We just finished up a unit study of Egpyt, so when I heard about the King Tut Exhibit at a museum in Idaho Falls, we thought we'd go check it out. Driving that far and coming right back home with 5 kids didn't seem like a good idea, so we opted to get a hotel. We decided to stay two nights so we could have a little fun. Oh, and did we have fun! LOL! We stayed in a place called "LeRitz" and we got a kick out of the name. It was pretty nice and the price was right! I didn't get a single picture of the hotel, of us swimming or anything BUT the museum and those turned out blurry. DANG!! 
We got to the museum after we checked into our hotel, and we only had 40 minutes to look around since they were closing. That was actually just right since Audrey was pretty terrified of everything in there and kept saying "I don't want anymore!!". My visions of walking around and having intelligent converstaions with my kids about the artifacts and replicas there didn't really happen......
In fact that is pretty much all we did. Go swim. Go back to room. Change into clothes. Someone asks, "Wanna go swim?". Sure, why not. So we put our suits back on and swim some more. We even had pizza delivered and got drive-thru so we wouldn't miss out on all that precious pool time. Hilarious.
The first night was miserable; Noah cried off and on all night long, and the moments where HE wasn't crying, Audrey was. I am getting old, I think. It is so hard to travel with the babies!! Oh, and Noah got kicked on accident and got a bloody nose. :( The 2nd night was soooooo much better! We did decide when we go on another little adventure, we need to spend a little more for a bigger room. A room with two queen beds just isn't cutting it anymore. Our 3 older kids are too big now to sleep well all crammed in the same bed and we were stepping all over eachother! But, I sure do love hanging out together at night and first thing in the morning, where at home we are all in our own rooms. All in all it was a fun time and memories were made. And that is the point, right??
How strange it will be when it is just Will and I traveling all alone with no one to keep us awake at night. No one to grind chips in the hotel carpet. No one to escape and run down the hotel hall when we aren't dressed yet and can't go chase them. No one whose cannon-ball jumps in the pool need judging.
As I gazed out the window as the older kids swam and I held Audrey who was cold, I saw a young couple walking to the hotel across the street. It reminded me of us pre-kids. What DID we do with ourselves back then? I don't really remember but I know now our lives are full, and busy, and time for yourself is rare, but can be found....most days! May I treasure the here and now and not worry about the poor night's sleep, the messes and squabbles over whose turn it is for what.
Where should we go next..............??
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I am so glad that you got to go on that fun trip! What a great family you have and I love your thoughts and how you write. You should be a writer!
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