Driving + ice = bad

Our trip to Michigan last week was definitely not what one would call "smooth sailing." We couldn't leave until the 23rd because Eli was getting his RSV vaccine that morning (which technically wasn't due until the 24th but the nurse didn't want to have to come on Christmas Eve). So after she came we packed everything up but unfortunately we didn't get on the road until 3:30 in the afternoon. As all of you probably remember that was the day we had freezing rain here in good ol' Kentucky. It just started to rain as we left the house and the roads were pretty slick by time we got on New Circle Road. After fighting through traffic we finally made it to the I-75 on-ramp only to find it had been closed due to an accident. So we turned around and used our trusty GPS to get us to another on-ramp. About 1 1/2 hours later we finally get on I-75 - hallelujah! Well, not too much later we came to a halt. After sitting - actually it is best described as parking - on the freeway for over 2 hours we learn that the freeway has been closed due to the ice and numerous accidents and we wouldn't be allowed to go until it started to thaw. So we sit and we wait, and we sit and wait, and we sit and wait some more. Finally we see brake lights, engines roar, and we start moving! After 6 1/2 hours we made it approximately 40 miles north of Lexington! Holy cow! Out of sheer exuberance of actually moving we decide to contine our drive and finally we stopped at a rinky dink motel just south of Dayton. We didn't pull into my parents driveway until about 12:30pm the next day. So our 6 1/2 hour drive to Michigan turned into a 21 hour drive to Michigan. Yikes! Luckily our drive home was nothing to write home about - well except the fact that I had a mild fever and felt pretty crappy the whole ride home. All in all, I am not excited to make that trip again anytime soon...would you consider February soon? Stay tuned for pictures from Noah and Eli's Baby Blessing this Sunday. We are super excited to have the entire family here. Aaron's parents haven't seen the babies since they were in the hospital.