Family trip

I haven't been to Ohio in 3 summers. Every summer I have planned to go but then I don't have the money. This summer I just decided I am going no matter what happens. We left at 2:00 AM Saturday morning that way we could get to Ohio around noon and spend the rest of the day. My aunt said we could stay the night with her but we didn't want to impose too long so we planned to leave the next morning and head on to Mom and Dad. The trip started out good. I love going places with the kids and singing and talking and laughing the whole way. We realized that my math was off by about 3 hours. We were set to arrive ahead of schedule. We decide to go on to Lima, get a Kewpee burger, drive around all our favorite places, see Aunt Bridgette and then come to Bellefontaine at noon. Then traffic stopped right outside of Cincinnati and we sat for quite awhile. Next came the rain... lots and lots of rain. The windshield wipers on my car stopped working. I started praying for God to please stop the rain or fix the wipers. We tried stopping at a Wal-Mart to get a wrench and RainX. Turned on the wrong road and ended up at a Midas. They fixed the wipers for free! Thank you Lord! On the road we go again, but have to cancel our Lima side trip. Get a little lost. End up arriving an hour late. I didn't really know who all was coming. My grandma has a little place at my aunt's so I knew I would see them both for sure. But it turned out EVERYONE came. (Except the ones that live in VA.) It was such an absolutely wonderful day. We had a cookout, told stories, laughed and laughed, caught fireflies, and set off sky lanterns. Everyone got along. All the kids played together. I wish I had the whole day on video and I wish it could've lasted longer. Now I'm at the beach and Trace is nagging at me to get off the computer. I will probably write more about this later.