Vacationland

Oh, so much to blog about and no pictures!!! Sorry... will get some up soon. We are on vacation as my (dorky) husband let you all know in his last post... hee, hee. We left home Saturday a.m. and were on the road by 7, which I think is pretty dang good w/ a one year old. We stopped at Perkins for some breakfest and got on the road. We reached the northland by noon, stopping about 3 time for diaper changes, pop stops and so E could strech her legs. We enjoyed an afternoon and evening of games and eating w/ G's family. Hit the hay and woke up Sunday and went out for the usual lunch, a local pizza place. After lunch we were off to meet my folks at wally world to get groceries for the vaca! Loaded up and headed even further north. We reached the resort by 2:30ish Sunday afternoon, just in time for 3:00 check in. Ahhhhhhh...... vacation rocks. I haven't thought about work once. That is wonderful. We've had a bit of a challenging couple days w/ E. She has had a fever for most of the time, up to 102.7 at it's hightest. We've been pouring the motrin and tylenol down her throat. Seems that she is teething. She has some ginourmous molars poking through and they must just hurt like a B. She really isn't interested in eating anything and is just kinda whiney. But we're dealing.

Sunday night only 2/3 of the fam was here... we went up to the bar and had some bevy's and dinner. Came home and pretty much crashed. The rest of the fam came in late Sunday evening (after I'd already gone to bed).

Monday we all got up, had breakfest and spent the day in town. Shopping. Now one of my fav things to do is go to new towns and check out their little shops. The first thing we did was visit the local winery... yes at 1o a.m. But we thought what the hey... it won't be busy right now. For $4 we get to taste each of their wines. Num, numm. They were tasty. Kt and S bought an entire case... actually I think my parents did also. Then we visited some of our other fav shops, the bakery and the candy store. Had some lunch and headed back to the cabin. Grilled chicken for dinner, along w/ potatoes and salad... mmmmm.... and of course a few to many drinks.

Today we got up and decided that the girls were going to take a day for themselves... minus E. My mom made us appointments for pedicures and manicures at a local salon. This salon was a bit strange. Run by one woman... who did all our mani's and pedi's single handedly. She'd have one of us at the mani table and one in the pedi chair and would time it just right to run back and forth between the two so neither was sitting there and waiting very long. At first I thought what the heck is this??? It as a bit stange... we were in this salon for 4 hours... so I guess it did get to be a bit long. But I shouldn't complain... it was mom's treat and my fingers and toes are SO pretty!!

We got back to the cabin tonight and Kt's (my sis) hubby had made us the yummies t dinner! If you've ever had chicken or shrimp scampi from the Olive Garden, you'd swear he stole it from there. It was homemade, all from scratch and it was wonderful. After one glass of wine I'd about had it and have been in bed blogging since 8:30. My parents, Kt and G went up to the bar. E is asleep next to me and S stayed back to and I think he's already out!

Sometimes relaxing all day gets exhausting... seriously.

So I'm about to shut my lids for the final time tonight. Take care. K