"Hi Mom and Dad!" I chirped as my parents entered the house, and grinned.

"Hi, Kaylene! You seem unusually happy suddenly." my mom said. "Did something happen while we were gone?"

"Yup! Ask Eep and Guy about it." I said.

"You're about to get even happier. I got a call from Aunt Julie while we were out, and she said we could come tomorrow!" As Mom spoke, my eyes had widened to the size of dinner plates.

"Really?" I breathed. "What wonderful news! Oh, forget holding back the excitement!" I let out a shriek of pure glee. Naturally, everyone else came running, except for Khloe, who had already been "attacking" Mom and Dad.

Aunt Julie is obviously our aunt. She's married to our Uncle Bob, they have two boys and one girl, the girl is Brynn and is a year older than Klara, one boy is named Nolan and is a few months younger than me, and the other boy is Rylan, and he's a year older than me. They live in Minnesota, while we live in Wisconsin. It's about a six hour drive to get there. When we get together, everybody knows they're going to get spied on by Rylan, Nolan, Kyla and I.

"What's going on?" Kyla looked ready for anything, from a bear to a marshmallow. I almost never scream, and when I do, nobody can tell why.

"We're going to Rylan and Nolan's house tomorrow!" I screeched again.

"AWESOME!" Kyla ran off to pack, Klara following.

"Wait a minute, what about Guy and Eep?" I had no idea what was going to happen to them.

"They're coming, too." Dad said.

"Who is Aunt Julie, Rylan and Nolan?" Eep asked.

"Aunt Julie is our aunt, and Rylan and Nolan are our cousins. We have another cousin named Brynn, and an uncle named Bob."

"This is gonna be so fun!..." Naturally, Eep was already getting excited.

"So, you guys can sit here and here..." I gestured to two seats where Eep and Guy would sit. My parents would obviously be in the front, Eep and Guy would be in the backseat, and Kyla, Klara and I would be in the way back.

"But we want to sit by you!" When Eep said this, naturally, I was flattered.

"I suppose we could change the seating arrangements..." I said, and re-did the plans in my mind. "OK. Kyla and Klara will be here," I gestured to the back seats of our minivan, "and we can sit in the way back. It's going to be a little crammed, though."

Finally, we were on our way, with me in the middle of the way back seat, and Guy on one side, Eep on the other.

"Hey, Kaylene, what does the fox say?" Kyla was prone to asking annoying questions randomly.

"What?" I had learned to just roll with it, and I pulled out some crocheting.

"Ring-ding-ding..." I just tuned her out. "Hey, what do you call a cow with no legs?"

"Ground beef." I barely even noticed her speaking.

"How did they name the town of Beloit?"

"They dropped a rock in a toilet and it went 'beloit'." I said.

"Hey, what do you-"

"Hey, you see this crocheting hook?" I held up my crocheting hook. "This could be used as a device to pull brains out of your nose, and I will use it, so I recommend you shut up." Guy gave me this weird look. "I wouldn't really do it. It just gets her to pipe down for a while. Works every time."

"Isn't this fun? We're taking our second trip together!" Eep said to Guy. I put my earbuds in and closed my eyes.

Many, many thanks to Mrs. Haney from Abundant Life Christain School for the ground beef and Beloit jokes!