We were on the road again by 8am, plenty of time to arrive by lunch in Marysville (a mere 3 hours away). We called Mark and Jennifer and let them know where we were and when to expect us. I was way off. It didn't help that we had crossed time zones and I couldn't remember if I had switched the clocks accordingly. We had to stop 4 times and let the kids run around because all of us were so tired of our nomadic lifestyle at that point we could only bear an hour in the car at a time. Walmart made for some decent leg-stretching time. The boys played in the toy section for a good hour. We finally made the last leg of our trip and were at Mark and Jen's house by 2:30. They had big warm hugs, smiles, and pizza there waiting for us. We hadn't decided yet whether or not we'd be staying the night, but after a few hours of amazing conversation and relaxation we were set on staying. We talked about politics and finances, military life. ...