August 29

I don't remember exactly when I took this particular photo, but it was sometime during the early stages of our four-plus hour drive to the cabin this evening. And it's representative of the amusing chaos Isaac and Brady brought to the otherwise frustratingly slow ride.

I wasn't super thrilled about the idea of traveling for Labor Day, since I was out of town last weekend as well, but I relented since I knew Adam really wanted us to spend some time at his parents' cabin.

So we set off on our typically two and a half hour trip just after Isaac's guitar lesson ended at 5:30. And an hour later, we'd traveled a whopping three miles, thanks to a brush fire that closed down the freeway earlier in the day. 

It would've been a mundane, annoying experience had these two boys of mine not been along for the ride. They joked and goofed around and sang songs and generally acted like lunatics. And somehow, that lunacy helped to lift my mood. 

So for their special brand of crazy, I am grateful.