Oatman!

After much begging and pleading on Scott's part, I finally agreed to spend my first day of vacation making a turn around trip out to Bullhead City in order to pick up Matthew so he could spend Thanksgiving with us. That was a long day of driving! And, of course, Emma did NOT want to stay home with Grandma. She wanted to "come with Mommy for a long long long long long LONG drive to get Matt-hew!" So off we went... Emma, Scott, myself, and even an extra lil stowaway, since TJ wanted to tag along too. The 2 little ones were actually surprisingly well behaved, especially since it was over 3 1/2 hours each way. We stopped once at a rest stop on the way out and drove straight through on the way home. They just read, played with toys, listened to music, ate snacks, and Scott even brought his portable dvd player, which turned out to be a godsend on the way home as it was already dark outside and it kept them entertained. We decided to take a little detour on the way home and checked out Oatman, which is a little old town out in the middle of the desert where donkeys wander as free as could be through the streets. Emma was a bit unsure of the donkeys as they came right up INTO out car as we were getting out, but she got used to them after a bit. She was more of a fan of petting than feeding though. Can't say I blame her... those are some big chompers coming towards her little hand! It was neat to see this place and the kids seemed to really enjoy Oatman!