Oh the places we go!

So, I will start off by saying this past weekend was a blast!

When it comes to traveling, we have discovered that there are at least two different ways. There is a trip and there is a vacation. We always plan for a vacation and end up on a trip.

What is the difference you ask? Simple. A vacation is a fun leisure activity that last longer than an hour. It is when you are soaking in the sun, things are going great and you have no worries on your mind. While a trip is still going to a different place and it can eventually become a leisure activity, however, you have stuff to worry about, you have things you need to take care of etc.  I am convinced until Allie and Axton are older, we will be taking trips.

Let me give you a back ground on Nick and I's luck when it comes to vacations turning into trips:

Hawaii- we miss our plane, end up spending more than $200 to find a HOSTAL which is not a great place... it is a hotel room with blood stained blankets, cobwebs on the toilet paper, dust bunnies in the tub, and roommates! While we were there, I had massive asthma attacks and ended up having to spend almost $300 just on medications that would usually cost $75.

California- We were driving to California for a family trip, and we stopped at Denny's to eat dinner. We came out to find out that our keys were still in the ignition, and that costed us $50 to get a person out to fix that.

California (again)- on a separate vacation before we left, Axton was sick so I took him to the doctor and he said that I just had to watch for certain symptoms and if they occurred then I have to take him in. While we were in California, these symptoms came up. So we took Axton to the insta care and they said that only the ER took his insurance. So we go to the ER and after 5 hours the doctor just gives us Tylenol and an antibiotic. We later find out that they do not take his insurance. This week we just finished paying off the $3000 bill.

Now, lets talk about this weekend. My brother, Kenna and her husband, and Nick, the kids and I went to Bear Lake this weekend to go boating and have tons of fun! We got there and there were so many dead bugs and such all over the house. So we cleaned it up. Our house up there does not have water so what we do is fill a 500 gallon tank up with a hose from a member in the ward up there and then hook it up to the house. The boys went and filled the tank, an hour later they came home and hooked it up to the house. It is supposed to fill a tank under the house and then we would have water. This takes about an hour too. So Thomas later went outside to find that the lever was in the wrong position and that the water was all over the sand. Then next day he went and filled it up just to find out that there is something wrong with the pipes. So all weekend we did not have water.... When we went to go boating, the boys rehooked the battery and Nick and I filled the boat with $75 worth of gas. We get to the dock and the boat would not start. We had to ask everyone if they had jumping cables and if they would be willing to jump us. We were only able to get one engine of the two to start. So we were out side for four hours and never got it to work. We still had fun though!

So, now we come to Saturday night. Nick and I decided that we wanted to get to our 9:00 church so we had to stay up till 2 in the morning cleaning. We then woke up at 4:50 to caravan with Kenna and Jeff. Everything was going great until we hit Ogden. Our tire blew out! So then Jeff was helping Nick with the tire. A cop came to help us too. We got the wheel changed just to find out the spare was flat as well! So, the cop took Nick (in the cage of his car) to the gas station to fill the tire up with air. Then we got home. So we spent $75 for gas then $230 for auto related stuff!

This is how awesome we are with vacations! Who wants to come with us on our next one!

Pictures to come soon!