Road Trippin'

Well, we made it- all 1500 miles of it. We started in Milwaukee, WI and ended in Clinton, UT. It actually wasn't as bad as everyone told me it would be. There were a few "I'm going to pull this van over if you don't stop" threats, and some screaming, but it was still ok.
The first day we left at around 2:00p.m. There were a few things to finish up before leaving, and Mandie and Jon, the friends I traveled with, had to finish packing up their apartment. Once we left we made two stops, if I remember correctly, and stopped for the night somewhere in Iowa. I guess if I looked at my reciept I could tell you where it was, but it's not important. This was an interesting night. We had the option of getting two twin beds or one queen sized bed, so we went with the queen. Luckily, I had packed Cooper's pack and play at the last minute. He slept in that, while Noah, Annie and myself shared the queen. We put Annie in the middle for safety. I probably should have put Noah in the middle. He rolled right off the bed in the middle of the night, smacked his head on the table, started screaming, and then Cooper woke up in a panic from all the noise. Who do I console, the one who is hurt, or the baby who can't do anything for himself? Well, I did my best to comfort Noah, then picked up Cooper and cuddled them both.
I forgot to mention our dinner stop that evening. We were starving, and the first place we saw was McDonald's. Not my favorite place, but it worked. So there we were: One husband, two wives and five children ranging from 5 years old down to 8 months. Who do you think we were mistaken for? Yep, polygamists. Well, at least those were the kind of looks we got.
The next day we started at 10:00, and ended at 9:00p.m. in Sidney, Nebraska. This was a much nicer hotel, and we all slept much better. We stopped a few times the second day, and let the kids run around while we ate lunch. We saw lots of fields and cows. I remembered that when Pete drove out to WI, he said that Nebraska was the most boring of the states to drive through because the whole thing was corn fields. Well, he drove out in August when the corn was at it's peak. I drove in June, when the corn was just starting, and it was just as boring.
Our last day we left again around 10:00 and pulled in around 8:30 or so. We stopped a few times, and had lunch in Cheyenne and dinner in Evanston. The closer we got to Utah, the more children we saw per family, and we were feeling a little less polygamist-esque. This was the hardest day for driving, because Annie screamed most of the way. She was done, and she was letting me know. I don't think the kids went to bed until midnight because they were so excited to be out of the car. At one point in the trip, Annie told me she was poopie when she really wasn't. She just wanted to get out of that seat!
Well, the first part of the trip is over. I think the trip home will be much easier because my dad will be in the car with me, and can control whatever situations come up. So for those of you planning to take a road trip this summer, I will pray for you...and your sanity.