Oberly Family Trip to Ohio

About 2 hours before the rest of the world woke up, we pulled onto the road for 18 hours of driving. Loaded up in a suburban (thanks Angela & Corey) we began our trek to Ohio to visit April's grandparents for Thanksgiving week. 18 hours of driving in and of itself is not too bad. But when you add in an infant that needs to be fed every few hours and a 2 year old who is as impatient as her mom and dad, you've got the potential for DANGER!! Thankfully, (kinda ironic considering it was Thanksgiving week) the kids were both great overall!!
The worst part of the trip was our hotel on the way. If you're ever in Marion, Ill., do NOT stay at America's Great Inn. There is nothing great about it. It's a dump. The sheets and towels had stains. Oh...and the plethora of dead deer in the backs of trucks made for interesting conversation over breakfast. (evidently its commonplace for deer hunters to stay in hotels and hunt on public land in Ill.)


It was nice to be able to visit April's family in Ohio. Grandpa and Grandma Oberly were excellent hosts as well as Aunt Deb. They had lots of great food and plenty of activities to keep Alyssa and Tatum busy!! Alyssa didn't want to sit with anyone as she has hit that stubborn 2 year old phase. We did get several good pictures of both of the kids with their great grandparents. Enjoy!



















Finally - we got some cute pics of the kids by themselves and of our family and the whole bunch:

Pictures w/our Cousins

We got together today at Collins Park to take some pictures of Alyssa and Cayden with Preston and Zachary. We've got a couple of special ones that are for Ellie and Grandpa, but here are a couple we liked.

Cayden decides to try out for American Idol as well!

Cayden wants to be a singer just like his big sister!