Spontaneous Vacation!!

Danny called me Tuesday afternoon and said his company would be diverting all their flights to Mesquite the following morning (since President Obama was in town, and the airspace here was restricted) so he was coming home to pack an overnight bag and then he was flying up to Mesquite with some other pilots.......
So, wait a minute... your company is paying for your overnight stay at a hotel in Mesquite??? And you get your own room??? Um, yeah, we'll be there in 2 hours! Danny got the okay for us to drive up there and stay with him at the hotel, so we threw a bag together, filled up our tummies and gas tank and headed out!

The kids loved having something different. Avery said, "Dad, why did you fly all the way up here to another country?" After we wore them out jumping back and forth between the beds, we hit the buffet and then the pool.... aaaaaahhhhhhhhh....






Danny had to fly out early the next morning. The kids and I slept in, sort of. Then I figured, we're so close to St. George, why not take the kids there to see the temple? It's one more they can cross off their lists!


We enjoyed a picnic of chocolate milk, granola bars, fruit snacks and oranges on the soft grass that begged for us to walk barefoot on it, under a huge shade tree... it was perfect.


And then we hit the visitor's center. Here's a picture worth a thousand... missionary discussions.



MY FAMILY IS FOREVER!!!