Trip to Elmwood

Last weekend we drove to Elmwood to visit Brandons family. Its about a 3 hour drive from our place to theirs. Now this trip use to not be so bad when Kaiya was smaller and would sleep most of the drive. Wasnt so bad either when gas prices were lower.. ($4.14 already)
Anyway, so we loaded up toys, snacks, and movies for the long drive ahead. Kaiya never slept, never watched a movie, just ate and talked the whole way! That is until we are like 5 mins away from getting there and she crashes!!! So we sit out in the drive way for 30 mins so shes not way crabby when we go in.
Grandma Cindy showered Kaiya will some dress up things and lots of pretty clothes. Cousin Tanner I think enjoyed the plastic high heels more than Kaiya did though :)

Kaiya had so much fun playing with Tanner. She really enjoys being around kids her own age. They would run back and forth chasing each other and watching the dogs out the back door.

We had a great time, and have many great pictures to prove it!




on a side note.. normally we get 280 miles on a full tank of gas. Well Brandon did some research and decided to try out some new tricks. If you dont go over 65mph you are suppose to use less gas, and also if you dont accelerate over 2000rpms (or whatever its called) thats suppose to help save gas too.. Well.. it worked!! We went 425 miles before we needed to fill up! How amazing is that!! and it only added an extra 15 mins each way on our trip. Not too bad!!