Road Trip!!

We woke up at 6:15 a.m. and were out the door by 6:45. We stopped by Mickey D's and Starbucks and headed up I-35 North. We decided to rent a Dodge Durango and I'm SO happy we did.....it was extremely roomy...we all had room to spread out and breathe.

We arrived in Grant City, MO at about 9:30...half an hour early. At 10:00 Charlene pulled up in a Red Ford Explorer with our PUPPY in it! We took some candid pics of Sumo, but here are the updated pics off their website (taken yesterday) .

We spent about half an hour cuddling and getting to know Sumo a little bit. He was very shy and quiet (he's only 4 weeks old), and I think he probably weighs about 5 lbs. right now. Charlene said in 4 weeks he'll be about 3x's the size he is now. We're in love!!!

We left Grant City about 10:30, then stopped for lunch about an hour later in Bethany, MO at a place called "Toot Toot"....they had the BEST buffet! It was home style food......we're talking fried chicken, roast beef, turkey, ham, beef and noodles, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, green beans and even more I cannot remember.

After we left Bethany, we hit 35 again and decided to go to an Amish community in the middle of MO called Jamesport, MO. We took pics of the horse drawn carriages and some cows and horses. We stopped at the ONE place in town that was open. A candle/gift shop. We happened to be in town on Sunday, so nothing was open. It was very cool though....to see a way that people live that is competely different than what is normal to us.

After we left Jamesport.....we hit the road and did not stop until we got home about 3:30 p.m. It was a great day. We got to meet our puppy, have a great meal, see another way of life and spend a lot of quality family time.