Almost there

Yesterday was our longest driving day, but it went well.  We left Oklahoma City at 8:30 am and arrived in Flagstaff, AZ at 6:30 pm, local time.  (Sidenote: Arizona does not follow daylight savings time.  From the spring to the fall, they are on PDT, and from the fall to the spring they are on MDT.)  The kids were really good yesterday, and the drive seemed much faster and smoother than Sunday's drive.  Maybe we're just getting in to the driving groove.

Here are a few pictures of the drive through Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.  There's not much to see, and they all kind of look the same.  We can't even tell which is which.  Luckily they have signs when you enter a new state.

Mia has been struggling the most with not getting enough sleep.  She had a screaming fit in the car when we gave everyone a few skittles to eat while they watched a movie.  She wanted to play the skittle game and did not want to be just handed a few skittles.  And then last night she wanted to sleep next to Brian, but it wasn't possible given the hotel room layout.  She screamed for a good 30 minutes before finally falling asleep.  The boys were cute and were humming and singing songs from their bed trying to help her calm down.  This week when we're in a hotel with more than one room she will hopefully be able to get a little more sleep.  

Despite Mia's fits, the kids have been really kind to each other and got another dollar yesterday.   The money is burning a whole in Andrew's pocket.  He wants to spend it at every gumball machine or other machine he sees.  Yesterday in the gas station men's room he saw a machine that he thought sold glow-in-the-dark "rings" and was upset when Patrick wouldn't let him buy one.  Patrick assured him that anything sold in the bathroom was garbage.  

So far, Patrick has been happy to drive the whole way.  His second career might be as a truck driver.

There was a Dairy Queen at one of our gas station stops yesterday, and we all got Blizzards as a special treat.  Brian decided that the Dairy Queen must be married to the Burger King.  He thinks he is hilarious.

Why didn't the jackrabbit cross the road?

While we were driving 80 mph, a jackrabbit tried to cross the road.  It would have made it across safely but it decided to turn back.  It made it underneath the car, jumped up, hitting its head on the undercarriage and landed on the side of the road.  It wasn't run over, and will likely not be run over by another car.  We hope it only suffered a concussion and that the doctors will clear it for another game of frogger.