Road Trip to Minnesota

James, Mom and Dad loaded up the minivan last Thursday to go and visit James' sister Venessa, and her husband Jeremy, in Minnesota. The original plan was for the visit to happen on Tuesday but due to severe weather the trip had to be delayed. This did not go over very well with James. He was adamant that "We are going on Tuesday, NOT Thursday!" A trip to the grocery store on Wednesday for a bag of cheese balls and his favorite pop in preparation for the car ride seemed to calm him down a little.

Thursday morning James was more than ready to go and packed the back of the minivan full of blankets, pillows, movies, his chess board and anything else he could think of to pile in. He patiently waited most of the morning in the back of the van until it was time to leave.

Mom, Dad and James arrived at Venessa's house before she got home from work. James quickly made himself at home. He found a spot on the couch, brought in his blanket, pillow and cheese balls, set up his chess board and ordered The Karate Kid from the satellite. James made himself so comfortable that he removed his socks. This would normally not be an issue but Venessa's dog, Lambeau,  loves socks! It took James awhile to figure out who was taking his socks and he had to search several hiding places throughout the evening.

For dinner we had to order pepperoni pizza (and breadsticks!!!)  from Papa John's pizza because James would have it no other way. This will likely continue for years to come. Hopefully Papa John's never goes out of business!