We took our first road trip as a family of four today. We went to Georgia Veterans State Park, which is about an hour and a half drive from our house. We thought this would give us a good idea how our travels to Kentucky might go next week. Overall, I'd say it was a good day. We left the house around 10:00am and got home around 5:30, and Emery slept 95% of the time we were gone. Kenton didn't sleep hardly any, but was still good traveler and didn't throw any fits. We don't ask for much more than that.

In the picture, Kenton was checking out the display of airplanes and tanks at the park. He loves any sort of heavy equipment, so he enjoyed getting to see those. Unfortunately, it was about 120 degrees outside today and the bugs were swarming, so it wasn't the best day for being outside. You'll notice he's wearing a Thomas t-shirt and carrying his Thomas blanket, because everyone needs a blanket on a steaming hot August day in south Georgia! He also watched one of his Thomas DVDs over and over in the car on the way there. (Thanks to Granny Cardin for the portable DVD player!) If we'd let him I'm sure he would have taken all of his trains with him, too. He's just a little Thomas-obsessed these days!