Spring Break

Well, amazingly we had just about everybody getting sick before our trip to Universal Studios. Reggie had a fever and sore throat Monday night and Ainsley had a terrible stomachache Tuesday evening so we thought she was getting the stomach flu that K had. He threw up again on Sunday night and that was an amazing mess but at least this time he made it into the bathroom. 
Ryan took Reggie to the doctor on the way to get grandma Peggy on Tuesday to see if he had strep so we could get him on antibiotics and feeling better, but no such luck. In the past when he has had fevers it's been several days but he was feeling much better on Tuesday afternoon. 
We had plans to go to the movies but since Ainsley was out of commission, just Reggie, grandma and I went to see God's Not Dead. It was more of an adult movie so probably a good thing the little ones didn't go. It was fabulous!!! 
The next morning we made the drive down to Glendale where we stayed in a fancy Hilton property, courtesy of Ryan's Hilton points. The kids were so amazed at the glass elevator that overlooked the pond with fish and turtles. That was an activity in itself! We could also look out our window and spy on who was in the elevator :o). 
The pool was well over 90° so right when we got there we headed down to the pool for awhile which was good since we were stuck in the car all day. The weather was kind of chilly so it was really good the pool was so warm. Grandma Peggy found a Shakey's pizza and was so excited to go there for dinner. Unfortunately they had changed the pizza crust and it was not like she remembered :(. Even more unfortunate was the look on K's face during dinner and him motioning that he was going to throw up. He didn't give us much warning but luckily there were a couple empty plates which he filled to the rim. Grandma about tossed her cookies too! He was fine after that and starving the rest of the trip and the next several days we could not feed him enough. 

The next morning we were treated to a fabulous breakfast at the hotel including omelets, hash browns and bacon :). We left bright and early to head to the park and thankfully we got there early because it was very quiet and the kids were able to go on the despicable me ride a few times. I had to close my eyes on that one....it was a motion ride and I did not want to be the next throw up victim. K barely made it on the ride because of his height. He had to be 40 inches tall and the first measurement you have to slide underneath and he fit underneath which meant he was not quite tall enough. I gave the guy a hard time and made him feel bad and he said well you can take your chances and see if he passes inside, so that's what we did. Thankfully, I left his hair long on top and he passed with flying colors at all three different measurement stations!!! The kids were too chicken to go on Jurassic Park or transformers, but we got K to go on the transformer ride (it's was his favorite!). We got lots of pictures with characters and saw most of the shows and pretty much did everything in the park and never really had to wait in line!!!! Ryan's work buddy hooked us up with front of the line passes so we were really spoiled :). It was a really long day but the kids did great and we had a lot of fun. 

(Isn't Reggie getting tall???  He blocked grandma!)

 Ainsley thought this guy was so cool.  We were watching him for a long time-you would never guess it is a real person!

The next morning we went in the pool again for a couple of hours and K made some progress going underwater and going back-and-forth between Ryan and I with no life jacket. It was a big step for him!
Then we packed up and made the long trip back. It always feels so much further on the way home. We were all happy to be back and sleeping in our own beds.  In the small amount of time we were home, the kids taught grandma how to play UNO....not sure she's such a fan.  They played one game that was an hour long and we had to leave for dinner before they finished!  They also played some BINGO :).
Saturday was packed with Reggie's track meet, Ainsley's gymnastics and K's brothers birthday party. It wouldn't have been a proper visit without a trip to Sweet tomatoes so before grandma Peggy got on the plane we had dinner there :). And that was spring break!!!