As a follow-up to my last post, I thought I’d share a few of my favorite memories from last weekend’s family adventure in Mountain View…


We headed out on Thursday evening. And, after a late start on our three hour trek across the state, we decided to stop for a nice dinner to kick off the weekend.

Why, oh why, do we always forget that a sit-down restaurant and our boys is NEVER a good combination?! 

Ben got sick at the restaurant {a less graphic way to describe the disaster that occurred} and I ended up racing to the restroom with him to clean him up. I couldn’t salvage his shirt so we were those parents. Yep, I walked through the restaurant and then sat at the table with a shirtless kiddo. In my defense, it is Arkansas. I’m sure nobody blinked an eye. 🙂 {haha – totally kidding}!

As we quickly paid and headed to the car for a change of clothes for Ben and Dave, we realized that, in the rush, Dave had forgotten his phone inside. He ran in, retrieved it and we headed off; trying to distance ourselves quickly from that particular memory. In the frenzy, I somehow remembered that I forgot my PURSE and my camera in the restaurant too!

Needless to say, it wasn’t the greatest start. We were headed for a full fledge National Lampoon-style vacay at this rate.

Luckily, the rest of the ride went smoothly and we checked into our adorable little cabin {Pinewood Cabins – super cute, highly recommend} late Thursday evening.

Dave and the boys spent Friday morning strolling through the adorable downtown area of Mountain View while I was presenting at #AWBC. When it came time for naps, the boys decided to alternate sleeping schedules. This left Dave in the cabin all afternoon with one kiddo asleep and the other bouncing off the walls and/or getting sick. He was thrilled.

He finally broke down and picked me up early to help manage the chaos and we ended up having a relaxing afternoon and evening together.

One guess as to why Nathan is not wearing clothes. {Hint: they’re hanging on the other side of the front porch drying}. Darn you first week of daycare! Way to get the boys sick right before our mini weekend away.

Ben’s new thing is to wear his sunglasses upside down. I’m fairly confident that this trend will catch on.

Looking back on my photos I took with my phone, I realized that we didn’t really “do” all that much. It was fabulous and exactly what we needed.

Now, don’t get me wrong, we did dissect an old tree stump {I’m sure there were all kinds of critters in that thing but I gave up and just chalked it up to the fact that “boys will be boys”}…

And, we saved a turtle from the middle of the road…

Random side note: see that lollipop in Nate’s hand? Dave thought it would be a good idea to get the boys a lollipop after he dropped me off at the conference. I never said “I told you so” but I think he learned his lesson later when the sugar high was in full effect.

And, we waited patiently to see bats in a cave {now, I was back at #AWBC at this point. I don’t know that I would have been in on the whole “waiting-to-see-a-bunch-of-creepy-bats” thing}…

And, after all of that, we ate A LOT of homemade fudge. I just couldn’t resist purchasing the sweet goodness from that adorable old man at the store. He let us try a few dozen samples, after all. {These are photos that Dave sent me while I was presenting at the conference…he may or may not have resorted to fudge bribery in order to survive until I was back}…

Dave’s text message read, “I think they like fudge.”

All in all, it was a great weekend away! I’m looking forward to a wonderfully long weekend together as a family this weekend.

XO!