Family Trip to Coeur d' Alene

Thursday, July 31st - Journey Begins
Leave at 3:00 PM? Ha?! When, in the history of the Murphy or Jepsen family, have we ever left on time?! James and I travel frequently, so we both were thinking we could pack and go in just a few minutes (since we can do that ourselves for a business trip). I'm here to tell you, it doesn't translate. Plus, it doesn't help if you continue to take calls from your co-workers throughout the afternoon while you "pack". More like throw crap into suitcases while thinking to myself "geez, I really have no clue how to pack for a trip where I am not wearing suits." And then the whole exercise of trying to keep track of a lot of things that you need to pack (Kenna's stuff, toys, DVDs, swim suits, etc...) while talking on the phone to more work people.

So, a cool 2 hours later, we were on our way. Lovely. 5PM traffic to start our trip off right. And James and I were both exhausted from lack of sleep the last couple of nights. But we survived the horrible northbound I-15 traffic and drove all the way to "Butt" Montana.

Side note...I tried to convince Kenna for hours that we were going to a place called Butt Montana. She kept saying "Mom, we are not going to Butt Montana." I felt like my dad - those are the kind of jokes he would tell us. I remember a book - a Chinese Little Red Riding Hood called "Lon Po Po". He would say "Long Poo Poo" instead of the real title and my sister and I would pitch fits and say "Dad, it's Lon Po Po". So I'm turning into my father I guess.