July 23rd, 2012

Went to see Grandma Betty at her place and Uncle Paul and Michael at their house! It was fun!

Drive from Michigan to see Nana in Minnesota

5:39am Finally on the road after some issues
7:26am Indiana
8:35am Illinois
10:21am Wisconsin
1:05pm Nick nicknamed the boys gasoline and fire
1:12pm Minnesota
3:16pm Camden yelled I see Jesus!
3:23pm The boys think dad rolling the back windows down is just hilarious
4:02pm Stopped at a park in Mankato. Had fun on the swings
4:42pm Nick is jamming to Believe by Cher (note that this occurred on our trip last year as well)
4:44pm Le Sueur!
4:48pm Nana's house!
We put out Nana's tee pee and Camden crawls through the window saying it's a doggie door...

Our Drive to Michigan

*All times are AZ time zone 
July 19th, 2012
6:33pm Left our driveway in Arizona
6:35pm Camden shot a duck
6:41pm Stopped at Walgreens for overnight diapers...they had none...
6:46pm Stopped at Fry's for overnight diapers... they had none...
6:48pm Said prayers for a safe trip. Camden added a few prayers of his own
6:54pm Got on I 17 North
6:59pm Scout's been singing non stop
7:01 Camden announced Nana lives in Michigan
7:03pm Kellan's out
7:25pm Saw cows. Camden said Moo for 23 minutes
8:09pm Camden's out
8:22pm Hit the I 40
8:33pm Cowbell's awake
9:37pm Got pulled over by Officer Hancock. Thankfully only got a warning
10:43pm New Mexico
July 20th, 2012
12:49am The whole car is awake
3:10am Camden called me funny
3:19am Daddy: Knock Knock
             Camden: Knock Knock
             Daddy: You're supposed to say Who's There?
             Camden: I don't know
             Daddy: Let's try again. Knock Knock
             Camden: Knock Knock
           
4:22am Texas
4:28am Camden's snoring. Kellan wakes up every 3 minutes screaming and crying
5:20am McDonald's stop
5:21am Camden's the only 2 year old that asks Why Not instead of Why
5:54am All of McDonald's laughed as Camden ran through in a shirt and diaper and I ran behind, sweating, saying I'm doing the best I can...
6:11am Mom's driving
6:47am Kellan sneezes and snot hits the windshield from his seat
7:33am All boys are sleeping
7:38am Oklahoma
8:00am Camden's running in his sleep like a puppy
8:26am Put Cars movie in. Camden's cracking up as if he's never seen it before
9:24am Mom's elbows are raw from constantly turning around to check on one of the 85 kids we've brought
9:52am Camden's talking like Mater when he goes over a bumpy road
11:42am Camden started and failed playing the quiet game
12:11pm Kellan has a stiff neck. It;s literally stuck to the left side
12:12pm Camden talked to a redneck in the McDonald's parking lot. He told her he liked her limo. It was a beat up Chrysler with no air...
12:23pm Mom took a Xanax
1:53pm Missouri
3:06pm Kellan dropped Scout and yelled DOH! We just happened to be in Springfield
3:30pm Put in Flight of Dragons
4:55pm 2 minute picnic in the grass by McDonald's
7:02pm Illinois
July 21st, 2012
6:49am Nick said look at those cool shoes! I was like they're awesome! Turns out they were kids shoes and he was talking to Camden :)(
7:21am Back on the road after staying at a super classy Motel 6. Kellan was not having his car seat and we were not having listening to the complaints.
8:13am Saw a cropduster plane. I giggled.
8:25am Camden's stuffing Apple Jacks in dog Lucy's mouth yelling EAT MY APPLE JACKS, LUCY!
8:28am Kellan's making monkey noises
9:56am Camden got another mole
10:04am One side of Kellan's head is sweaty
10:44am Camden handed me a huge booger
10:52am Indiana (new state for all the boys)
11:12am Camden threw up from the excitement of being in Indiana
11:29am MICHIGAN!
11:54am Camden: Watcha doin', Daddy?
               Daddy: Flashing gang signs
12:58pm Camden: Daddy what are you doing?
               Daddy: Camden, do you have alzheimers?
Finally made it to Aunt Lindsey, Uncle Josh and Cousin Lucy's house!

License Plates we've seen on the trip

Arizona
California
Mississippi
Florida
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Oregon
Maine
Utah
Nebraska
Texas
Nevada
Minnesota
New Mexico
Illinois
Indiana
New Jersey
Ohio
Colorado
Virginia
North Carolina
Arkansas
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Montana
Georgia
Michigan
Louisiana
Kansas
Maryland
Iowa
Maryland
Alabama
New Hampshire
Washington
Missouri
West Virginia
Massachusetts
New York
Vermont
Hawaii
North Dakota
South Dakota
South Carolina
Wyoming

Hopefully more to come!

July 19th, 2012

Well, we're driving to MI/MN with two kids under 3 tonight. Pray for us and watch for hilarious blog updates.

July 13th, 2012

Camden can count to 13! Yes, he may happen to skip 5 every time, but don't take this joy away from me!
Yesterday, Nick was leading Kellan around the house with a Cheerio trail. Sigh...
I was changing Camden's diaper this morning. When I was all done, he got up, bent over, and stuck his skinny naked little white butt in my face and yelled "THERE'S MORE POO POO, MOMMA!" After wiping away the invisible poop all I could do was shake my head and feel if he was warm...
Why does Kellan use monkey noises to tell us when he wants something. I sure hope he's more human than monkey...
I asked Camden why he doesn't want to go poo poo in the potty and I swear he replied "It's too complicated." Should have known he had 2 helicopters in his hands and was actually saying "Two helicopters."
I went in to check on the boys last night and Kellan was sound asleep clutching Scout's hand. Pretty much the cutest thing I've ever seen.
I was up around 2am the other night and couldn't sleep. I heard Scout go off and peeked in to see Kellan playing quietly with Scout. He knew it wasn't time to get up, so he was quietly entertaining himself. I love that kid... or Scout... hard to tell...

July 11th, 2012

I called Kellan a monkey the other day, and Camden got so mad at me! He yelled I'M A MONKEY! KELLAN'S A MOO COW!!!

July 10th, 2012

I dropped both Camden and Kellan off in Room 3 this morning. Kellan looked around excitedly taking it all in. Camden looked at his brother like WTF?!?!?

July 5th, 2012

What does Kellan Tilley and Joaquin Phoenix have in common? They're both Joaquin (walking) ahahahahahahaha!