# of precious Godchildren: 1 (Thomas)
# of miles travelled: about 5,000 (most by plane, lots by car)
# of hours between CA time and TX time: 2 (such a problem for kids who ALREADY GET UP AT 6 AM)
# of questions Sam asked about the flight and driving over the mountains and, well, everything: 6,403,122 (approximately)
# of knock-knock jokes Catie told: 6 trillion (probably an exaggeration. maybe not).
# of times Elisabeth reminded us she’s not Ellie: (many)
# of inches of snow we drove through in the mountains, while trying to catch our flight: about 2 (ughhh)
# of hours Nate slept in his borrowed crib: maybe 3 (over three nights. and I’m being generous)
# of hours M. worked the day before we left: about 19 (which left the packing to me and the kids so our bags were filled with a combination of toothbrushes and bathing suit cover ups. Hmmm.)
# of bottles of wine we bought at our winery stop: 6 (did I mention the craziness of our week preceding the trip AND 4,000 miles with 4 kids?)
Seeing wonderful friends in their beautiful home?
You guessed it…
priceless.
