We had a busy weekend!

We spent the past weekend in Ohio. We had a nice visit with Hannah and my parents. The trip down went amazingly well -- both Jeremy & I were surprised at how well the kids did. Well, things went downhill a bit on Friday when Reid broke the DVD player. Who'd have thought that kicking the plug would break it?!?! We'll need to rearrange the seats next time so that no one's feet can reach the outlet...that is, if we have a working DVD player by then. Note to self: next time, get the built in DVD player!

The weather was beautiful while we were there, so on Saturday we took the kids to Leader's pumpkin patch/corn maze. The kids enjoyed that, even though Hannah says she is getting a bit too old for most of the stuff. And before we went to Leader's, the kids all got combine rides with Grandpa. Reid wasn't too sure about the combine at first. He wanted nothing to do with it other than watch it from a safe distance (he shut himself in the van at one point). He took the first ride, though, and really enjoyed himself. Ross, of course, had no fear and was excited about the combine from the start.

Oh, and Hannah has officially surpassed me in the height department. She probably has a good 1 1/2 inches on me.

The trip back was, well, not the best. The kids were already wound up and tired from the weekend, which didn't help matters. We got stuck in construction traffic in Virginia. We decided to take an alternate route, to avoid sitting on 77 for an extended amount of time. This detour took us by the Blue Ridge Highway. Jeremy wanted to drive it for a bit. I thought it was a bad idea, but consented (hey, who knows when I'll want to drive out of our way to do some shopping). For the record, it was REALLY REALLY bad idea. Don't get me wrong, the drive was beautiful (and we managed to get some local apples to make applesauce). However, it is really hard to enjoy the drive when there are 3 kids screaming at you from the back of the van. It ended up adding a good 1 1/2 of driving to our trip, plus two extra stops to feed Lucy. I'd love to do it again someday, just perhaps without our little monsters along for the ride.

Anyway...here are a few photos from this weekend. Enjoy!