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How I Spent My 36th Birthday

I spent my 36th birthday riding 14 hours in the car . . . through Iowa, Nebraska, and Eastern Colorado - and boy let me tell you, it does NOT get any better than that! I mean, what excitement! Iowa . . . the land of the cow . . . and low speed limits, [...]

Happy Trails QT!

I’m sad today. My best buddy, Queen Taunya, is heading to Dubai for 6 weeks tomorrow. She was lucky enough to get asked to work on a custom training project for one of our customers over there. How exciting! I’m sad because she’s the sister I never had. I’m sad because now who can I [...]

Memorial Weekend - Day 5

Day 1, Day 2, Day 2 Part Deux, Day 3, Day 4
It was finally time to leave. We got up and headed down to the pool for one last harrah, then the kids got showered and hung out in G’ma and G’pa’s room while Hubby and I packed everything. My brother and SIL met us [...]

Memorial Weekend - Day 4

Day 1, Day 2, Day 2 Part Deux, Day 3
Day 4 was another rainy day, with cold temps. added in! But, with my family there is never a dull moment We met G’ma and G’pa in the hotel parking lot and drove through Bear Country. It’s expensive, but it’s fun to see the bears [...]

Memorial Weekend - Day 3

Day 1, Day 2, Day 2 Part Deux
Day 3 was BEAUTIFUL! It was actually the only day that it didn’t rain. My brother and SIL, my SIL’s sister and her husband, and two other of their friends met us and G’ma and G’pa at the hotel and we all headed out for a day of [...]

Really? Not once?

I was just thinking about our trip last weekend - 1200 miles on the car. In the 4 1/2 days we were gone driving, staying in hotels, and sightseeing, not once did we step foot inside a fast food joint. Really - not ONCE! Not even to use the bathroom.
That’s gotta be some kind of [...]

Memorial Weekend - Day 2 Part Deux

On day 1 we got to drive for 8 hours.
On day 2, it rained in the morning and we hung out at the pool.
On day 2, after a couple hours in the pool, the sun came out, so we went out to explore! We had a great time! We started out at Storybook Island . . [...]

Memorial Weekend - Day 2

Day 1
The weather forecast was icky . . . and we were a little bored to start the day.

So we headed down to the pool first thing in the morning while it rained. Turns out, the hotel pool has a water slide! What fun!!!

Then the sun came out . . . check here to see [...]

Memorial Weekend - Day 1

We’re on the move again! All kinds of excitement on Friday as we headed out for a weekend of fun with my mom, step-dad, brother, and his wife. Hubby picked the kids up from school a bit early and I bolted from work a bit early and we were on the road by 2:00 p.m. [...]

Splish Splash!

The 3rd Installment of our weekend on the move.
Getting ready to head into the waterpark! They could NOT contain themselves. We only had about 30 minutes before we had to leave for the baseball game, so they got as much fun in as they could
 
This huge play structure was cool! All kinds of fun [...]