Day1 (Friday July1) of block leave...headed home sweet home

Jason had to work on Friday (7/1) morning so I took Clayton to school and got busy cleaning the house packing and getting the car ready to head out as soon as he got home. Of course things never work out like you imagine and Friday morning was no different! Charlotte was being a pooper. I'm not sure if she sensed that something was going on or what but she was super needy and very whiney...looking back I think she is going through a growth spurt and therefore hungry ALL THE TIME!! I was pretty much done when Jason got home much later than he thought he would and then he realized that he needed a haircut and some stuff from the PX so that set us back yet again. We finally got on the road around 4:30 headed to Las Vegas.
We drove to Vegas the night before our flight and planned on leaving our car there while we were in GA so I needed to find a hotel that would let us leave the car on there property for no cost. It being 4th of July weekend I knew the big casinos would be packed and super expensive! But I found an off the strip hotel that had a "sleep and park" option for just few more dollars than just sleeping. Homewood Suites at the airport is my new favorite place to stay if we are not looking for the casino feel and lets face it with children that is always a good option! Anyway...on the way there we stopped at Arby's had some dinner and arrived at the airport in just enough time to unpack everything and get the kiddos bathed...

 I had the hardest time with this but still insisted on pictures from Jason instead of help : )

 ...and in bed.

They didn't have cribs so we improvised. She lasted about 2 hours and ended up on my chest so needless to say it was not a success!!

We had decided to unpack everything because there was a shuttle that would take us to the airport but after thinking about how hard it would be to take 4 people, a car seat, a double stroller, 4 suitcases and 4 carry-ons on this shuttle with who knows who else we were not feeling it. Plus it only left at the top of the hour and with the kids we were worried we were not going to make it and then have to wait another hour and risk missing the our flight. We set our alarms for 4 am and hit the sack.