Say cheese....

We left our cozy spot and in Fargo and headed out bright and early headed for Wisconsin on Day 4 and Ohio on day 5. We passed through Minnesota and Illinois and Indiana too - no offense to the Ohioans, Indianan, Minnesotans, and whatever you call people from Wisconsin, but we both agreed unless we are changing planes in Minneapolis or Eli is a quarterback for the Vikings we will probably not be going back to those parts.

No Buffalo roaming the rest stops, or magical mountain views.  We did manage to have a great view of this from our Wisconsin home for the evening!

But, the next best view from those bunch of states was sadly this, which made for a long ride for all.

We did see Chicago, but Eli was in an intense session of Cut the Rope on my phone, and Anna Grace was actually nodding off, so you can all go Google images of the Sears Tower and let's call it good!

Erik and I are not yet sure if it's a result of a superior parenting style, or the fact that our children are so used to being as bored as one could be riding in a car for 8 hours, but, no matter - these children are awesome. There were very few tears, an average amount of "just because I said so"s,  and everyone slept for at least 6 hours a night. I consider that above average for any road trip let alone a cross country trek strapped down listening to your mom's Glee soundtracks hour after hour.

More to come....