We had a great family vacation this summer! We were able to see lots of family and some neat places along the way. We left on Saturday, July 14 and drove to Albuquerque, NM. We stayed in five different hotels on this trip, which gets a little old after a while. But the kids LOVE staying in hotels, especially when the hotel has cable TV and Cartoon Network. We were lucky this trip to have two adjoining rooms at 4 of the 5 hotels. That made a huge difference in how we all slept and just having more space to spread out. Seven people with all their stuff in a small hotel room just doesn't work too well.
In Albuquerque I wanted to go out to eat at somewhere that wasn't completely fast food. But we have Landon (enough said), so we opted for IHOP. I quickly remembered why we don't take all of our kids out to eat...ever. It was a good reminder and we won't be doing that anytime soon.
Sunday we drove along Route 66 and were driving through my brother Justin's town anyway (Holbrook, AZ), so we stopped there for lunch. The kids loved playing with their bird, Fiona. It was a fun pit stop and even nicer to know we'd be seeing a lot more of them soon.
Being Sunday we decided that a stop at the Snowflake Temple would be appropriate. It rained almost the whole half hour from Justin's house, but cleared up just before we got there. The kids especially liked all of the little waterfalls on the grounds.
Connor always stops to smell the flowers wherever we go, even the artificial flowers on the craft aisle in Walmart. He was happy that these flowers actually smelled nice.
Connor & Savannah entertained themselves quite well in the hotels. We'd fill up the bucket of ice and they thought it was the best "toy" ever. They sucked on it, chewed it, and watched it melt in the sink.
Landon loved the hotel in Flagstaff because we were right next to the train tracks. Trains went by very frequently and he got just as excited every single time.
The kids also liked eating dinner in our hotel rooms. We tried to bring meals along with us because it was cheaper and easier.
1 comment:
Good times! Ah, summer...
Glad you had a great trip!
Gina
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