On the road again... I can wait!

Well, we began our week on the road. Daniel had school in Marietta on Monday, so we arose - quite early - and rode to Marietta with him. We dropped him off at school and met his cousin Heather at McDonalds. She has a 3 year old, Caleb. So, the kids played a while at McD's and we ate breakfast. Then, we rode to a local park. It had to be the best park I've ever been to. Wish we had one like that in this area. It had several play things - one for each age group. It had a merry-go-round, bouncy things, swings, etc. There were also walking trails and a creek. The kids had a great time wading in the creek. We left the park and went to Heather's house. The kids played outside while Heather fixed lunch and I fed Andrew. After eating lunch, we had to go back to the school to pick up Daniel.
We left Marietta and headed to Madison. Not as long of a trip as I had anticipated. (only about an hour) We dropped Daniel off at Source Of Light Ministries International, where he is a member of the board. He had board meeting Monday afternoon and most of the day Tuesday. The kids and I checked in to a hotel. (w/an indoor pool). We swam a while and then Stephen got quite bored. He doesn't care much for swimming. Daniel came back about 5:00 and we got ready for a banquet.
Gaga and papa got there about 5:45 to stay with the kids while we went to our banquet. They enjoyed swimming with Gaga and Papa and eating pizza. Andrew had a few quiet moments with Gaga in the room.
Tuesday - was quite long. Daniel's meeting lasted longer than planned. The kids and I went to Wal-Mart, got lunch, ate at the park and played. We showed up to pick Daddy up at 2:00 but he didn't get done until 4:00. So, the kids got bored. They did fairly well under the circumstances, though. We left at 3:00 to get icecream and then went back to get daddy.
We arrived back home just in time for Upward practice. So - busy couple of days - but at least we were able to be together. The joy of homeschooling is we can pick up and go when we need or want to w/out missing school. So, glad this door is open for us - although - I would like to SLAM it shut every now and then.