Vacation Post #1....And We're Off!

Finally, June 17th arrived...our vacation departure date! Matt had to go to meetings in the morning so I spent the morning finishing packing and cleaning the house. My friend Jeanne graciously watched our 3 kiddos at her place for a few hours so I could accomplish much. Matt was able to get out of work a little earlier than expected so we completed the loading process and headed to Jeanne's to pick up the kids and be on our way. Here we are....ready to go! We left Montgomery County, MD at 1pm.
Our plan was to have picnic lunches (and in this case, dinner) at a park along the way so that the kids could expend some energy. Just past Wheeling, WV we made our first stop to get gas and then proceeded to find a park/playground where the kids could play. Well some 40 minutes later we finally arrived at a very nice park in Bethesda, Ohio! The kids enjoyed the playtime while Mom made dinner. Daddy captured the play time with the camera.
The Park:

Madison and Jason:

Carson giving us a "I'm so happy to be out of the car" smile!

A great shot of all three before sliding down the slides.

Enjoying the picnic.

Within the hour we were back in the car utilizing our GPS to get us back to the interstate. We were able to make up a little time and we didn't stop again until we arrived at our destination in Montgomery County, Ohio at 9:40pm....Comfort Suites, Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio.

We checked in, gave the kids baths, and got them into bed around 11pm. I think they were finally asleep around 11:30pm!