Gone for a long weekend

The summer has been long for Senior. He has worked hard, and sweated through the hot summer months. The boys have this coming Monday and Tuesday off, So last week I suggested we take a long weekend and head out of town to do something fun.  Today I checked the kids out of school early, and we got on the road.

We first stopped so Senior could get some more work shorts, and I finally a new pair of Crocs. I love wearing crocs, they are comfy and roomy, and its okay to get them wet. And yes I even have a couple of those little funky jibbits on them..mine is one of Tinkerbell, and a flower.

Boys the entire way to our destination was a nightmare...I thought we had two girls in the back seat. They couldn't agree on the DVD player. So, I grabbed it and shut it down. I told them to count cars for excitement. I was plainly tired of hearing it.

I grabbed my current read: "Enemies Foreign and Domestic" Book 3. I like this one the best.
So I snuck in to my own world for a little while and disappeared in to the book. I like to hope they make the series into a movie, I would love to be in it. I wonder which character I could play?

We made it to our hotel, boys were over the moon with excitement. relaxed and out to dinner, Came back and played in hotel game room. Senior got us some adult beverages, and I bought the boys a high priced box of apple juice. They were having a Friday night movie by the pool: "Dumbo"
WOW!  I haven't seen that movie in years. It was fun sitting there and enjoying it with my kids, the way my parents use to do with me.

So there we sat, with other hotel guest. Sipping on our drinks, enjoying the evening, and finally relaxing. Its good to be on a mini vacation and out of the house. Change of scenery does the body good. 

Our Carolina Trip....

Senior, the kids and I are back from a brief vacation to visit family up in South and North Carolina. The weather was wonderful over the past weekend. Seeing my 81 year old Father n Law was great, he is doing well.

We stayed with my brother n law and his girlfriend and her family... She has 28 acres north of Charlotte with 2 homes at the front of the property. We did lots of talking and lots of catching up, it was nice to visit. Senior and I did roll our eyes a few times with his brother as he is a die hard Liberal...the kind that believes Obama can do no wrong. He does not examine the facts and believes everything he sees on the news. So the best thing Senior and I could do was just not discuss politics at all.

 The best part about the staying in her house was she had a Jacuzzi tub...the boys went nuts in it when I poured in some bubbles and turned on those jets..The girlfriend is a very eclectic person, every room was a different color and abstract art covered her walls. We first walked in to her home and incense was burning everywhere.. She is also very "lovey dovey"..everyone gets hugs and kisses...
and well senior and I just aren't the huggie kind of people...

We left there on Sunday and headed down to Columbia and took the kids to the Zoo...they loved it! Especially the Penguin exhibit...our youngest got a real kick out of watching them. Then it was to a local "Fudruckers" for a good burger...we had hoped to relax in the pool at our hotel, but mother nature had other plans, it seems  all the rains in Florida found us in the Carolinas. Of course Senior was a bit bummed, his beloved South Carolina Gamecocks were playing baseball in the super regionals and we did not know it, he would have loved tickets to that game, but again mother nature caused it to be postponed. He did get a good deal on some new Gamecock T-Shirts though...so all was better.  : )

So, we are now safely back home, doing lots of laundry and getting back to our routine., It is so nice to go away and have a change of scenery, but darned if its not even better to be back home and in your own bed..   : )