2 crazies and 3 cuties

so, early last week lacey brought up the idea of going home for a visit. she asked if i thought i might want to come, and my 1st thought was heck no! the idea of driving another 13 hours with becks to canada and then 13 hours back to portland did not sound appealing at all, but then i got to thinking......i'm going to be in portland for the next 2 1/2 years and then who knows where we'll end up, and i should take any chance i get to spend time with the fam. so, we decided to do it - 2 crazy moms and 3 cutie boys and a road trip home :)


we were very proud to leave only 10 minutes after our scheduled departure as seen here. we left our complex at 9:41pm, and both of us drove away with tears in our eyes at the thought of being without our hubbies for 2 weeks and probably a little at the thought of what laid ahead too!


our boys were such troopers, especially little miles. he slept for 7 hours straight with a few soother plugs! becks fussed every now and again, and i swear my shoulder almost fell off from trying to rock his seat to keep him asleep. aj did awesome, and the dvd player along with a sucker came in mighty handy when the other boys were still sleeping. he's so stinkin cute :)




here are us 2 crazies getting a little adrenalin boost soon after we crossed the border into canada! we watched gilmore girls - well lace listened and drove while i watched. we talked about how we were going to surprise our parents and how we thought they would react. we listened to music and sang some songs to keep the boys happy, and we snacked a lot to keep ourselves awake and all sugared up!



and here's our breakfast stop - mcdonald's baby! becks loved his little high chair, and aj was all about the pancakes with jam cuz they were out of syrup and we.....just loved being out the truck with 3 happy boys even if it only lasted for 1/2 hour!




thankfully, the border was easy, and we didn't run into any traffic jams, and the only deer we saw crossing the road was way ahead of us between fort mcleod and lethbridge :) we made it in under 13 hours, and we were soooo excited to drive down the hill into lethbridge! the boys all managed to sleep for the last hour or so of the trip which was super cute and very exciting for us!




well, beckam didn't really sleep for the full hour, so he got to take advantage of aj snoozin and not using the dvd player. he was loving it and held on to each side of his backyardigan show. we love portable dvd players!



finally - the surprised parents! grandma and grandpa peterson both the best shocked faces ever and just kept asking what we were doing there :) we surprised mona by just waltzing into her work, and darren was coming to get her for lunch, so we surprised him there too. aj didn't disappoint with his awesome hugs, and becks was smiling away so happy to be out of his carseat and so excited to see his grandparents again! they were so excited to see their grandsons and lace and i like to think that they didn't mind that we were there either! my mom broke into tears when she saw the boys all sitting on a blanket in the front yard, and she had scones freshly made like she knew were were starving and coming to visit :) we did a knock and run with her, and it worked out great. we loved the surprise factor, and the parents didn't disappoint us with their reactions! here's my mom and dad with their favoritist and only grandbaby!