Well, Tyler isn't the only one who gets to go on vacation during Corona! Since all the boys in the family were in Alaska, my mom and I and the kids headed to Mesquite for a little short get-a-way.
It took while to get everyone loaded and on the road, but once we did we started our fun vaca. The kids listened to music and played games on their ipads the whole 5 hours there and my mom and I talked.
We stopped for lunch in Nephi. We couldn't sit down in the restaurant, but luckily there was a grassy area right by there and the kids were able to run around for a little bit to get some energy out.
My mom took a little snooze on the way down.
I'm not joking when I say all we did was swim the whole time. As soon as we got to the hotel the kids got changed into their swimming suits and we headed to the pool. They swam until the pool closed.
We ate at the casino and then the kids fell asleep pretty fast. The next morning we were up early and headed down to the pool as soon as it opened. Mesquite was 104 degrees each day, so I was so glad we had the pool to cool off in. The kids swam all day and only stopped to get some lunch. Then it was right back to the pool.
They loved going down the slide when it was open.
When we weren't swimming the kids watched shows on their ipads
We ate lots of good food.
And we were passed out by the end of the night.
The next morning we had to leave, but we wanted the kids to be extra tired so they would hopefully sleep the whole way home, so we went swimming again for just a few hours. I love this picture of Brynnli doing her dive/ belly flop into the water.
On the way home we decided to take a little detour through Richfield and see how our first house looks. I just hate to see this house because it looked so good when we lived there, but the new owners put some kind of weird colored rock over the nice brick. It was fun to drive through the town and show the kids some of the places we talk about.
It's become a tradition for Makayla to take a picture in front of the house she grew up in for 6 months.
I am really grateful for our start in Richfield, and I have so many good memories of our first two years of marriage there, but I am so happy we live in South Jordan now.
The kids were getting pretty restless being cooped up in the car for so many hours so we stopped at a park and the kids got to play for a while. Makayla and Caden found this super friendly stray cat and almost had me convinced to take it home with us.
I'm so glad we got to on on this trip with my mom. It was a stressful trip and kinda sad, but I'm so glad our kids could go on a vacation with their Grandma Kathy. We had a lot of good laughs and had a great time.
Some funny sayings I want to remember about this trip:
I got mad at the kids on the way and told them they needed to settle down because they were out of control at the store we were at. Brynnli said, "what store were we at mom?" and I snapped, "Smiths!" to which Caden broke the tension in the car with, "Smiths, fresh for everyone!" We all started laughing and I couldn't be mad at the kids after that.
We were at lunch at Wendy's outside and flies kept flying around us. Makayla goes, "Yum, these fries are delicious." Caden said, "Did you say these flies are delicious?"
So was it worth having Tyler gone all week and the stress of taking care of everyone? After our dinner of fresh halibut, I would say yes, it totally was!!!
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