1. we planned to drive out there without stopping which would be about 21 hours. We made it 8, mostly because my wife decided to do everything except get ready to go and we didn't leave until 2 pm (I wanted to leave by 10) and so we ended up staying the night in a super creepy hotel in Kearney, NE. We didn't die.2. The trip overall was really good since my wife got to see her family and my kids got to see their cousins and grandparents and everybody was hugging and it was really cool. Since it was mostly mormons other than a drink or two at the end of the nights with wife's parents (who are cool) drinking was pretty minimal. One night we spent with her sister who is now a mormon with three kids but used to be a coke whore who stripped at amateur nights (she claims and I believe it) and we got bombed. Apparently I kept her up until 2:30 talking about god knows what after my wife passed out around midnight, and then after I went to bed she was woken up by my wife's slamming cabinet doors and swearing because she couldn't find chocolate around 3am.
3. Thanksgiving dinner was good especially because I ended up filling a water glass with the box of wine we had in the back of the car all day/night and then watched an emma stone movie with four teenage mormon girls.
4. Drive home was better than the drive there because we got 70% of the way there on day 1 because I drove the whole time and made damn sure we left by 10. I would have driven home the whole way that night but my son threw a total freak out after falling asleep right after the previous total freakout. We figured we should stop.
5. Damn glad to be home. Looking forward to making that drive again never.
E. I meant to get a picture of my wife in her thanksgiving dress. Forgot. Sorry. Hot.
6. You know how if you like NFL, College Hoops, and College Football the whole thanksgiving weekend is awesome? Well my wife's grandpa is somewhere in the dementia/alzheimer's zone and my wife's mom and dad live with him and since he just talks all the time they don't bother to try to watch anything so I just put it on sports the whole time any time we were there.
7.
Dinosaur park is awesome. If you're wondering why the kid on the farthest right doesn't look like he's having fun it's because he's actually scared of the fake dinosaurs. The whole thing is a trail with a bunch of awesome dinosaur statues and the kid is terrified. I'm afraid someday my daughter will jump off a cliff because it looks fun and interesting, while I'm afraid my son will meltdown in a parking lot someday when a car honks. So different.
8. I ate at a chik-fil-a. It was pretty good. I don't feel any different. Also hit a Carl's Jr. for the first time ever.
Ha ha yes I'm guster. tl dr.