the girls and i, along with my parents, headed out of town for a couple of days this weekend. we woke up bright and early and left the house around 7:00 to head first to the sandhills in monahans. we were all so excited about this little adventure, but got more and more apprehensive as we watched the temperature get up to 100 degrees by 11:00. it was a scorcher out there people. and, yes, the sand gets HOT. we stayed long enough to snap a few pictures, and slide/run/roll/cry down the tallest hill ONE time before heading back to the car. we rented the little discs you can slide down, but they didn't do much good...are you supposed to wax them down or something? who knows. we just did the best we could. i mean, those "hills" were steep! add a crying 4 year old on your hip and you're d-o-n-e. however, kaitlyn has the toughest feet on the planet (but still the stinkiest). she never put her shoes on or complained of the heat, while the rest of us were acting like someone forced us to walk across hot coal. she seriously had the best attitude while we were there. when i thanked her for this she just said, "oh you're welcome. i know you were just trying to do something fun for us and sometimes that just doesn't work out." love her.
thought i would try the "surfing" method. still got nowhere.
i just can't do it anymore.
we made it back to our shaded picnic area just in time to get the 14 water bottles that were still frozen in the car. we put all the food and drinks in the freezer the night before to avoid packing an ice chest. we figured they would all thaw out by the time we got ready to eat them. nope. just go ahead and picture all of us trying to get any water that we could out of the water bottles, squeezing capri suns to de-thaw. meanwhile kaitlyn is now freaking out because a wasp is within a 5 mile radius of her. she decides that she wants to sit in the car and she "doesn't care if it's 200 degrees in there." see ya later then.
we finish up lunch, dust ourselves off as best we could and hop back in the car. the temp gage now reads 106. FANtastic.
hiding from the deadly wasp....
from there we drove on into carlsbad...straight to the hotel....straight to the swimming pool. the girls were so ready to swim ,and after a 106 degree day in the blazing hot sand they go STRAIGHT to the hot tub. what is it with that? they did eventually all end up in the pool though and had a great time. hotel pools are the best.
kaitlyn looks so old to me in this picture!
we ventured out on the exciting town of carlsbad for dinner and wound up at Furrs. yep, you read that right. Furr's Cafeteria. yum.my. not much selection here, so you get what you get and you don't throw a fit. the girls loved it though! what kid wouldn't like to just push their little tray down a 100 foot line of food and get whatever they want? and claire thought it was so cool, she wore her shades throughout her entire dining experience. mmm-mmmm. doesn't get better than "chopped steak" and green jello.
after dinner we walked around by the pecos river for a little bit, and then decided to go back to swim some more. (after making a pit stop at wal-mart for some fancy pool toys of course).
claire. look at the stinking camera.
the girls were worn out! stay tuned for part two....carlsbad caverns.
SO fun!
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