Road trippin' with 3 little kids and a pregnant lady

At the end of June we set off an an epic road trip to go to Colorado for Aunt Regan's wedding, then to Utah to meet the two new Uda baby nieces, and then to Wyoming to do some family vacationing at Yellowstone. It was a LONG LONG LONG time to be in the car, especially for a nauseous pregnant lady and 3 crazy kids (well more like 2 well behaved little girls and a wild Tasmanian devil) We survived it though thanks to lots of snacks, mini DVD players, iPads, and the tranquilizer my doctor gave me to drug the kids.  (kidding kidding! just seeing if you were paying attention :)

The girls were rockstars and did amazing in the car. Of the 14 days we were on vacation I think 6 of them were spent just driving. They handled it like champs.

Cam tried to be good like his sisters, but coloring only held his attention for about 30 seconds. 

That's where the tranquilizer came in handy. ;) 

Seriously though, it was always a nice break when this guy would finally fall asleep. 

Even these two nodded off a couple times. Road trips wipe you out.

We tried to take "technology breaks" (since I freely admit that the kids spent the majority of our time in the car plugged into electronic devices) But they would get bored pretty fast.

So we took plenty of pit stop breaks. Getting out to stretch, do some exercises, let them run around and climb on stuff and just get out of the car and enjoy some fresh air. 

We also stopped at many a McDonald's play land where the the kids consumed hundreds of chickens nuggets and collected dozens of worthless happy meal toys. You do what you gotta do to break things up. 

Mama got sick of nuggets after the 20th happy meal so a couple times we stopped for some Mexican food. When you got a craving, you have to obey. 

Most of the time I felt like Cam in this picture. Just kind of, "blah..When is this going to end?" But Taber was the bomb and drove the entire time, giving me a chance to rest and read! Normally I can't read in the car (especially when I'm already nauseous) But I brought Thomas S. Monson's biography and would read it out loud to Taber to keep us entertained. We were able to get through quite a bit of it without me getting sick, so that was awesome. 

And of course the girls favorite part of road tripping was getting to stay at hotel's with swimming pools! Didn't matter if we got in at 10pm, they would jump out of the car, put on their suits and beg Daddy to take them to the pool, which he kindly did. 

Next up: Grand Junction, CO and the Rigg/Gibson wedding!