First, I must plead for forgiveness because I have not written in a week! We had made plans to have a "stay"cation with our boys at the end of last week, and I had every intention of writing despite our busy activities. However, I found myself lost in vacation mode and have been busy playing "catch" up ever since.
We had a great time and I found that doing a vacation from home certainly has some advantages. First, it was great because we did not have to pack anything or anyone! Packing for a trip is always a little stressful as I am constantly worried about remembering everything and making sure the house is clean and ready for us to be gone for several days. I didn't have to do that this time and I found myself more relaxed when the time came to go each day. Also, we were able to sleep in our own bed each night and did not have to worry about finding someone to keep our pet while we were gone. Plus, I did clean up and pick up the house, but because we were gone most of each day, there was little to clean. The biggest plus was the savings- we had a fun filled 4 days with little cost.
The negatives for doing a "stay"cation at home were minimal, but included my still preparing one meal each day for the family- mainly breakfast. I usually prepared a large breakfast for us all and then we snacked during the day. Dinner was always out somewhere. Another negative was missing out on the hotel experience and feeling like we are truly far from home. Honestly, though, that was it.
So, we ended up going to Six Flags over Texas in Arlington on Thursday and spent all day there. To be honest, we are not big roller coaster people and had not been there in years. We ended up just taking the older boys and it was a fun day. We got a little sunburned, very wet on many rides and loved riding most of the rides. We had a big breakfast before we left and packed a snack lunch for mid-day. Then, we let the boys pick where they wanted to go for dinner and they chose Raising Cane's Chicken. It was so good!!!
On Friday, we picked up little man and rested some before heading to Pirate's Cove (a local waterpark). We were there just a little over an hour when Caleb came to us with a deep gash in his knee. We ended up at CareNow for stitches and an unplanned doctor bill. Thankfully, Pirate's Cove gave us vouchers to come back again and we hope to use those sometime this week. So, Caleb had the privilege of picking out our dinner location and he chose Panda Express.
Saturday we had planned to go to several museums in the Fort Worth area and have a nice dinner out. Due to Caleb's sore leg, we opted to just try one or possibly two museums and just see how he was handling the pain. We went to the Amon Carter Museum and all the boys loved it. They were fascinated by the various different paintings, styles, and bronze statues. Towards the end of our time, I continued to keep Kendall engaged by pointing out various things from each painting. He finally looked at me and said, "I am done." A little later I tried, again, to show him something, and he replied with, "I am SO DONE!" I chuckled and promised him that we were all about "done" at that point! We ended our day with some food from In and Out Burger.
By Sunday, we were all exhausted and slept in until 9:30. We had a large breakfast and worship service together as a family. Later, we went for ice cream and just savored a lazy day at home watching movies and playing together.
All in all, we considered it a success. We all had fun and our cost was but a fraction of what we have spent in the past going on an out of town vacation. It was a nice change of pace!
As for our study on Moses, I am so sorry for the delay, but we WILL pick up where we left off tomorrow! Have a blessed night!
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