Girlie Summer Roadtrip

July is going to be AWESOME.  Can't you tell?  I've been briefly mentioning the upcoming road trip, but I haven't really explained it.  Basically, our good friends - Zarrin & Josh - are getting married(!) on July 27 on Prince Edward Island in Canada.  And, my cousin Bridget & my Aunt Cindy (plus Bridget's husband, Andy, her soon-to-be one-year-old daughter, Kinley, and my little cousin, McCain) wanted to visit some cities they've never been to with us Samimi girls!  Therefore, here is our general plan for our roadtrip:

1. Mom, Emily, Amber, & I drive to my mom's bff from college's house in the D.C. area.  The Texas crew flies in, we all explore D.C..  People to visit: Nazy & John, Shiva, anyone else who wants to see us.  Dates: 7/16-7/20.
2. Emily has to fly back to Michigan for her responsibilities at Louhelen somewhere during that time.
3. We rent a second vehicle and drive to NYC together.  Hit up everything we want to see in 2.5 days: Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty, Times Square (during the day & night), Central Park, & Broadway (Aunt Cindy & McCain are seeing The Lion King; Amber, Bridget, Andy, & I are seeing Newsies; mom is babysitting Kinley).  People to visit: Mona, Mojdeh, Pedram, anyone else who wants to see us.  Dates: 7/20-7/23.
4. Bridget, Andy, & Kinley fly back to Texas from NYC.
5. Mom, Aunt Cindy, Amber, McCain, & I travel on to Boston.  See a few fun sites still TBD.  People to visit: Vaders.  Dates: 7/23-7/24.
6. We then travel to Greenacre to visit my cousin & her family who are visiting from China.  After spending a couple hours with them, we travel on the Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.).  At this point we will need to either rent a second car or a bigger car since Emily will be joining us on the island.  Date: 7/25.
7. On P.E.I., we will visit the Anne of Green Gables touristy stuff, walk along the beach, maybe do one of those old antique photos.  Emily arrives via airplane early in the morning on the 26th.  Then we'll party hardy at Zarrin & Josh's wedding!  Dates: 7/25-7/28.
8. Amber has to be back at Greenacre on the 28th for a conference she is attending.  We will zoom back from P.E.I.  Date: 7/28.
9. Aunt Cindy & McCain fly out bright and early Sunday morning for Texas.  Date: 7/29.
10. Mom & Emily will drive back home, leaving me in Boston.  Date: 7/29 or 7/30 - TBD.
11. I get to spend a full week in Boston with my sisters-in-law, brother-in-law (can I call Dave that? He's my sister-in-law's husband....not sure what that makes him...), and my niece & nephew.  Fun will be had.  The first weekend in August we will hopefully be doing a girls' getaway, even if it's just to Jaleh's apartment. :)  Dates: 7/29-8/6.
12. I finally get to ride a train in the U.S.A.!  I'm really excited about checking this off my bucket list (if I had a bucket list, this would be on it).  I've traveled via train in the Netherlands, but not here in the U.S. and it's something I wanted to do as a kid but it hasn't happened yet...until 2012. ;)  Heading home to my wonderful husband for a good two weeks before classes start back up.  Date: 8/6.

Pretty exciting [and complicated] stuff, right?  I'm sure you're wondering what Kyle will be doing during all this madness.  He will be working.  And hopefully enjoying his freedom in the evenings & on weekends.  And perhaps even blogging about what he's doing! ;)