On the road again!

Randy and I had a great weekend visiting with our children and grandchildren. The sun was shining as we headed our car toward Corvallis where we were going to stay for the night. We had a great drive regardless of a small storm around Cascade Locks. The clouds were really low over the Columbia River, but it was beautiful anyway. We hit a little bit of rush hour traffic and almost had a bus run us off the road, but we made it in time to see Oregon State's gymnastic team beat Arizona. The Beavers have a top ranked squad and are first place in our conference, so it was packed. I couldn't believe how many people were there. We went because Rich and Debbie were going to be there and I really enjoyed it. Afterwards, Deb and Rich took the kids to Deb's mom's house to put them to bed and then they met us (Tamra, Tucker, Jason (Tamra's boyfriend), Randy and I) at Sherri's. We had some good food and talked and laughed a lot. It was good to see everyone, especially Debbie and Rich, I miss them. After dinner everyone went their separate ways and Randy and I went to our favorite hotel, the Quality Inn in Albany. It is not an expensive place, but it is so clean and the beds are really comfortable. They also have a great breakfast in the mornings. It was nice to relax and enjoy some down time.
Saturday, we met up with Tam and Tuc and took off for Jeremy's house. We were going to watch Caleb play basketball. He did a good job, even got a basket! Alia is cheer leading and we watched a video of her routines. She really looked like a cheerleader. After the game we went back to Jeremy's house and had birthday cake, with song, for Tamra. Her birthday is this week, but we thought we would celebrate it early since we were all there. I can't believe she will be 20 years old this week. Where did the time go! Tucker played us some tunes on Molly's guitar and by a little after 5:00 we were back on the road heading for home.
Sunday we had dinner after church then went in to Terrel and Katie's and visited with Sheri and Brett and Susan for about an hour then headed to Pasco to see Sarah and her family. The babies are growing and getting cuter everyday! We decided Sarah could use a break because Riley was going to be gone to a soccer tournament in Spokane the following day, so we took Morgan and Kendle home to spend the night with grandma and grandpa! We had a great time with the kids and drove them home Monday evening....I don't even want to know how many miles we put on the car this weekend but it was worth it to see all my favorite people. I LOVE my children and grandchildren. The only one we didn't get to see was Jim. Hopefully we can see him soon too!
Even when the world seems like it is going to pot, it is still amazing that we can travel so easily from here to there comfortably....the Tovey van rolls on!!