Adventure - Part 2!!!

hello!  well, this has been a fun weekend!  and a little stressful, of course, because i was with family!  LOL    we witnessed the aftermath (traffic/cops/ambulance/fire) of two accidents.  thank God we made it there & back safely!  

if in trouble, use this, aunt carrie!  : ) 


we also got into a bit of a storm.  thankfully no tornado, tho the clouds looked swirly & angry enough for one!  

the car ride to des moines was lots of fun.  and mom got a new toy, which helped show us the way to our hotel, and later, target & other eating establishments, back to adventureland, etc.  it's an awesome investment for mom!!  : )  

our hotel room was smaller than we like, but since it was one of the last weekends for adventureland to be open AND fair weekend, we were blessed to have a room at all!  *laugh*  we went to work straight away making it a home away from homes for leytonbug.  : )  

Mr. Bear enjoys the comforts of every hotel I travel to, of course!  : ) 

Ack, too dark, but he was having fun being spun around in the office chair.  

and then almost immediately went down to the pool for a couple hours!  mom & leyton played & i read my book & took a couple pictures.  thankfully it was an open enough area that i couldn't even smell the chlorine fumes.  i got out of there w/o so much as a headache!  praise Jesus!!!!

we had dinner at bennigan's & then started the bedtime routine.  at what turned out to be 8pm.  lol  apparently whomever was in the room before us had turned the clock ahead an hour, and the cleaning crew didn't notice, and WE didn't notice, and so mom thought it was 9 & started to get leyton ready for bed.  i went down to the hotel computer for a few minutes & outside & when i came back i thought it was 10.  i read for a bit & then went to bed early, at 10:30 or so.  mom figured leyton would be up by 7, which is why she wanted to get to bed early.  we all woke up/got up around 9:30, and thought we were running late & were adjusting the day's plans... then mom turned on the tv & that clock said 9:01.  so, we "gained" an hour!  LOL  it was not the last time time would play a part in our vacation... 


we went to perkins for brunch & then headed to Adventureland.  the Lord blessed us w/ a parking space RIGHT IN FRONT of the entrance!  it was awesome!  : ) leyton rode the carrousel, airplanes, leap frogger, trucks, bumper cars... i only got a few pictures because my camera battery was dying, and of course the first thing i did when we got to the room on friday was try to charge it - and my charger broke!  : (   (right this minute, the battery is completely dead, and apparently you can't buy a charger in the store, you have to order online, so... yeah.)  so, i do have a few cute ones to share, but most of the pictures/video i took with mom's camera, and then i didn't take as many as i normally do because idk how she is about cleaning hers up!!  *laugh*  

Oh yeah - when we got to Perkins, there was a 15 minute wait.  Two older boys (like, college age, maybe) were playing the Grabber game & trying to get this bear.  Guess who actually got the bear??  *grin*  

Oh yeah, and Leyton got an Adventureland hat.  I took a better picture w/ mom's camera, tho... 

leyton started to get hungry and tired, and i was getting hungry and tired, but mom kept saying, "just another hour or so."  finally found out why while waiting for the train - her watch had stopped at 1 & so all afternoon, she thought it was 1!!!  LOL  so, when she finally found out it was about 4:30, we rode the train & then headed back to the hotel for naps.  only, leyton was past his tired point & back to his "boundless energy" point!  so, after 1/2 an hour of fruitless laying down (for them - i got a good cat nap in!), we headed back out.  went to target for some stuff (and found out the charger thing) & then back to adventureland for funnel cake & more rides.  : )  


we got back to the room about 10:30, and i was TUCKERED OUT!  *laugh*  and hot.  i sat right in front of the a/c for an hour to cool down before showering!  oye.  of course, then i got to reading, and didn't take one before bed, but in the morning it was a nice wake-up!  *laugh*  let me tell you, tho, the bathroom... i should have taken a picture!  whoever designed it must've been tripping on something.  the toilet is so close to the sink that you can't even lift the lid if there's a full roll of TP on the side!  seriously, idk what they were thinking.  oye!  and i wonder if they're all like that or if it was just a fluke... LOL  

the trip back on sunday was a little more hectic, just because mom was tired & ready to be HOME.  however, we DID stop at bass pro shops for an hour or so, and that was fun!  i love stores like that, even though i'm by no means an ourdoor sports kinda girl!  i don't enjoy fishing or hunting or camping or any of that at all!  but i love the stores.  there's usually awesome aquariums, and i love the displays. leyton enjoyed riding on the 4wheelers & boats on the display floor.  : )  


i took a few hours of vacation today to sleep in & go to the post office to mail stephen's gift.  unfortunately, mom was in such a hurry last night to drop me off that she forgot to unload my mailer for the game!!  ugh!  so, i'll pick that up tonight and then mail it.  she also forgot to unload one of my bags... hmmm.  


anywhoo!  i must get ready for work now.  wow, this morning went fast!  oh, when i picked up my mail last night, i had my People, of course, and also two lovely postcards, one from the netherlands & one from micaela!  : )  

so this morning i got busy writing back & registering & paying bills & the like.  : )  and trying to catch up on the BB stuff, but oh my heck so much happened over the weekend!!!  


i hope your weekend went well & that we ALL have a fabulous monday!  : )  TTFN!!!