Are We Home Yet?!?!

Here's 22 memorable things that made up our drive from Woodbury, MN to Castle Rock, CO:

1. 17 hours total travel time including driving and stops
2. 2 days
3. 1 night in a hotel in Kearney, Nebraska
4. Zane and Zack swimming at the hotel and Zane eating random snacks for dinner by the pool
5. lot's of sunflower seeds, snacks, and drinks
6. one adult driving and the other smashed between 2 car seats in the backseat to entertain kids
7. crying, crying, and more crying
8. Kanye West, Veggie Tales, and other music on the radio
9. Scooby Doo, Shrek, Cinderella, Thomas the Train, Kung Fu Panda, and other videos on the DVD player
10. tons of spills and stained clothes
11. fussing and complaining and saying, "I want to go home!"
12. feeding Emerson in the car and Zane running around parking lots
13. sleeping in one hotel room together, waking up at 6:30 am
14. Zack and me eating pizza in the hotel bathroom so we didn't wake up Z and E
15. 3 suitcases, 1 diaper bag, 3-4 other misc. bags, coolers, stroller, bed, lots of odds and ends
16. Zane being so worn out after the first day that he fell asleep with literally no sound in the hotel, thanks goodness because it didn't wake up Emerson
17. Zane asking for candy, specifically for Reeces Pieces, us saying no, him crying
18. crying, crying, and more crying
19. singing, games, playing, laughing, tickling, dancing and anything else to pass time
20. changing diapers in the car and in gas stations
21. Zane smiling for hours when we got home...he and Emerson were both SO happy
22. Zack and I decided that we will definitely fly next time!

Emerson did sleep a lot, but when she was awake she needed constant attention or she would start crying...what a baby!!
We thought of anything we could to entertain Zane. At one point, he just starting putting stickers anywhere he could think of, including all over his face and body. He was sticking out his tongue in concentration.
Just a quick glimpse into the driving insanity that we experienced...