A weekend getaway

We had the opportunity to go up to Provo for a few days. Luke had a conference for Gifted students at the Provo Marriott. The school provided him with a hotel room so we all went along to keep him company! Because the principal had requested a roll away bed they actually just decided to upgrade us to a suite instead of taking the extra effort to bring in an extra bed. It was NICE!! We enjoyed swimming, sleeping in---YES!!! this actually happened, watching cartoons, ordering in pizza. Hotel life is actually pretty nice because it is so easy just to relax and enjoy things. There aren’t any closets waiting to be organized, papers to be filed, or shelves to dust.

We were able to spend some time with Austin, Kendra, Derrick and Dustin. Dustin has in his papers to go on a mission so besides the weekend of fun we just had with him and a weekend in April when Kayla is married we won’t see him before he leaves. It was nice of him to make the effort to come down from Rexburg even though he had a lot of homework. We watched Kendra play basketball, played the Kinect, played arcade games at a Fun Center, very much enjoyed ourselves eating at a Japanese steakhouse for the first time, taught Dustin the definition of invigorating, went swimming and just had fun talking and laughing.

We also spent some time with Beth and Kevin and their kiddos. It is always fun to get the kids together to play. They love being together. We helped James celebrate his 15th birthday and enjoyed some ice cream cake.

Of course the reason I have to write in all the details is because I forgot to grab the camera out and didn’t hardly take any pictures.

Although we didn’t get any of our errands accomplished we did manage to squeeze in a little family time into Luke’s full schedule.

Going to the eye doctor, coupon shopping, returning things to stores, and seeing friends will have to wait. When is the next trip?

So, the pictures I have of the weekend:

Abigail getting a last minute bath before we left. She made a terrible mess with her lunch.

Micali being so completely scared to death on a frog hopper ride. She just stared at her daddy as he told her it would be okay. When she got off she buried herself in his shoulder and cried for a little bit.

Daddy made it all better by taking her on a less bouncy ride.

Abigail in our suitcase when we were unpacking at home.