Day 5 - CO here we come!!

we took the morning pretty easy today, knowing we had quite a few hours of driving ahead of us tonight (appx. 7hrs) we thought it might be a good idea to save our energy but let the kids release theirs. so we killed two birds with one stone, we took the kids up to Ft. Riley, the post that Randy works at with a picnic lunch. the kids played on the playground. we ate some lunch, enjoyed the sunshine! then we drove around the post to see the housing area that kellie and randy would have lived in. we saw the area where all the army trucks were parked. we also saw quite a bit of historical sites within the post, it was pretty cool! when i said to tuscan-"look babe, theres some soliders" he said "no mom, army guys!!" it was pretty cute.

then we headed home for naps and packed up the truck. when randy called to say he was on his way, kellie and i made a chipotle run to pick up dinner and by 530 we were on the road. "on the road again..." it seems to be the theme song of our trip!



we pulled in the driveway at kellie's parents about 1am...tears rimmed my eyes when her mom walked out the door and i was standing there holding matteo! i havent seen her at all since we've had the boys and although she has seen pictures, it just isnt the same! i am so excited to be here!!

thankfully the boys were amazing the whole ride and they went to bed without any issues. waking up in the morning to the fresh mountain air, surrounded by so many people that we have missed dearly will certainly make every hour spent in the car completely worth it!