Thanksgiving with the Jolley's

We thought that since this year my brother and his family lived in Sidney, Montana that we would spend it with them. On Wednesday we loaded the van after the kids got out of school at noon. Keith's sister had came from Laramie for Thanksgiving to spend it with her dad, so we saw her and her son for about an hour then left. It is always fun to take the kids on a trip. We hear we are bored, she is touching me, or my favorite I have to go the bathroom. Riding with 5 girls you would think that it is one of them, but no it is are little boy Aaron that is 3. We got to Sidney about 8:00 and then the kids want to play with their cousins not go to bed. We got them all settles down about 11:00 and at least in the places where they were going to be sleeping.
We wake up early on Thursday morning because Gary (my brother) gets a call that he needs to go to work. Well Keith took the time off from his work and went there and was put to work by my brother. My brother owns his own company so he is on call 24 hours a day. They both worked and Kate and I made dinner for us and the kids. We were just getting ready to eat then they called and said that they would be home in a little bit. We waited for them and had a great Thanksgiving dinner with them and some of my brothers employees. We had a great day. Keith and Gary had to work again the next day so Kate and I went to Williston, ND to shop for black friday. On Saturday we took all of the kids bowling and then went back to the house to relax. We are leaving to come home tomorrow and the kids can't wait to get home. Keith and I are ready to be back to but are not looking forward to the ride with the kids. If any of you have good ideas about traveling with kids I would love to hear what works for you.