It's 5.30am and nobody slept in the house! Apart from Paddy, who seemed have his best night ever tucked in between his Grandma and Grandpa! Managed to break the hard drive with the iTunes on, so we only have a very limited playlist on the iPod which is disappointing after spending so long sorting the playlists out, but hey ho! One more thing to mend when we're back!! So it was suitcases in the boot, an emotional goodbye to Mum and the Dogs and we are away, on r...

So here we are, in the lead up to our epic road trip across the American 'Mother Road', tense with expectation, excited to finally be venturing on our honeymoon almost a year after tying the knot. But it's so much more than Route 66. To call it just that would be a slight injustice! It's a journey of over 5000 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles, via The Grand Canyon, Las Vegas and hopefully Death Valley. But also a journey along the Pacific Coast Highway from S...

At last, the long awaited day has come!! We made it in very good time - no first class upgrade at the check-in, dammit! We are currently sat waiting for the gate to open, which the lady at the desk warned us is a million miles away! So getting the running shoes ready...... So the battle of the suitcases? Jo came in the winner with a mere 20.1KG and mine a close 20.3KG!! So loads of space for goodies! Next time we blog will hopefully be in New Zealand - or m...

Less than 24 hours to go until we start our trip... Things are getting a little tense and nervous in the house! I have completed my packing, final home weigh in at 19.2KG with much thanks to Rebekah for her input... I promise I didn't put the stripy top back in!!  or I might have  Am waiting in anticipation to see how much more has sneaked into Jo's case while I've been gone at hockey today! Much like she is probably waiting in anticipation to see whether ...

Today was the trial run for packing for our trip.... We set out with a mountain of clothes and accessories and managed to pack them into every nook and cranny in both cases.... The time for the first weight test came and once realising you can't use scales on carpet as they absorb all the weight (thought 7st was a bit light!!) we figured out how much we had over-packed by. Jo's first effort - 32kg! Only 9kg to loose.... Claire's first effort - 21kg! Yes! An ex...