Monday, May 16, 2011

Our Long Drive to...

FLORIDA!
It actually wasn't to bad... we left Wednesday afternoon and drove to Alberquerque, NM then continued the next day to Shreveport, LA and then Friday we finished the trek and arrived to the Amberson residence at 10:30 p.m.! Carter did absolutely amazing the only time he wanted to be out of his carseat was 3 hours left of our trip so from a 36 hour drive that's pretty dang good! Of course we stopped everytime he needed to eat so total trip time was longer than 36 hours!
Here is our mirror than let us keep an eye on him from the front seat and was actually really helpful so a great purchase on our part!
Carter's first stay in a hotel room!
This is at one of our stops in Mississippi... he is so happy to be out of the carseat and up with Mom and Dad!
McKay got to spend Saturday and Sunday with us then headed down Monday morning to Orlando to start his internship... which was May 9th! He then was actually able to come back up Wednesday and Thursday of that week to visit again and but left Thursday afternoon to get back to do some homework believe it or not! He has been down ever since but will be able to come up this Saturday and Sunday the 21st and 22nd to play for a bit! We are looking forward to that!
A little about his experience so far...
The events they had this past weekend were the Special Olympics which he said was neat and the Florida Ironman! This week so far he has just been doing educational classes and taking field trips. He is the only Mormon out of 14 interns and has already had a chance to be a missionary and share the gospel which I think is awesome for him to be able to do! Hopefully he can continue to share with those around him!

2 comments:

Kim said...

Wow!!! You guys are brave. At least Carter is still young enough to sleep almost the whole time! Glad you made it safe. How long will you guys be there for?

Shanley said...

How exciting! That is such a neat opportunity for you guys to meet new people and gain new experiences. I hope you have a blast this summer!!!