Fall Break 2009

Last year for fall break my sister and I went on a road trip, this year Ben didn't want to be left out. We planned a road trip. Ben's car didn't pass inspection and so it needed repairs. Bye-bye vacation. Ben had the days off of work so we planned a more laid back cheap/free vacation, or staycation if you must. Enter the stomach flu. Wednesday night Addy and I both ended up sick. (Ben had his turn the weekend before) So, after a rocky start, we had an exceptionally laid back few days. Ben wrangled the kids until I was feeling better. Friday we went to the park across the street and let the kids play. They ran back and forth about 100 times. I'm not sure whose idea it was, but the kids ended up riding down the big hill in the wagon. The park has a huge hill that is perfect for sledding in the winter and water slides in the summer. We now have something to do in between. The kids loved dragging the wagon up the hill and riding down at full speed. They thought it was great. After an hour of wagon riding, we headed out for dinner. After dinner, we watched Monsters vs. Aliens. We all loved it. The kids went to bed and didn't make a sound that night, I think we wore them out. Saturday we did our chores and the kids played outside. Ben and the girls also made a yummy lime merengue pie. We then headed out to the park for more wagon rides down the hill, this time I took pictures. We then headed to Grandma and Grandpa Williams house to help Grandpa carve his 300 pound pumpkin that he grew in his garden. Each grandchild who was big enough got to draw one part of the face. The kids had a great time helping with the pumpkin and playing together. We had dinner together and then it was off to bed for the kiddos. Sunday we all slept in and barely made it to church, but we did make it, and on time. That was our super lazy, vacation. Hopefully next year we won't have car repairs and stomach flu and can go on a real vacation.