CrazyinTX

I am back!!!

Update on our vacation to the Caverns.  We got  back Saturday night from vacation. Boy, was it an experience. We drove over 1200 miles!  That's a lot of miles with 2 kids in the car.  OH and a husband too. When my hubby gets tired or HUNGRY, watch out!  Gripey city!

We left Wednesday and drove to Monahans, where my best friend lives.  I was so excited to see her. She had made us the best lasagna.  Her Mom came over and had dinner with us too.  My friend's hubby works nights so he had to eat and run.  We visited for awhile and then took the kids to Dairy Queen to get ice cream. Little T loved the outside play center and he climbed up like a champ!  He was like 15 feet up in these little tunnels. He loved, loved, loved it.  It was awesome.  We spent the night and then left the next morning for New Mexico.  My Mom wanted me to put flowers on my grandparents graves but after I got to the cemetery, there was a funeral in progress.  So we had to do that the last day of our trip. 

The trip to Mexico was nice and it didn't take long. The time difference was 1 hour.  So we checked into our AWESOME hotel.  It was really nice.  It had queen sized beds, a dvd player, a fridge and a microwave.  It smelled wonderful.  We chilled out there for awhile and then we went swimming in the indoor (heated) pool.  Little T could not touch the bottom, so hubby and I took turns holding him and letting him swim. S loved it, she is a great swimmer.  So is Little T when he can touch!   Oh , the hot tub was nice too.  We then went back to the room and napped and snacked and watched movies.   We ordered pizza for dinner. It was good.  The hotel offered a free breakfast, so the next morning I went to get breakfast for everybody...but we were FAR from the main lobby so I got my food, came back and ate, and then S and I went and got hubby's and her food. Little T ate pizza!  We then loaded everything and headed to the caverns.   I had scheduled a tour guide.  There were about 50 people in this tour.  And my son would NOT be quiet. People kept shooting us dirty looks.  It was awesome to see the caverns and hear the history but after it was all over, hubby was embarrassed (and sweaty) beyond belief!  We left.  I told hubby , Let's go have lunch and come back. So we did.  We ate at this cute little mexican restaurant.  The food was HORRIBLE.  I only ate 2 bites of my food.  I took our son to the car and hubby went to pay. When he and S came out, she said, "Oh, we didn't have to pay, Daddy told the lady the food was bad!"  But I was glad, it was a $36 meal, and it was worth about $3. 

We went back to the caverns and I told hubby and S to go explore some more caves and son and I would stay outside and play, etc... and if we got bored , we could always go to the car and watch a movie.   So they were gone around 2 hours and they came back happy.  That is what mattered to me. 

We headed back to Monahans so we could put flowers on the gravesite of my grandparents.  It was dark by the time we got there but we managed to shine the headlights on the tombstone so hopefully the pictures turned out.  We then drove approximately an hour more and hubby announced he was tired and hungry, he was being a butt.  So we pulled over and got a hotel room and he went and got us a burger down the street.  Then it was bath and to bed.  We ordered room service for breakfast the next morning and then got gas, and a few drinks and we were on the road!  The kids were really good (we stopped and fed them lunch around 2) and then we got home about 5'ish.  All in all it was a good trip.  I am still not caught up on all the laundry and my car looked a mess so I had to wash it , vacuum it and clean all the seats with my mini vacuum/steam cleaner.  I am at work and I'm swamped today. So I'm out!

busy

2:42 PM, Mar. 19, 2007 .. Posted by BrenMOM2G

although your trip seemed busy, it sounds like you had some good family time and a good visit with your friend.
It will be funny to hear the kids comments as time goes on... their take of it.

Brenda