Unplanned Luxury

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Unplanned Luxury

The other day I loaded up the boys very suddenly and started driving towards the cooler climate of Utah. I planned on going straight through, but I did have a back up plan. I knew that I had the ability to stop in either Vegas or St. George thanks to Katy and her condo connections that she and Jeremiah are always willing to share.

I was worried about such a major road trip with Ammon and Peter and no other adults, but the drive to Vegas was flawless. Peter literally stayed content in his carseat from the time we pulled out of the driveway until I got him out at the grocery store in Vegas where we bought diapers. Ammon was equally good. We stopped two times for him to utilize the great outdoors as his own personal bathroom, but we were quickly back on the road both times.

We could have made it at least to St. George, and really, probably all the way to SLC, but I decided to stop and enjoy the Vegas condo anyway.

This picture is Peter seeing the pool below us and trying to fit through the bars to get down to it ASAP. Good thing he didn't fit since we were on the third floor!

I did take the boys swimming, but not until after we had dinner. We enjoyed a nice Digornio pizza on the balcony.

The boys had a blast swimming! The condo had a nice lazy river to we enjoyed just floating around and around until bedtime and then we woke up and did it again.

Ammon has an amazing ability to remember directions and he absolutely loves maps. He studied our map of the condo facilities before we headed down to the pool. Then he paid careful attention as we went and had it down perfect. The next morning when we were ready to go again, he got out the map and explained, "You start at 11 (the number of our building) and then at 3 (the floor we were on). You go down to 1 (that was where we rode the elevator) and then find the stairs. Take the stairs to the outside. Cross the street, pass the 5 (building 5 was behind us and overlooks the lazy river) and follow the path." His directions were flawless and he led the way the second time there. He also became an expert with the key card and was in charge of opening all the doors for us. It was lots of fun!

2 comments:

UnknownSeptember 21, 2008 at 7:15 PM
That's amazing about the maps! I'm so impressed. I'm glad you had a good time at the condo. The boys look like they were having a blast.
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MichelleSeptember 23, 2008 at 9:49 AM
What a fun trip!
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