A fun day

I had such a fun day, I decided to take Julia and Ethan to go up to Springfield, where my parents live, 3 hour drive one way to see one of my best friends and my family for a few hours and then turned around and drove home. It was long of course, but for some reason I don't mind the drive, I enjoy the countryside and feel very much at home the whole time I drive it. We got there and I dropped Ethan off at my parents and let him play with his cousin, Julie, they have so much fun together. I took Julia over to Roxanne's house with me, she got to play dress up with her daughter and had a great time. I loved chatting and hanging out with Roxanne and got all my girl talk done for a little while! ;) Then I got to go back to my parents and visit with everyone there plus get to see my newest niece and hold her for a little bit. It was fun to hold a little tiny baby again. Then we piled back in the suburban, my favorite car, and go home. We met Chris for dinner at Chick-fila which has a playplace and the kids had fun playing after being in the car forever and Chris and I had a nice time just being together and feeling grateful for the safe drive I had. It was a wonderful day and I am so grateful to be able to go and do things like that!