Road Trip

We just returned back from a weekend road trip to Portland where we watched Daddy play 6 games of soccer.  To be honest, Carmen and I only attended 4 of the 6 games and I probably watched a total of 10 minutes of those 4 games combined.  I was busy chasing Miss Carmen up and down the field as she enthusiastically introduced herself to anyone who would pay attention to her.  She would wave, walk up and say 'hi' and blow kisses.  She quickly made friends with all of the dogs and enjoyed giving them all 'gentle touches', especially a bull dog named Gordo.  Carmen also enjoyed picking lots and lots of flowers (dandelions) and saving them for Daddy when she would proudly present them to him at the end of each game. 

Carmen was thoroughly spoiled--she loved eating out and getting crayons and ordering off the kids menu and was able to stay up way past her bed time each night and watch TV in bed.  She got to sleep with us in the big king-sized bed; she certainly got much better rest than we did as she was sleeping horizontally or sometimes upside down.  One night Daddy even slept with his head almost on the nightstand as Carmen had him squished and hanging off the side of the bed.

All and all it was a great weekend away. We had one hiccup where we encountered a dead battery that was so bad we couldn't even get the car jumped.  Hooray for AAA!  We waited only 30 minutes for help to arrive and were presented with a brand new battery and we were off.  It was fun spending the holiday weekend as a family and Carmen was quite the car trooper.  She slept most of the way there and back and happily munched on way too many snacks, which kept her occupied, when she was awake. But, with Lamby as her travel companion, she was a happy camper and so were we!