On The Road Again!

On Sunday we left Aunt Linda & Uncle Lee's and headed for Gillette, Wyoming. It's only about 2 hours away so it wasn't a long drive.

 

 

Jack, Ella and Zeke all took naps on the way there.

 

Gillette is where I was born and we still have family that lives there. My grandparents on my mom's side are there and we were getting together for a family BBQ to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. We were a little early for the BBQ so we decided to see if we could check in to our hotel room. The lady at the front desk that checked us in just moved to Gillette from Kent Wa...small world! Thankfully our room was ready so we were able to have some down time before the BBQ.

 

 

This was our first time staying in a hotel with all 4 kids. I was a bit concerned with how the sleep arrangement was going to go, but it worked out great. Owen and Jack slept together on the bed, Ella slept on the floor between the beds and Zeke slept in a pack and play. Thank you Kim for that piece of advice...I seriously didn't know that hotels had those for you to use.

 

 

The BBQ was at my cousin Marshall's house. It was a bit chaotic for them since his fiance was moving into the house and they were planning their wedding the next weekend. It was so nice of them to invite us all over during this time. The food was great and it was fun get to visit with family.

 

 

Ella Bean took a liking to Marshall's daughter Tiffany. They were so cute together. Unfortunately the night didn't end very well for Tiffany. She is highly allergic to peanuts and she ended up having a reaction which turned into a bad panic attack and she had to go to the ER. Scary!

 

After the BBQ we went back to the hotel for some fun in the pool.

 

 

We got to swim 3 times on this trip and it was so much fun. I LOVED swimming when I was younger, but haven't really enjoyed it much in recent years. It was awesome enjoying this with the kids.

 

 

Aunt Stephie even got in the pool too. It was nice having one adult to each kid.

 

 

Ella Grace rode around in her floatie toy...she normally hates this thing. Towards the end she wanted to get out and try swimming like a big girl. By the last time we swam she was literally jumping into the pool and she didn't want to be caught! We definitely need to get our kids into swimming lessons!

 

 

While we were swimming Zeke got to have a nap on Ga-Ga's lap. When it was time to get out Michael and I got the older three kids dried off and took them back to the room. It wasn't until we were in the room that I realized we didn't have Zeke. He was still with Ga-Ga & Pa! Poor 4th kid just gets left!