The Un-Road Trip
I can't even believe we are half way through July and starting the downhill slide to "back to school." {And yes -- I'm using air quotes because who knows what that's even going to look like!} Our summer thus far as continued on in much the same vein as the past 3 or 4 months, with one notable exception -- a trip out west to see family! Watching a beautiful sunrise was perhaps the only perk of leaving at 5 in the morning. Since I wasn't able to go to my dad's graveside service this March (and neither was one other sibling), we decided months ago that we would all gather together this summer to have a little memorial in his honor. With his birthday falling on July 1st, we figured that would be the perfect time for all of us to travel out there. Even though we just did a road trip out to Utah last summer, no one was upset about making another one THIS summer. And I think I have to call this year's adventure an UN-road trip, anyway, s...