Well we survive 9+ hours in the van with just Mommy and the kids. We took a lot of stops but we made it in one day. I was presently surprised. Arriving in Caronport meant that we lost Micah within 2 min. Not lost for real, but he found friends before I had even drove across town and was gone for the rest of the evening. I don't anticipate seeing him very much for the rest of the week. We headed to town while he was distracted at a friends house to get him another birthday gift. We had bought him one last week, but Mark hid it somewhere in the house and forgot to tell me where it was before he left for Peru. He flew out at 4:00am yesterday. Which woke up two children, who cried lots. I tucked them back into bed around 5:00 and was pleasantly surprised when they fell back asleep.
We are planning lots of fun with friends this week, and hopefully they won't miss Daddy too much.