Well we officially made it to Utah and have been having a blast! And yes, we even made it on Saturday! I have to admit we have the best road-tripping children in the world. We left our house at about 8:30 am on Saturday, drove ALL day only making 2 stops (1 for a quick lunch & 1 for gas) and made it to Nate’s parents’ house at about 10:30 pm. During that whole 13 hour trip (with the time change), Makenna didn’t close her eyes once and Sage only slept about 45 minutes. Even with all the time they had strapped into their car seats, wide awake, they hardly ever complained. They watched a couple movies, played a lot of “I spy” and the “guess that animal” game, looked out the window, ate snacks, colored and stayed content. It was a pretty pleasant trip! Of course by the time we got to grandma & grandpa’s they were thrilled to run around and play with toys. (I have to admit I was probably even more excited to be out of the car! Road trips are not quite as fun pregnant.) We have had a fantastic time in Utah so far. We still can’t seem to get to bed before midnight because we’re all so excited to stay up chatting, playing games or watching movies, but vacations aren’t meant for sleeping anyway, right?! We’ve been able to go to family Christmas parties, Nate had a guys’ night catching up with his old High School buddies, we took the girls to see the lights up at Willard Bay (which they LOVED), gone shopping and spent time with both of our families. Oh how I love vacations!
For Nate’s mom’s side of the family’s Christmas party, we went to the Solomon Center in Ogden and had a ball. We ate at the Pizza Factory, played glow-in-the-dark miniature golf, rode bumper cars and played in the arcade. Makenna and Sage loved winning tickets in the arcades and getting to pick out prizes with their tickets. They also had a blast riding the bumper cars all by themselves! Neither one of them quite met the height requirement to ride, but luckily the teenagers running it weren’t too strict. :) Sage couldn’t reach the controls very well so Nate pretty much spent an entire round bumping her around the rink so she’d have a fun time! Makenna did great and thought she was pretty darn funny crashing into Nate & I. It was really cute. By the end of the night Makenna started complaining about her ears again and had a fever. Poor thing! She has been getting ear infections so frequently lately, it breaks my heart. Her pediatrician said she’s too old to get tubes placed & should be growing out of the “ear-infection stage” soon…I just hope it’s sooner than later. The Baron family had rented out the Flow-rider at the Solomon Center where you simulate surfing so we stayed for Nate to give it a try & then took 2 very tired and worn out girls home for a 10:30 bedtime. This vacation has definitely not been one for the girls getting much sleep either! Luckily they are incredibly flexible and resilient. We are spoiled! Makenna’s ears seem to be getting better slowly & I’m keeping my fingers crossed that we can have a sickness-free remainder of our trip. This first week has absolutely flown by but we have enjoyed every minute! And we still have 2 weeks and Christmas left to enjoy. Wohoo!
This is how we've felt nearly every day...played until we crashed!
Bumper car fun!
Nate testing out the surfing, it's harder than it looks!
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