Madness Around Here!!: Last Minute Get Away!!

So on Friday night Shawn and I decided that we would take a last minute little get away to Twin Falls to do some shopping. So we got up somewhat early Saturday morning and packed our bag and jumped into the car. (the boys only wanted to go if we would get a hotel that had a swimming pool. they just wanted to go swimming. if we were not going to get a hotel that had a pool then they just wanted to stay home and play with their friends. so we made sure we stayed somewhere where they had a pool) Anyway, we had a good but quick little get away!!

Our first stop when we got to town was the Nissan dealership. I needed to get some transmission fluid for my car. It desperately needs to be changed. (the only fluid you can put into my car is the Nissan kind which is a rip but that's a different story) Anyway, while we were there the boys were very interested in seeing how they work on the cars through the glass windows. A couple of cars were up on lifts and the guys were under them working on them and the boys thought that was really cool . So of course I had to have a picture of the boys!!

So after we were done at the dealership we found this really cool toy store and figured we better stop. In all the times that we have been to Twin we have never stopped at the Toy Town Store. It was a pretty cool store! Just about every toy they had there they had a demo that you could play with and this place was huge! I think that we spent 2 or more hours there!!

Just as you walk into the door there was this big car ramp thing and Bry loved playing with it!! He thought it was the coolest thing!

As we were all roaming around Kode found this really cool remote control car that flips over and is a car on one side and a buggy on the other side!

and then Shawn found something that he really liked! A really big race car track!

then Bry found this pogo stick and jumped on it throughout most of the store! It made me tired just watching him!

We were there for so long I found myself a comfy couch to sit on and just hung out. Shawn joined me after a while!

and the boys played with trains

Kode found this toy gun and played with it for a while. He thought it was a pretty cool toy cause it was camouflage

So after spending a long time at the Toy Store (I could not hardly believe it we got out of the toy store with out purchasing anything. or so I thought) we left and went and had some dinner at Applebee's! I always enjoy eating out! Its so much fun when someone else cooks!

Then after dinner we made our way to the hotel.

(the boys were getting anxious to go swimming) We all loaded our luggage into our room and found that Shawn had purchased a really cool toy at the toy store!

Its called a Perplexus Epic!! and yes its very addicting and very challenging! So while the kid's were getting their swim suits on Shawn was trying to master this thing!! Its so hard he is having a hard time!

then it was Kode's turn to try!!

So after all of that it was time for us to go swimming. Since we promised the boys we would. Everyone went swimming, even the dad. The boys love to swim and I think we spend 2 1/2 hours at the pool. It was so nice we were the only ones in the pool. We could splash all we wanted to and we could be as loud as we wanted to. We even went back and forth from the pool to the hot tub all we wanted and there was no one around to annoy! It was great!

After we went swimming we all got into the car and went to Cold Stone Creamery for some ice cream (thanks grams for the gift cards. the boys enjoyed being able to pay for their own ice cream I know its a little cold outside but we were all wanting some ice cream) It was a good snack after all the swimming we did!

Then it was time to go back to the hotel and get ourselves ready for bed. Its been a very busy day!

On Sunday morning we got up and going and met Grandma Fran and Aunt Elsie at our hotel and had some breakfast. It was nice to chat with them for a bit.