Impromptu Trip to Wisconsin

We made a quick, last minute trip to Wisconsin. My paternal grandfather passed away and I decided to go to the funeral. In addition, my brother would be there and I haven't seen him in a long time. We found really cheap tickets to Minneapolis so I brought Ashton with me. Tanner is attached to me so he came too.

We set out bright and early on Wednesday for an 8am flight. Flight went wonderful as Tanner slept for half of it and then was nice the other half. The flight didn't scare me; the three hour drive is what intimidated me. Also, lugging around two carseats, a stroller, and a few bags was tricky. We got the rental car and hit the road. The kids did pretty well on the drive and we made it to my parent's home.

Ashton loves and adores Nana and Papa. She couldn't wait to arrive. We spent lots of time with family, which was great. We drove over for the funeral on Saturday and spent most of the day with my brother. My sister and her husband drove with me so I didn't have to drive 3 hours alone again.

While we were in town, my step-sister and her family stayed at my parent's home too. It was a full house filled with laughter and kids playing nicely. I love seeing Ashton interact with her cousins. My cousin, Amy, came over one night and Ashton ran her ragged playing some sort of monster-tag game. Another night, we went to visit my cousin, Lisa, who has a 10 year old daughter. Ashton walked right into their house and played very well with Megan.

All in all, it was a great trip. I am exhausted as both kids woke up at least twice every night. Tanner ended up in my bed most nights and Ashton joined me a few nights too.

Here's the trip in pictures.

My siblings and I.

Visited Great-Grandma. I got a picture of her holding Tanner but it was really blurry. Good thing we'll be back in 6 weeks.

Visited the new children's museum in Wausau. They had this car track thing that Ashton loved.

Ashton was introduced to a tablet.

Playing monster with Amy

My sister and brother-in-law with my kids and Rindy's.

My parent's ponds have tons of tadpoles so Ashton begged my mom to catch some every day.

Took the boat out for a ride. The kids loved it too.

Playing at the children's place at the Minneapolis airport. Ashton mooched off everyone else to ride the rides. I didn't have any coins... poor kid.

Our return flight didn't leave until 8pm. She was exhausted too. Tanner slept the entire flight and Ashton fell asleep the last hour.

The children's museum had this for tummy time. Tanner was willing to stay on his tummy for a long time.

Megan and Ashton selfie.

We can't wait to go back in six weeks for our planned trip!