It started with attending church on a Sunday that Dave was scheduled to preach. Pretty neat to hear him speak! I only caught part of it because I went with the kids to the "cry room" for the majority of the service, but I liked what I heard!
When we arrived home... the chickens were out of their yard! Justin set straight to work to get all of them back where they belong. He was quick too, to bad the gate wasn't latching properly and they all got out again. And since Justin was working in the chicken yard, B also bolted out to be part of the action.
The kids had lunch then Jon and Betsy headed to get the adults lunch from the famous Taco Cart. Sadly, no taco cart, but we did enjoy some mexican burritos. While I waited for everyone to get back, I tucked all three kids in for a nap. Yes, even Justin told me he was tired and needed a nap. I said ok, but was pretty sure I'd be back in there "letting" him out of the room. Sure enough, no sleeping was happening, just two happy cousins quietly playing side by side on the floor. It was sweet, but we did need Brianna to nap. Justin had no problem getting up from the floor. I think he just wanted a couple extra moments with his cousin!
Dave, Betsy, and Justin graciously offered to drive us the full way back into San Francisco instead of us having to take the train again. We were extremely grateful they would do that for us! (Thanks again!) But before we left, we needed a group photo! And a silly one!
Then one last kid picture with the chickens. Carl was not so thrilled about his sister holding him in one spot but...
Finally, we packed up the car and got on the road. The trip went smoothly which we were all happy about. We got to our hotel, the same one we stayed at the first few nights. Remember our room roulette? Here we go again! We checked in and all headed up to our room. We walked in and PHEW, they had sprayed something to cover up something in there because you could hardly breath. It was potent. Room number 4. They even had the patio door open to help air it out. Just not pleasant. Jon called down to the front desk and we all piled out of that room. Overwhelming!
Finally, we got to the next room (Room number 5*) which was clean, it didn't smell, there were no doors falling off, no wet spots on the rug... we could settle in. Oh wait, we promised the kids we could go swimming, plus we needed to get something for dinner. Onward!
We swam for a while then went upstairs to change, eat dinner, then say goodbye. We had so much fun together and really miss our CA family. Can't wait to see you again soon!
Our last night in a hotel. Tomorrow we head for home. All with a threat of a winter storm in MN. A thrilling finish...
*We stayed a total of 5 nights in a hotel and ended up in 5 rooms. We did complain and they took care of us, but... probably not enough to ever want to stay there again. Nice try though. Twitter really works!
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