I am SOOOO glad to be home! We took a very hurried and very stressful trip to visit relatives in the short amount of time we had. It started out as just a plan to go to the beach with the kids and meet up with Lance's sister and family there. We have NEVER been on a family vacation before, and so we thought it was about time to take one, even though with Lance's new business we can't really take much time to do it. SO what's better summer fun than the beach?
But we knew that the kids really needed to see Grandma "Cappy" and Grandpa "CoCo" sometime this summer, so we figured, "Why don't we just include them in the plans?" We figured I should try to see them before we met up with Teila and Rick at the beach. What's a few more hours of driving, right?........
Pleeease someone, tell me I am crazy before I ever try to travel hundreds of miles across 4 states, with kids, BY MYSELF, again!
Don't get me wrong, I am glad we got to visit everybody, but I am flying if at all possible next time. We decided to break up my trip to Montgomery in three legs. First stop in Houston with BeauNini in Houston overnight. And actually, although it is only a 3 hour trip from SA to Houston.....with two kids in the car and a very hectic start to the trip, tensions were already tight before we barely got on the road.
I had gotten very sick Thursday night before the trip so I was totally exhausted by the time we had to leave on Saturday because I had not gotten any sleep Thursday night. And then I ran around doing catchup errands and did laundry and packing on Friday. We bought a DVD player JUST before we left town Sat. and that was a headache in itself! Anyway, boy was I glad to rest at BeauNini's house Saturday night! By that time I already wanted to turn around and fo home...lol. But BeauNiNi made me a Margarita and we all sat on the porch swing, kids with popsicles and us with lemon margaritas, YUM!!!! Much better, thank you, Alicia!
Sunday was on to Teila's and an overnight stay in Mandeville, LA. LOVED the visit, and the kids were absolutely enthralled with baby Sofia! Rick is Teila's husband and we love him to death, too. GREAT MARGARITAS, Teila!!! WOW, what a trip, I got margaritas twice in one month! I'm lucky if I get one every few weeks!
We actually stayed there Sun and Mon night because we were just not up to driving the last leg to Montgomery yet.
Now mind you, the trip to Houston was supposed to be a 3 hr trip.....it took 5.
The leg to Mandeville from Houston was supposed to be 4.5-5 hrs...it toook a friggin' 7 1/2 hrs!
And I KNEW that the proposed trip to Montgomery, although it was supposed to be 5-6, I was looking at more like 7-8 hrs.
So mom decided to meet me about halfway, in Mobile and she drove back with Emily in her car and I had Blake with me.
MAN!!! What a difference it makes! Separately they are just a joy to travel with, but you put them together in the backseat and they can't stop making noise! "Mom, he said stupid!" "Moooom, he said Freak!" "No, I didn't!" on and on, he did this, she did that, stop copying me!, stop touching me!
AHHHHH! And it's bad enough having to deal with it when Lance is driving, but trying to deal with it AS I am driving is just a crazy maker! SO the visit with mom and dad and uncle Chris was nice, but too short and a little harried since we didn't really have time to just relax much. The kids loved the planetarium and got to get some good grandma-grandpa time. Chris and I actually went out for a margarita, too! I know how hard his illness and everything has been and we have never actually gone out together, ever. SO Lance actually suggested I take him out for a a couple of hours and just have some good sibling time. I really enjoyed it.
So, Lance got to fly down to meet us on the beach....lucky guy!......and he drove us back today.
We finally had our family Vacation at the beach and it was pretty hilarious, actually!
All this driving and work to get there and after like 1 hr in the heat and the sticky, smelly sand, we were ready to go get cleaned! It didn't help things that Blake absolutely refused to get near the water! So, he and I stayed up on the sand and he was happy playing in the sand. Emily and Blake had a great time. Lance burns very easily and so, even slathered with sunscreen, he was not too keen on staying out too long. Blakes skin cannot take too much either, although he did not burn at all, like Lance and I did.
So we went back to the hotel, and got lunch at waffle house. Good thing we didn't have to look to good to eat there, we were all exhausted already. We got cleaned up and went to tour the beautiful Beau Rivage, and what a beautiful hotel! I'm staying there next time, if we ever go back to Biloxi.......
After such an long day of adventure.....haha....we all needed a nap, can you believe it!? Me and the kids took a nap while Lance went back to Beau Rivage for a couple of hours. And then by the time we woke up and were ready to go to the hotel pool....it was hurricane weather! Lance brought back fast food for dinner, so we wouldn't have to go out in the weather. What a great end to a great vacation, huh? Oh well, maybe next time.....
Then the wonderful drive home......NOT! Let's see, we left Biloxi at around 11:15 and we pulled in to the drive at, uh, 10:53. About 12 hrs! OH...MY....GOD!!!!! No, really.....oh, my God! WHY, God?!
But I have to remember that nothing has fallen me that is not common to man, right?
Well, let's make it a little less common from now on. :)
So....I am very tired and very grateful for my own bed, old and lumpy as it is. I am going to stumble into it now....
Blog Ya Later!
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