A while back I had the bright idea of going to Houston with Sam one week he was there. Figured since our big family vacation wasn’t until Thanksgiving it’d be nice to get away.

So…we rented a mini-van and piled the 15yr old, the 4 1/2 yr old and the 2 month old into the car. Left Saturday early. It’s now Thursday and we’ve seen 3 different hotels, 6 different states, countless strangely named cities, even stranger road signs and one gigantic Superman statue.

We’re headed to St. Louis for a couple days then home. I’ll be happy to get there, but when it’s all over I’ve had a good week. I’m glad we were able to do this.