I'm pretty sure that somewhere on the road between Heber, UT & Gilbert, AZ I totally lost any brain cells that I had left. Which wasn't very many after having four kids but I did have a some. Not now, they are all gone!
We arrived at my brother Brant's house on a Friday night. We were so excited to get there and see our Colby whom we hadn't seen in two weeks. The boys were also overly excited to swim in Brant's pool. Even though it was 8pm it's Phoenix and it's still so hot at 8pm that swimming is a great relief from the heat!
Saturday morning my sis-in-law Kacy says to me "Hey, why don't we take your kids to Sea World on Monday?"
I say "really?, ok, that would be really fun. I will talk to Mark about it."
Now when Kacy said "WE" she meant ME and HER take my four kids and her one kid. Our husbands would not be going with us. Brant was working and Mark was flying back to Utah on Sunday.
Here's what I mean about not having much brain function, I asked Mark and he said "Sure, sounds like fun, just be careful." And somehow I really thought that I could make the trip, I was actually excited about it.
We arrived at my brother Brant's house on a Friday night. We were so excited to get there and see our Colby whom we hadn't seen in two weeks. The boys were also overly excited to swim in Brant's pool. Even though it was 8pm it's Phoenix and it's still so hot at 8pm that swimming is a great relief from the heat!
Saturday morning my sis-in-law Kacy says to me "Hey, why don't we take your kids to Sea World on Monday?"
I say "really?, ok, that would be really fun. I will talk to Mark about it."
Now when Kacy said "WE" she meant ME and HER take my four kids and her one kid. Our husbands would not be going with us. Brant was working and Mark was flying back to Utah on Sunday.
Here's what I mean about not having much brain function, I asked Mark and he said "Sure, sounds like fun, just be careful." And somehow I really thought that I could make the trip, I was actually excited about it.
Kacy and I headed to Wal-Mart to pick up some snacks and things we would need, we bought our tickets and our hotel room online and sure enough we really were going to San Diego.
At 5:00am on Monday morning we woke up the kids and put them in the car. We had decided not to tell them we were going so they were very curious as to where we were going. We told them that we were going to the Arizona Aquarium in Tucson. Thank goodness they didn't know that there is no such thing and they didn't know that Tucson isn't six hours from Gilbert. I really thought that Colby would start reading the road signs and figure out that we were in California but he didn't. Even with all the random Border Patrol stops he still didn't figure it out. He kept thinking we were in Mexico!
The drive took longer than the five hours is was supposed to, but what trip with FIVE kids doesn't take longer than it's supposed to?
Colby didn't figure out where we were until we were actually pulling into the Sea World parking lot. And then when he realizes we are in San Diego all he has to say is, "Can we go see the Chargers Stadium?"
So we arrived at Sea World at noon and it didn't close until 10pm so we had a pretty good amount of time to spend there. The first thing the kids wanted to see was the Shark encounter so thats where we headed.
At 5:00am on Monday morning we woke up the kids and put them in the car. We had decided not to tell them we were going so they were very curious as to where we were going. We told them that we were going to the Arizona Aquarium in Tucson. Thank goodness they didn't know that there is no such thing and they didn't know that Tucson isn't six hours from Gilbert. I really thought that Colby would start reading the road signs and figure out that we were in California but he didn't. Even with all the random Border Patrol stops he still didn't figure it out. He kept thinking we were in Mexico!
The drive took longer than the five hours is was supposed to, but what trip with FIVE kids doesn't take longer than it's supposed to?
Colby didn't figure out where we were until we were actually pulling into the Sea World parking lot. And then when he realizes we are in San Diego all he has to say is, "Can we go see the Chargers Stadium?"
So we arrived at Sea World at noon and it didn't close until 10pm so we had a pretty good amount of time to spend there. The first thing the kids wanted to see was the Shark encounter so thats where we headed.
After that we just kinda wandered around until the Shamu show started.
Hayden kept calling Shamu a dolphin it was really cute.
The boys of course wanted to sit in the "Soak Zone" at Shamu but I didn't want to sit there with the baby and Hayden, but I ended up giving in and letting them sit at the very top part of the "soak zone" hoping that we wouldn't get wet that far up. Lucky for me, but much to Colby & Cam's dismay we didn't get wet.
By the time the show was over Hayden and Clara were not to happy and we were all hot, tired and hungry.
Hayden kept calling Shamu a dolphin it was really cute.
The boys of course wanted to sit in the "Soak Zone" at Shamu but I didn't want to sit there with the baby and Hayden, but I ended up giving in and letting them sit at the very top part of the "soak zone" hoping that we wouldn't get wet that far up. Lucky for me, but much to Colby & Cam's dismay we didn't get wet.
By the time the show was over Hayden and Clara were not to happy and we were all hot, tired and hungry.
We hung around until the last showing of the Sea Lion show which was our favorite but by this time Hayden had pretty much had it and was wanting to be held not ride in the stroller. Let me just say that it was just sheer will power for me to not lay down on a bench and cry right along with Hayden.
The kids made sure that we hit every gift shop until they had spent every penny of their allotted souvenir budget! And we ended up staying in the park until about 9:45. I could not believe we made it that long.
The kids made sure that we hit every gift shop until they had spent every penny of their allotted souvenir budget! And we ended up staying in the park until about 9:45. I could not believe we made it that long.
We headed for our hotel which thankfully was only a couple of miles away and we found it fairly easily.
I didn't take pictures of the hotel room but I should have. I hadn't been remodeled since it was built sometime in the the 60's, it was great! All that mattered to me at that point was just getting some sleep. Thankfully all of the kids feel promptly asleep, even the two babies. Hurray for the end of a VERY LONG DAY!
Stay tuned for Chapter Two of
You Can Call Me Crazy,
"The Beach"
I didn't take pictures of the hotel room but I should have. I hadn't been remodeled since it was built sometime in the the 60's, it was great! All that mattered to me at that point was just getting some sleep. Thankfully all of the kids feel promptly asleep, even the two babies. Hurray for the end of a VERY LONG DAY!
Stay tuned for Chapter Two of
You Can Call Me Crazy,
"The Beach"
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5 comments:
Oh come on it wasn't that crazy...who am I kidding, it was freaking looney!! Just kidding. It really wasn't bad and I for one had fun.
You crazy, insane awesome woman. You are soooo brave.
Not me, not in a million years. I can't stand even driving to church with my five and that's only 15 minutes away.
You are officially the best mom EVER! Your kids will be praising your name FOREVER when they grow up enough to realize what you did for them. You rock!
I don't think you're crazy...not one bit. I can't wait to hear about the beach :)
A little crazy, but how fun for the boys! I'm impressed how spontaneous you girls are! I'm betting you do it again next year!
NOT IN A MILLION YEARS! You ARE crazy! :0)
Can't wait to hear more!
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