JOY in the journey : Road Trip!

My 10 year high school reunion was last weekend. Hold up...it's been 10 YEARS??? Get outta here! I swear I was just putting on my stars and stripes cross country shorts, hosting Patriot Vision with Morgan, and perfecting the art of the double cartwheel with Blair last year! How did we get so old??Since we've been flying back to KC about every 2 weeks all year, we thought we'd try to save some money and drive back for my reunion. Many would call us nuts to attempt an 8+ hour drive with 2 babies under the age of 3. But we had faith in sweet Sylvie and Magnus :)

We left around 7:30 Thursday night and stopped in Springfield, IL to spend the night. Sylvie did pretty well and kept herself entertained with coloring, watching Sophia the First, and of course talking...lots of talking! Magnus slept like he does 90% of the time. Before hitting the road Friday morning Sylvie got some energy out by jumping on the bed (a must when you're at a hotel) and going for a swim in the freezing pool! We drove the rest of the way Friday with not much trouble. Sylvie took a great nap, Magnus continued to sleep, we stopped for lunch at a Subway in a barn, then made it to KC just in time to spend some quality play time with the cousins Jay and Vivi (Jayvivi if you ask Sylvie). Friday night we resurrected Fruity Friday with our Liberty gang which consists of getting together at someone's house to drink a variety of fruit beer. Man I miss L-town!!! We ate pizza, drank fruit beer, and enjoyed our amazing group of friends! Plus thanks to Fitz I got some much needed Classy Chocolates dipped cookies...go get some today if you haven't tried them!

Saturday was reunion day!! We played some more with Jayvivi in the AM then headed to Blair's to play with Lincolnhazel (Sylvie prefers to combine names) and get ready for the big event! The gang was back together! Morgan, Blair and I spent hours quoting Romy and Michelle and getting dolled up while the kids played and the husbands kept commenting on how long it was taking us to get ready. It was just like Prom 03!

After getting the kids to their babysitters (big thanks to Pitts for watching Mag and the Taylor's for having Sylvie over for her first slumber party) we were off to celebrate with the Truman High class of 2003! Everything about the reunion was a blast! Catching up with old classmates, having a hard time staying out of the photo booth, and of course posting up on the dance floor, all with my 2 besties by my side. We really don't know what Nate and Cole did during most of the reunion, but we really didn't care as long as our wine glasses were full and the music was on! There were many hysterical events that took place that should not be spoken of. The night obviously ended with T-bell.

I had two photo shoots Sunday then we packed up and headed back to Chicago. This trip was a little harder since we did it all at once, but some stickers, ice cream, more Sophia the First, multiple stops, and some sing alongs got us through. We got back around 12:30 and went straight to sleep!

What a weekend!!!