Dave found out that he had a meeting in Des Moines and that he would be spending the night. I think to myself no big deal, he does this about once a month or so. Well, this time was different. He asked us to join him in Des Moines at the hotel for food and swimming. Of course, a stay-at-home mother is going to JUMP on the opportunity to get out of the house!! Especially, when I did not have to flip the bill!! He headed there on Tuesday morning at about 6am, while Mykala had preschool and we left Sioux City at about 1pm. It is about a 3 hour drive to get there, and the kids, both of the slept the whole way!! We got there in time to pick Dave up from work at about 4:30pm. We went and checked into the hotel and ordered pizza. We wanted to allow enough time to go swimming and have some quality family time. The pool area was huge. The kids loved every minute of it. We had a great time and enjoyed the family time we got!! The next morning we had to take Dave to work at about 9:30am. I wanted to do some shopping before we hit the road to go home. But when we woke up the kids were a little on edge. Landon does not sleep to well in a bed that is not his own. So he was up a couple times during the night, which means we are all up a coupole times during the night!! So to say the least the kids were on edge when we got up. THERE WAS NO WAY I COULD TAKE THEM SHOPPING. So Dave and I talked about plan B, which was driving to Omaha (2 hours) and going to the zoo. This is the plan of action that we took. The kids slept all the way to Omaha as well. When we got there we did not see the whole zoo but we did see the animlas that the kids love to see! After the zoo we went out for pizza at Old Chicago, one of my favorite pizza places and then headed home. We had a great time and a quick trip!!
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