Our trip to Vegas--Days 1-3

We left Kevin's parents on Sunday, July 29th around 8:45 am....I can actually remember what time it was because we seemed to leave every morning at 8:45 am. It was so weird...there would be days that we were up early...and still couldn't get out till 8:45 am.  Then days, we were up at 8 am and got out at 8:45 am.  So, that was the magic time for us for whatever reason.  Our first day we packed a cooler of food for lunch and stopped at a playground on the way in West Virginia. It was a great place to stop...I had made cookies at the Beeker's house before we left so that is what the kids are enjoying in the picture! 
Our first day, we arrived in Dayton, OH around 6pm and visited with our friends the Bissons! They had a light meal for us (it was way more than a light meal), it was perfect.  We were all pretty hungry and we enjoyed all of it!!!  There was of course a variety of desserts to choose from as well! Yummy!! We had hoped to make it to their house at least an hour earlier to have more time to spend with them, but it just didn't happen.  So, we got a few hours of hanging out and then headed to our room on base!  We are so glad that we stopped for a visit...at first Kevin had wanted to go farther that first day, but then realized that Dayton would be a perfect stop and it was.  There is no way we could have driven any farther.  We were all done for that day.  It was so wonderful to stop and visit with our friends and let the kids play and get to chat! I wish we could have stayed quite a few more hours to visit, but we were also very tired and ready for bed! 

Our second day we arrived in Naperville, IL to visit my college roomie Kelly and her family!!!  That day wasn't as long which was so wonderful.  We were ready for a visit and not to be in the car.
Our visit with her family and kids on the third day was perfect! We got to play with her 3 boys and went to the pool/beach the next day! This beach was super awesome! Its a man made beach...with chlorine water.  It has sand like the beach so sand castles were built and lots of water to swim in.  They had diving boards and a slide.  Kel and Myles actually grew up with swim practices and water polo practices there.  I pretty much thought it was the coolest thing ever.  I mean able to go to the beach without the fish or sharks.  Awesome!!!  I think every city should have one! I was a big fan of Naperville, IL.  I'd love to move there except I don't think I could handle the winters...no, just too cold for me.  Thank you Kel and Myles for hosting us! Our kids had soo much! And I loved getting to see you!