The Trip

Since my adoring fans asked (all two of you who read and respond to my blog...and one of you is family!), I am writing about my trip this weekend.

On Friday the twins, my father-in-law, and my sister-in-law, and I will be driving up to Napa to visit with my mother-in-law's dad. I know, that sounds strange. Tony, Micah, Becca, and my brother-in-law and his daughter, Cassidy will be flying up there, and my mother-in-law is already up there. My husband's brother is going up there, too, along with his family, but they are driving separately.

Confused yet? I am. It gets worse as things change for the trip back down.

Micah and Becca will be going on an airplane for the first time. It should be interesting. Micah isn't into noise. Hopefully he doesn't go crazy. Tony will be there to handle it, though. Apparently, Tony will be taking care of just Micah, because Cassidy and Becca want to sit together to play. Honestly, it isn't that long of an airplane ride, so I'm thinking it really won't be a problem...but if it is, it will be over soon enough.

The visit should be interesting. We will be visiting people who don't have kids around regularly, and especially not that many kids so young. My mother-in-law says she doesn't think her father knows what he is getting into. Not that any of our kids are bad, but there are a lot of them. Plus they are all pretty young.

We will be staying at a place that is about an hour away from Tony's grandfather's house. That's kinda irritating, but it was free. I plan on changing the kids into jammies before the ride to the place we are staying so they can fall asleep in the car.

Can you tell I'm not super excited about the trip? I'm basically going to show off my kids in a place where they may or may not feel entirely comfortable. I am going to bribe them to behave. That might work for Micah and Becca, but the twins are 2. Bribery for them usually means candy, and that doesn't have all day benefits. They won't be alone in this, though, my nieces, Cassidy (who just turned 3) and Emma (who is a month younger than the twins) will be there to help cause all kinds of trouble.

I hope everyone keeps their sense of humor.

One of the things that Tony's grandfather plans for us to do is go to a dinner theater thing. That should be...interesting. I hope the show is exciting and not scary. I have no idea what it is. You would think that I would know this stuff, since my kids are going to see it, but I have not been able to get any information about it. I have asked, but no one knows. I figure if we have to walk out, we will. I'm hoping it doesn't come to that, though. I also hope that it isn't too terribly loud. I wish I could get my son to wear something to cut out noise. He is sensitive about things touching his ears even more than the noise, though.

On Sunday, we may or may not be going to Tony's grandfather's church. I don't really know the plans there. If we aren't going to church, I think Tony is going to do a Bible study for at least me and the kids, and anyone else who wants to join, probably. Going to a different church is always interesting. Especially with Micah. People don't always know how to take him. My brother-in-law's church was welcoming to him (and since they aren't a quiet church, his outbursts were not a big deal for them), but that was a different denomination. I don't know how Micah will do in a a Methodist church. That will be something to see. Not to mention the rest of the kids. The twins don't even sit through our church services, and Becca thinks our service is boring...

We come back on Monday. My father-in-law will be flying back on Sunday, though, so that he can work on Monday. That means that my sister-in-law and I will be driving back with the twins by ourselves. That doesn't bug me, though. I know Tony and Micah and Becca will be flying back on Monday, but I don't really know how everyone else is getting home. I think it's similar to how they all got up, but I don't really know.

So that's what I will be doing this weekend, and well, we could use some prayer.