Day 8 -- Saturday, June 1

We spent the morning and early afternoon back at Jake and Diane's, with a little party to celebrate Mackenzie's graduation and Ryder's 2nd birthday. After some more fun pool time, and running around in the yard, lunch and cake, it was time to start heading home. We had some tired kids and Conor had started to get car sick on some of the previous legs of the trip, so we were hoping that the more he could sleep in the car, the less sick he would feel.

We stopped at a few Czech gift shops in honor of my heritage but didn't find any great souvenirs to buy and the lines were way to long to buy some of their foods and bakery goods for the four of us who were just ready to get home.

 We did make a stop in Dallas to meet up with my friend Nikki, from PA school, and her two kids, Caleb and Emma. Our kids get to see each other every couple of years and I love reconnecting with their family when we can. We chatted while we grabbed dinner and the kids played in the play place at Chick-Fil-A (had to stop there while we could!)

 Funny faces!

The plan was to continue driving for several hours and stop somewhere near the halfway point home for an overnight hotel, but God bless my husband who was on a roll and able to continue driving straight through the night until about 6 am and by then I was able to take over for the last three or four hours and we had almost a full day at home to recover, unpack, do laundry, and rest up for our return to work/school on Monday. A fun trip full of special family memories!