Shop 'Til You Drop- Final Post

(this picture was actually taken on the way up, but I forgot to post it and I figured it was too cute to leave out)
Okay, so I am pretty sure everyone is tired of hearing about our trip, but we were going then entire time we were gone, so there was a lot to tell! Tuesday morning we didn't really have any concrete plans and had just decided to play it by ear, and it actually turned out to be a good thing as Mrs. Dot got sick and stayed sick all night and day. So Mom, Leslie, Aunt Robin, Ashley, Samantha, Ava, and myself all decided to go shopping again (go figure- as if we hadn't already done enough). Mom and I had been wanting to stop by Macy's since we don't have one here, so off we went. We were only gone a couple of hours, but it gave Mrs. Dot some peace and quiet since we all know 7 girls together cannot be quiet, no matter how hard they try. After lunch, we came back and loaded up the van to leave. When I say loaded up- I mean loaded up. We had stuff crammed in every spare spot as evidence by this picture:

Remember all the space I had previously posted about in a mini-van- yeah, well we are obviously going to have to put restrictions on the size and amount of luggage- just like the airlines, because we didn't know if we would be able to get it all back home. Keep in mind, this picture is from the very back seat looking forward, what you can't see is the storage compartments underneath each middle seat and the very back of the van- Kinda sad isn't? :)

Even Ava's space seemed a little crammed- but that could be partly due to the fact that every time she saw a toy she wanted to hold it and we were not in any kind of mood to have a fussy baby on the 6-7 hour trip home- in our minds- she could have whatever she wanted. After I took this picture, I did strip away all the things in her carseat so she could be a little more comfortable.