Diaper Blowouts & Jesus Praises: Our Gloriously Messy Trip Home

I got home yesterday, but I was a bit tired! So today, I wanted to let you know about our travels!

Travel included loads of "fun"

• 10 million (give or take) cops

• Several crashes (not us, thank You, Jesus)

• 1 epic diaper blowout

• Warp-speed through Atlanta, and

• Loud praise music... because JESUS carried us home!

After a sweet getaway with my granddaughter, great granddaughters and Mark, the journey home was - let's just say - a memory maker!

We kicked things off with Cracker Barrel breakfast! Man, the pancakes were delish! I got two, but I only got to eat one. You guessed it, PennyP and Gwenny enjoyed everyone's breakfast but their own! But this Granny is always ready and willing to share! Comfort food = road trip fuel!

So we had breakfast... then

• one quick trip for gas

• I squeezed in my online class on the road (because learning waits for no road trip)

• PennyP made her very own tablet video (future filmmaker alert!)

• Mark powered us through torrential rain and standing water like a champion

• Gwenny had an epic diaper blowout! I mean EPIC!

• We stopped for a quick Arby's Dinner!

• Courtney drove us through Atlanta at Warp 10 (seriously, I'm still recovering. She would simply say, "but did you die?" ;) )

• After the diaper incident, Gwenny slept like a peaceful angel in the middle of our chaos

• PennyP (AKA M&M Monster) snacked her way home!

• And... through it all, we cranked up the worship music and sang sour hearts out to Jesus!

Just a few things to note about our trip!

• We ate way too many M&Ms

• We ate way too many Hershey's Nuggets (milk chocolate of course)

• We drank way too much lemonade (the raspberry lemonade was the best)

• We didn't drink NEARLY enough water!

• 1 very upset stomach, 2 headaches, and tons of memories made!

Despite the mess, the chaos, and the sugar overload... JESUS!

He was in every mile, every giggle, every rainstorm, and every exhausted, joy-filled moment.

I'm rolling back into reality tired, sticky and a little bit over-sugared ~ but, with a full heart!

These are the messy, beautiful days that remind me how sweet life really is.

Now, excuse me while I collapse... right into the arms of my sweet husband. Wait... I meant Jackson the cat. NO, I mean KEVIN. Totally meant Kevin!

With love from the middle seat and a half empty lemonade cup,

Melissa