Showing posts with label reunion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reunion. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Rainbow Road

We went to a family reunion this weekend and after a grueling 3 hours in the car with Emma screaming the entire way, we arrived in a storm. We decided to stay in a hotel rather than camp. Little did we know that every hotel/motel in American Falls (all 3 of them) were completely full! Apparently it was American Falls Days and there was a big rodeo. So we headed toward Pocatello in the stormy weather......while driving along the freeway, this is what we saw....

We arrived in Pocatello shortly after that, to find that all 12 or 15 of their hotels/motels were completely booked as well. I called Heidi to have her find me a room on the internet as Ammon was running in and out of each hotel with no luck. She told me that Towne Place Suites had a room, but we had been inside and they said they didn't. So I told her to book it online, which she did, and we walked back in with a confirmation number, so they had to give us a room. The lady told us that this overbooked them by 2 rooms. But we had a wonderful room with 2 bedrooms, each with a king size bed, and a pullout couch. We loved it so much that we bagged camping all together and stayed there another night!

On the way there, Emma and Kaden were screaming so loud that I threatened to tape their mouths shut. Then it occurred to me that a big piece of sticky tape might provide some quiet entertainment, so I gave them each a piece. 2 seconds later I looked back to find this....

Ammon and Carrie had a good time with the water ballon toss.....it took Carrie at least 8 hours to dry off!





The kids also had a fabulous time getting sticky with candy and then running around in the dirt. When it was time for bed Saturday night, I was SO grateful for the BATHTUB in the HOTEL ROOM and counted my blessings that we weren't camping!!! You know those yummy powdered doughnuts with the raspberry filling? Emma took one bite and then said she didn't want to eat it because it was bleeding.


All in all, we had a great time! We're thanful we got to go, since we won't be going on another road trip for at least 4 years (according to Ammon!)