Tryout

We needed to travel to California to buy our trailer and decided spring break would be a great time.  We needed to get to the dealership by 11:00am on Saturday to be able to complete paperwork and do our walk through.  If we couldn't get there in time, we wouldn't be able to get the trailer until Monday morning.  Of course, things couldn't be easy.  We left late, throwing everything together quickly. We needed to stop in Murray for an oil-change, which took an hour and where we discovered our oldest wasn't wearing any shoes!  HE'S NINE!  How do you miss shoes??? He also didn't pack any extra pants for our week long trip...
After a quick stop at Shopko it was five o'clock and I was thinking very seriously about waiting and leaving on Sunday.  My husband had suggested this during the oil change, but now he says to me, "We are already this far, we might as well go." (We were twenty minutes from home and twelve hours from the dealership...but okay.)
When we stopped for dinner the boys were eating so slowly that I left and filled the truck up with gas.  Later that night I said to my husband, "I know what I forgot." (Because you ALWAYS forget something) "Underwear..."  He didn't think that was a problem...  A while after that, an image of the bed of the truck flashed into mind.  While I was filling it with gas there were only two suitcases in it, not the three that we had packed.  Trent always packs the largest bag down to the car/truck for me when we go anywhere, but not this time!  We'd left home my clothes and the two boys clothes.  All we had was one extra change of clothes and pj's in the overnight bag!!! Yikes!
On top of that, Trent was worried about getting there and thought we should drive through the night.  UGH... By the time we made it to Reno I have talked him into stopping.  After all, the kids were sleeping and we might as well sleep while they did because they weren't going to let us sleep after we got there.  We stopped at 2:30 in the morning and then while everyone else slept, I couldn't because of a car alarm going off right in front of our room!  We got up early and managed to get to the dealership at 11:04.
We got to see the trailer finally and since we didn't have any plans for a place to stay they let us stay right there on the lot for the night.  We were able to leave through the back gate to get food and to visit the local Target.  We enjoyed lunch at a little Ma and Pa diner and then visited a boutique across the street that was owned by the wife of our salesman.  I could have spend hours there, except for the worry that my kids would break something.  We followed up lunch with a nap for everyone, how considerate of the boys!
The next morning we decided that it was just too cold in Los Banos and headed south.  We ended up in Anaheim and spent the next day in Disneyland.  Even when we don't plan on Disney we seem to end up there.  We enjoyed Anaheim and then went to Las Vegas to see Trent's cousin play in a baseball tournament.  Cole was really interested in it.  He says it's because he's finally old enough to understand the game.  He spent most of the time in the dugout with Trent's cousin and uncles.  Jayden charmed the fans and everyone knew his name after those two days.
We finally made it home after a week, and guess what???  We didn't kill each other!  This thing might work!