This trip was Luke's first official trip...Yes, it took us that long to take him anywhere substantial. For being the traveling fools we once were (before Luke), it's a bit sad we hadn't been anywhere very far with him.
I'm not really sure why...Some of it's money reasons, some of it was because we didn't want to "hassle" with it, but mostly -- we did A LOT of traveling before Luke....so many of the places we want to travel now would require Luke NOT being with us (many of the places we want to go are far away or not very small-child friendly).
Excuses, Excuses, I guess....
BUT, we went up to Minnesota to meet our friends, Tammy and Reynold, and their two boys, Caleb and Jesse.
Tammy and I go way back....to like our freshman year in college (16 years ago)...Now, we live way too far apart (they live in Manitoba)...But, these trips are a great way to connect.
This trip, however, was a bit different than some of our previous trips together. This time, there were three little boys to tag along -- an almost 4 year-old (Caleb), a just turned two year-old (Luke), and a 21 month-old (Jesse). Needless to say, the dynamics changed a bit from previous trips with Tammy and Reynold.
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Being Luke's first BIG trip (we've taken him on a couple of small overnight excursions), we weren't totally sure how he'd do. I wasn't at all extremely concerned; however, there was a bit of uncertainty.
I'm pleased to say that Luke did FABULOUS. Marc and I were recapping some of the trip to ourselves last night. We both said that, overall, Luke definitely EXCEEDED our expectations (we sound like a survey result, don't we?)
A good portion of the trip, he was like this....
(And no, he didn't soak through a diaper -- as it appears in this photo. He was having way too much fun with water -- I'll explain in a later post).
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But, please don't think I'm making Luke out to be perfect. Though he's mostly a pretty content little guy and we love him to pieces, we did have some of this on the trip....After all, he IS TWO.
Sooooo, rather than loading MANY photos to one post, I'll break up our trip in to several different posts -- COMING SOON!
**I hope you don't get too bored with a replay of our family vacation!
**And, THANKS a whole bunch for my previous post's comments. There are a few of you out there who do read. I'll work on a few of the suggestions :)
4 comments:
Good picture of the other Friesens. :-)
The older Graham is the harder it is for us to travel with him. In SA, we could drive somewhere 8 hrs away if we wanted and pack him formula and jars of food. Now he won't sit in his car seat for that long and the food situation is, well, a nightmare.
This year we opted for a staycation. Joel took a few days off of work and we did a bunch of fun stuff in town. :)
I forgot to comment last time, but I wanted to let you guys know that Gretch and I do read and enjoy your weekly ventures. Many of the things you guys do are things we would like to do and it's cool to see that you guys are having fun.
Good boy, Luke! So great that he was such a good traveler for you guys. Tears are to be expected... I've shed a few myself on trips. Hehe. :)
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