Gratitude Challenge 2011 Day 10 and 15: Traveling Mercies and Friends Who are Like Family

Today I begin my "catch-up" posts

for the Gratitude Challenge 2011

by thanking God for his 

traveling mercies...

Last Wednesday, around 8:00pm,

our family packed up...

...our trusty Honda Odyssey and headed to

Indianapolis, IN.

We arrived around 2:00am,

ready to spend the night at Nana and Papa's house.

This was about the halfway point

to our wedding destination...

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I'm glad we had...

...Minnie to guide our way into Michigan.

Also...

...having some of the comforts of home

helped keep the kiddos entertained...

 Favorite movies, comfy pillows...

...and toys can make any long trip seem shorter!

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The weather on the first day of travel...

...and into the beginning of the next was good for travel,

but look...

 ...how quickly...

...it all...

...can change!

The snow really didn't cause any major problems,

other than riling up the kiddos a bit.

(We do not see snow but once or twice a year

in Tennessee,

so snow in November is a BIG DEAL!)

I am SO GRATEFUL for the Lord's

traveling mercies!

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I also want to express my gratitude for...

...our WONDERFUL traveling companions.

(This is a pic of of friends at the wedding-

sadly, the Daddy couldn't make the trip

due to his job.)

We met up with them in Anderson, Indiana

on the second day of our travels,

and had to switch around the kiddos

for more traveling fun...

Us Mommies rode in a car with the boys,

and my SWEET, PATIENT husband took the other

car, which contained four giggly girls...

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These friends are like family to us,

so having them at the wedding with us made

EVERYTHING more enjoyable,

like...

Eating on the Road

Eating at the Rehearsal Dinner

Eating at the Reseption

(Um, yeah, we eat a lot...)

Conversation

(amidst the occasional nap)

 Break Dancing...

...and doing the Cha-Cha Slide at the Reception

 Trying to Catch the Bouquet

Serenading the Bride

Yup,

we are all so grateful for...

...our family friends!

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Check out more attitudes of gratitude

over at the 

Gratitude Challenge 2011...