Tales of an All-Nighter

Anyone up for a road trip? Anyone?

Well we just took one, and y'all, we are too old for all-nighters.

My niece {the only one from my side of the family} got married this past weekend, so Ryan and I took a little road trip to southwestern Kansas for the festivities!

Here's the fun part. We told my family we were leaving early Thursday morning to arrive that evening, but we secretly decided to leave when Ryan got off work on Wednesday evening and drive all the night long to arrive early Thursday morning and help with reception hall decorations!

My nerdy binder and atlas...

Fuel for the road!

And in a traffic jam before we even left the state.

But look at what we found!!!!!!

Why, yes! That IS a Sonic!!!

We got back on the road and fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinally saw this:

And then this one. {This says Missouri, but it was as blurry as we were starting to feel.}

So it was time for a fuel stop...for us and for the car.

{Worst. Coffee. Ever. by the way. And I'm not a coffee snob.}

We tried to take turns sleeping during the night driving, but we soon learned the last stretch was the toughest. Neither of us could stay awake. At one point, I was singing and blaring air on myself, eating grapes and pinching my leg trying to stay awake. It was awful. {And the entry to Kansas picture proves this!}

We made it to our "soft" destination about two hours before we wanted to arrive at my sister's house, so we took a nap.

It rained, and we found a BEAUTIFUL rainbow!

And this beautiful sight!

Yeah that's Sonic for breakfast, too!

We drove the last half hour and saw this in the rearview mirror. Not comforting in Kansas!

{It was just rain.}

And then it was Operation: surprise the family!

And they were indeed surprised! YAY! Worth the all-nighter drive!!!

And so began our adventures of a wedding weekend!