about that. We stayed up till about 11 listening to my mom gab about everything under the sun. The next Day Joe and Sam went to pick up the trailer, what a headache. But finally after four hours they got it hooked up and packed. We went to church that night and listened to Bro. Ruiz yell his lungs out. hehe. Good ole pentecostal preachin. The next morning we left at 5:30 am. The trip was alright the first day. Kids sleeping, good time traveling, everything was well. that night it was raining and right outside of Albequrque this guy (probably drunk) was driving on the wrong side of the road. Scary!! We were tryingto stop in Farmington but just couldnt make it that far. We stayed in Cuba.....nasty motel!!! And we thought the Cuban was bad, no way! the next day we made it throught to utah. We stopped in hole in the rock in Moab.. It was nicejust to get out and move. I was driving throught the frist part of Utah and at one point this guy purposely went into my lane to scare me. What the heck? Is everyone trying to kill us?! So on goes the trip. We were all a little edgy towards the afternoon. Joe and I kinda got into it a little in Salt Lake but what can you say when everyone is stuck in a small confined area with 4 other people and you are tired and feel like you have no home. We stayed in Boise that night and here is waht I learned from that experience.... No matter where you are stay at a nicer hotel the price is almost exactly the same as a junky motel. We payed $75 for Super 8 with crappy breakfast (and not all super8's have a breakfast), We payed 65 for the nasty motel that we couldnt even shower in(gross!!!), and we payed 79 for a really nice hotel with clean rooms, comfy bed with lotsa pillows and a big nice breakfast selection...mmmmm. So pay the extra $14 and be comfy, clean and well fed. The next day was alright. We made it home at 2:30pm. It sure felt nice to be home and together. I went grocery shopping and we ate our first around the table dinner together, spaghetti. Then we all cleaned up, together. It is nice to be with all my girls. This is where we all belong. Now the real life begins. I am exctied. Our roadtrip was long. Sometimes we argued and we almost got killed, twice. We missed a day of showering and learned that best westerns are really nice. But now we are a family. We are complete and any long road trip is worth us being together.