Itinerary for a Fun and Relaxing Stressful and Hectic Weekend Vacation
Thursday:
- pack the bags in plenty of time to leave
- get out of the house and on the road on time
everyone is happy and sings camp songs the whole wayPeanut whines until I am forced to sit in the back next to his carseat and get my heart broken every time he reaches for me to get him out of his seat and big crocodile tears run down his cheeksmake great timemake an emergency stop when Peanut pukes ALL over himself and spend the next hour at the gas station while Philip cleans out the carat least get good weatherhit insane rain and 70 mph wind, forcing Philip to drive with white knuckles on the steering wheel, his nose about 6 inches from the windshield, and the wipers going as fast as possible- plug our noses to avoid the horrible smell in the car
- get to Las Vegas a little late and a lot stressed
Friday:
wake up refreshed and restedwake up with a horrible stomach achespend the day gallivanting around Las Vegasspend the day glued to the couch, too sick to move- take a nap
eat out at the Burger Bargag at the thought of anything but water- take a walk to the park and
enjoy the warm weatherfreeze our buns off in the crazy wind and cold - watch White Collar while relaxing on the couch
- Go to bed very very early
Saturday:
- wake up feeling better
- eat a delicious breakfast with the family at The Cracked Egg
- leave Peanut at home with grandparents and go shopping at the outlet mall
have a fun picnic at the park to celebrate Peanut’s upcoming birthdaystay inside and play as a familystay at home while the family dashes off to my little brother’s piano recital that they thought was 4 hours later- eat a wonderful family dinner together and celebrate Peanut’s birthday
- eat amazing homemade chocolate molten cake
- watch more White Collar
Sunday:
enjoy a lovely morning with the whole familywake up to find that my dad was sick all night- go to early church so we can get on the road early
enjoy the speakersexchange strange looks with Philip while an elderly man gives a 15 minute prepared and written testimony about how the world will end in 2027- get out the door and on the road right on time
make great time driving homeemergency stop in St. George when Peanut throws up all over himself AGAINmake great time driving the rest of the way homestop in Cedar City when Peanut poops all over himself- allow ourselves to calm down while Peanut sleeps for 2 hours in the car (hallelujah)
- arrive home and kiss the Provo ground
- check my email and
tell my mom we’re home safelysee an email from my mom telling me my brother is now throwing up
playing the piano with Uncle Crawford
chocolate molten cakes for Peanut’s birthday celebration
sparklers and cake
super happy about the sweet birthday glasses
opening presents, which he was actually pretty good at!
making faces in the carNice to see you, Mom, Dad, and Crawford….we’ll wait a while to visit again, and next time we’ll fly.
Happy 1st birthday to Peanut!
So terrible that your vacation was marred by sickness. Ugh.
Wow, I am less jealous of your weekend in Vegas, suddenly. . .
Now THAT'S a vacation with kids.
…and also? Flying doesn't pan out any better. Try taxi'ing forever on the tarmac with an infant you (and the rest of the plane) know has a huge blowout creeping up his romper. There are not enough apologies you can issue to other passengers for being forced to smell that for thirty minutes.
… and then try changing the kid in an airplane bathroom… then on the seat next to you… ducking so the flight attendant doesn't notice.
Did he use his new car seat? I thought burklee would like the car with her new seat, but it didnt help. Traveling with kids is so hard! It was much nicer when they were babies.
Sorry it wasnt the best trip 🙁
hope everyone is feeling better!
I hate traveling with sick kids. Kate throws up every time we drive through the Gorge! It's awful.
TOo bad you weren't at Burger Bar on Friday, you might have run into us! That's where we went for our date night. So sorry you were all sick though, what a bummer.
We've had one Utah-California road trip with Brynlee throwing up and I wouldn't wish that on anyone! I was getting horrible flashbacks as I read your post 🙂 I hope he's better now.
So sorry, especially the throwing up part. Glad you made it mostly in one piece!
I can so relate to this post. We took the kids to Capitol Reef for Spring Break this week. The kids were fine – it was me who got sick. No fun in the middle of nowhere where the only bathrooms in sight are stinky outhouses! And then Nate caught it. I'm just waiting for the rest to catch it now – probably on Easter when we are supposed to be in charge of the family Easter dinner.
(I can also relate because I have made long drives with little ones crying and wanting so badly to get out of their car seats! It is so stressful!)