We made it back and survived! Ian and Reed are such great travelers, especially given their ages. The trip was absolutely amazing, we saw so much, and made memories I will never forget... and hopefully Ian, too! It was exhausting, I'm not gonna lie. The travel and flights there and back were so long, I didn't do the math but it was probably 22 hours of travel time with layovers in London both ways. Good news is Ian can watch the iPad for hours on end, and Reed slept most of the time... after some work on the way back (he was so tired it took about an hour to get my fussy baby to finally fall asleep!). The time change was another challenge - 9 hours time difference. It took about a week to adjust once we got to Eruope, and about 5 days once we got back. I feel like I could write a book about traveling with children!!

But besides all that, we had a great time. We spent the first 7 days in Copenhagen, Denmark. We rented a great apartment that was close to everything. It was great to stay in one place for so long till everyone got adjusted to the new time. Our apartment also had a playground in the back so it was perfect for the kids! We bought a Copenhagen card that covered access to the bus, metro, and numerous museums in town. We took Ian to the aquarium, children's museum, a dinosaur museum and the 2nd oldest amusement park in the world - Trivloi Gardens!

My sister and her family and my mom and dad flew out the last few days we were there. We met up each day and then all headed on a train to Germany. We stayed in Germany for 5 days and enjoyed the countryside! We visited my dad's old neighbor and childhood friend, Casten. He still lives next door with his wife, and his son and his family. They are such great people, so welcoming and great hosts, it was a great experience. They also have grandchildren, so they had so much for the kids to play with on our visits! Next we drove to The Netherlands. Stopped off for 2 nights in the CUTEST little canal town, Dokkum. It was such a cute place, perfect for a couple night's stay. Then our final destination was outside of Amsterdam. It was a nice bed and breakfast house in a little weird hippy community of different rentals. But it was a short 20 minute drive into the city, which Wade and I did two days. And on the final day we visited a local castle.

Here are some of my favorite pictures from my camera, to see the entire album, click here!