I need to get away

I want to fly a-waayyyyy.

The kids had 6 DAYS off from school in a row. HELLO, that's like a spring break in February!! ROAD TRIP baby!

We headed south for the warmer weathers of Utah {LOL! It snowed all weekend!}

So here is how it went:

FRIDAY {02/18}
We packed up and left Vale @ 10:45 am. I was happy with this progress. {small interruption: I sat on the floor in front of the duffel bag and told the 3 oldest kids to bring me 4 outfits, 3 jammies, 1 sweatshirt, etc...and then I put it in the bag. Ruth is also able to do such packing techniques but we've all seen her fashion style...it was better if I stepped in with a little aid. Point to the rambling is: it was the easiest packing job E-VAH. Yay for awesome kids!} We stopped in Ontario for a fresh supply of library books for Austin (a must!) gas and a drive through lunch. Once we started actually driving we didn't stop until we reached Pocatello at 3:30 pm.

Apparently the Simplot games were taking place this weekend so it was a little bit harder than planned to find a room but it all worked out. We had a few hours to kill before Karen arrived so the kids enjoyed some show on the Disney channel while I tried to nap. We met Karen and had dinner at a local pizza joint. EVERYONE was so excited to see her with constant hugging and vieing for affection/attention. We love auntie K.





The sad note of the weekend is that the flu bug followed us to Pocatello. Emma Lynn was sick all night puking. The first time she didn't waking up until after she had thrown up (ALL OVER Ruth who was sleeping next to her!!!) It was seriously so disgusting and Rooster slept through the entire thing. Enough details. The rest of the night was filled with more and more puking, bloody noses and bad dreams (the last two were not Emma Lynn.) {PS Spencer was the only one who didn't catch this flu bug in our entire family. I am really so done with puke right now!} There was not a lot of sleep that night.


The poor child sleeping so close to her "puke bowl" {aka ice bucket.}


Saturday & Sunday {2/19-20}
Drove down to Clearfield, Utah and stayed with Grandma Karen and Kay. It had been way too long since we had seen them. It was wonderful to catch up. The food is always tasty, and the company perfect. Roger came up Saturday afternoon to spend time with us {I really mean KAREN!} They went back down to Provo late Saturday night. Sunday we walked across the street to go to church while it was dumping snow {I'm glad the church was close by cause that was a fun adventure.} The kids did great at church. The three older ones all went to their Primary classes without a hitch (that always feels like a great accomplishment.) Rooster and I stuck together 2nd & 3rd hour. It's good to have a buddy.

We found out after church that Karen and Roger were engaged!!! :D Elaine and kids joined us that evening.


What handsome cousins!

Monday {2/21}
The kids and I headed down to Lehi, UT to go to the dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point. We had a really good time. The kids were awesome. I didn't have to chase after anyone, they stayed close and followed our "out in public rules." It made me stop for a second...my kids are really growing up.







This was a very hands on museum with different interactive displays. This was the sand and water table to create your own dino land {it was really trying to teach erosion, whatever.}




Regardless of what they were trying to teach it was a BIG hit.




The last display was a dinosaur dig. My paleontologists loved this and probably would have stayed forever until a "little baby" dumped {A LOT} of sand in Ruth's hair. {That's about all she could talk about for the rest of the weekend.}


After the museum we drove a little further south to Provo to pick up Karen and Roger. The rest of the afternoon was spent discussing wedding plans and ideas and looking through books and magazines. Elaine was able to "help" Karen make a few decisions.

We all went to Chucky Cheese for a fun dinner.

Spencer would not stop hugging the mechanical Chucky. {gross}




Lorna lovin' her first trip to Chucky Cheese.

Tuesday, {2/22}
Time to head home. We got on the road by 9:30am and pulled into Vale at 3:30pm. The kids traveled GREAT, and it was a very uneventful trip home {thank you!}

Thanks for a great President's Day Weekend family. {{LOVES}}