Oregon Day 1

9/17
We left at 3 in the morning today to head out to Oregon. We were hoping that the boys would go right back to sleep and I think Zack and Gavin did pretty quick, but Austin was awake until at least 5. They were all up by 7:30 and the fun began. They really did pretty good, other than the torturing of Gavin. We did make the smart choice of investing in a DVD player and that definitely made the trip tolerable. I thought for sure they would all take good long naps, but Zack and Austin didn't sleep at all and Gavin only had a 30 min. nap. After our 13 hour drive of ugly scenery and the roads of Nevada and Oregon that nobody should ever care to see (the last hour or so of Oregon was really pretty, but that was the exception) we finally arrived in Medford, Oregon.

We got to the hotel and everyone was absolutely exhausted! I got all 4 boys to sleep and went and checked out the hotel gym. There is nothing that energizes me or makes me feel better than a good run after being in the car so long. I got back to the room and Gavin had woke up after about 30 min. He was so exhausted that he couldn't settle himself down to sleep. He is such a happy easygoing kid normally that this was definitely not typical behavior for him. We couldn't get him to sleep, but he at least finally settled down after 30 min or so. Aaron went and got pizza and we woke up the boys to eat dinner and then went swimming in the pool. After a little while Zack and Austin started to be a little braver and were having a great time jumping to us. We didn't get any pictures because we are very outnumbered now. Then we all went and crashed in bed. Thank heavens we have such good boys!