Showing posts with label road trip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label road trip. Show all posts

Sunday, February 21, 2010

just keep swimming...swimmimg, swimmimg

While on our recent road trip extravaganza my husband took our children swimming at the hotel pool. Speaking of the hotel, have I mentioned how we now are obsessed with the Hyatt Place. It is pure heaven for us traveling with many children. We all slept comfortably, which had never happened for us. Until now. My husband has stated he will not travel anywhere that does not have a Hyatt Place for our family of six to stay. There were two queen beds and a fold out sofa sleeper. That equates to two to a bed for us. Not too shabby. I will say that somehow my designated bed had three people in it for the first half of the night. I them moved to sleep with my precious daughter who then proceeded to punch and kick me the entire night. I feel sorry for her husband!

If you are reading this and happen to have a family of five or more, you need to stop what you are doing and check out http://www.sixsuitcasetravel.com/ for your next hotel booking. This site specializes in finding hotels that accommodate familes of five or more. It is where we discovered Hyatt Place! And there's no going back!

Back to the swimming thing. I didn't get that many good shots but here are a select few to enjoy.

And remember...just keep swimming...swimmimg, swimmimg...just keep swimming. Does anyone know what movie that is from? Leave your guesses in the comments section of this post.









  

Saturday, February 20, 2010

road trip

I am finally getting around to sharing the pictures from our recent road trip. I know right! What is my deal? I should have been on top of this and posted them the moment we returned home. As if I have been busy raising four kids and taking them to and from school, ballet, the park, grocery shopping and chess club. Excuses excuses.

We had a blast at the McWane Science Center. The kids ran around like mad exploring the different exhibits. My husband and I ran around like mad trying to keep up with Brady.

This is the one and only time Brady was still for a matter of maybe three seconds. As he lay on a bed of nails.


This is what Madison's hair looks like in winds up to sixty miles per hour.



Micah posing for a picture as he tries to pull his own weight.



Daddy trying to pull his and Brady's weight.



Brady pointing at the Tyrannosaurus Rex behind him.



I have no idea the name of this exhibit the boys are busy with. 



Micah suspended on a bike three stories high.



Madison digging for dinosaur bones.



Luke in a tornado.



At the end of the day we were exhausted from the superbly fun day we had. On our way out the door I had one more request for a picture of all four kids in front of this wall. I knew I had to make this count. And quick. I had one chance to get a decent picture of all our kids together.   



Not too shabby huh! I was pleasantly pleased...and surprised. This almost never happens with just one shot.

I can't wait for our next road trip adventure with our kids! They are the best travel companions a mom could ask for!