Our Little Holiday

For the 4th, we took a roadtrip to Columbia, MO to visit Justin's parents, Grant, Brei & kids, Uncle Jim & Vicky who were in town and Grandpa Berkley. It was a nice weekend and pretty relaxing. I do not care much for road trips with our baby girl, but it is what it is. We didn't go see fireworks because I was going back and forth about trying to take Haylie, so we ended up sitting on the front porch and listening to fireworks going off around us and tree frogs on a warm summer night. Pure bliss.

Trying to jailbreak the crib.

Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!!

Smokin' a spatula

4 wheelers! I got the Big Daddy and Justin got the Tiny Tot. This was my first time to do this and was so much fun. Spiderwebs and all.

Big grins...this is a little creepy, but we'll keep her anyway.

Matchy matchy - Grandpa Berkley & Haylie coordinating.

A new hat/toy from Aunt Brei.

The cousins. Jagger was loving on Haylie the whole weekend.

Eating at the grossest & dirtiest DQ left in Oklahoma. Luckily for Justin and I, only Haylie ate...and thankfully it was what we brought for her.

Story of the Trip:

Friday night we were traveling to Columbia. It was about 9:30 or 10 when suddenly Justin goes, "Oh crap." Not knowing what's going on he suddenly exits and slows down. He then tells me that he just passed a cop and was going a wee bit more than the speed limit. He thought the cop was following us, but to throw him off guard, Justin thought he would exit. Then he says to me, "I need to find a gas station." Riiight. We have half a tank left and are in the middle of nowhere. So Justin quickly turns right at the end of the ramp at the stop sign. We then find ourselves...on a deserted back road. No gas station, no restaurants, nothing. We. Are. Caught. The cop miraculously saw us exit and is following us, sans lights. So Justin eventually pulls over and flashes his lights as if to say, go around us. Like the cop is going to do that. So the cop flips on his lights and we are officially pulled over. The cop comes up to the window and asks for J's license. The cop says that he pulled us over for not using a turn signal at the top of the hill at the stop sign. Justin, thinking quickly, says, "I'm really sorry but we were trying to find a bathroom [wasn't it just a gas station??] and I really have to go. Can I just use these woods?" So the cop says, "Well let me run your license and then you can go." He eventually comes back with J's license and says we are only getting a warning and to use our turn signal next time. Justin asks, "Can I go to the bathroom now?" The cop says, "Yes, let me turn around and then you can do your thing." So he gets back in his patrol car and turns around and Justin goes out to go "pee." Comes back in the car, we whip a U-ie and breathe a sigh of relief. We definitely used our turn signal getting back on the highway.