The Colquett 5: Daddy's Home! Father's Day! 1st Day in Laurel, Mississippi

It is always an exciting day for us when Daddy comes home. We knew those first couple days would be very busy. He got in a little after 8 Thursday night, Friday we did yard work and got ready for Moms benefit, and Saturday we had the benefit and Oki's party. WHEW!!! Sunday we had child care at church, and after church I had to finish laundry and get us all packed to head to Mississippi with Kyle. He had a school to go to for work and since it is summer time we were able to come with him.

4 nights, 5 days..... and I was really not looking forward to it. I wanted us to all be able to spend time together, BUT I knew the hotel had an indoor pool (we are outside people) AND we knew there wasn't much to do in town. Also, I would have to miss Mom's 5th treatment.... that made me super sad, but she assured me that she would be okay and that I needed to go be with Kyle. So I thought we'll just make the best of it and enjoy our time together.

Here was our Thursday-Tuesday....

Heidi made the Santa Ana Times (middle pic). Sophie is the only one that hasn't made it yet :)!

We were hoping Kyle would get in Thursday afternoon. So I had planned to take the kiddos swimming at MeMe's and we would wait for him there. Unfortunately, he got the late flight out so was late getting home. So my plan was a bust. We had fun swimming, but just wished he could have joined us.

I am so proud of Karter this summer. He is already swimming to the drain of the pool......

Soph kept singing their VBS songs over and over.... so I got it on video too :).....

We waited outside at our house for over an hour thinking Kyle would drive up any minute.... it's a race between all the kids to see who can give him the first kiss. That meant no one wanted to go inside and risk not being the first one.

I finally talked them in to going in and getting a shower and maybe he would be there shortly after. Of course he got there as they were in the shower :)!!

Kman LOVES it when Kyle comes home..... that first night he just can't get enough....

Friday we had to go to the farm to get a fan for Moms benefit and while we were there we let Heidi drive :)!! It was her first time steering and doing the pedals. Brought back so many memories for me. My Dad used to let me do the same thing growing up....

Sunday was a great day. I think Kyle had a good Father's Day. Sadly, my Dad was at work so we will celebrate when he gets home.

We left that afternoon and made it to Mississippi about 6ish. We checked in the hotel, went to Walmart for Groceries, and ate supper.

When we first went up to our room we noticed this sign......

They got the 3 and 2 mixed up on the bottom sign. It should say 300-323. Minor flaw LOL! My Dad told me we should send it in to Jimmy Fallen to see if he does funnies like Jay Leno used to do.

Alright.... so as much as we have tried to make our stay here worth while and as fun as possible, it has been difficult. Here is why:
(1) They gave us a smoking room!!! And told us they are completely booked and we couldn't swap. We bought air freshener plug ins when we were at WM.
(2) Our room has 1 king bed. We needed 2 queen beds with all of us, of course we couldn't swap.
(3) When you turn the water on in the shower, yellow water comes out initially.
(4) The pool is inside. The water is ice cold so the kids do not like it. There is a hot tub, but it is broken. So it feels like bath water.
(5) Kyle's school takes about 10 minutes to get to from hotel. So he has been taking the car. We took him back yesterday and I found a park for the kids to play at and after 5 minutes they were too hot.
(6) The kids and I are bored out of our mind. There's nothing for us to do. No where for us to even walk to.
(7) The people at the front desk gave us the wrong wifi password the first night. Told us the internet was down and would be up in 30 minutes. That never happened. The next morning I asked a different lady that was at the desk and she said they gave us the wrong password. Go figure.
(8) The toilet doesn't even flush half the time. Yesterday I had to fill the tank up with water to get it to flush.

BUT.... there are some ups to coming. We get to spend time with Kyle, when he gets done with school everyday we meet him at the door ready to get out of this place. We have been going to the parks, went to the mall, going to eat, riding around town, and thankfully yesterday we happened upon a movie theater. So last night we went to the movies.

This was really sweet to me.... night 1....

Kyle has to be at school by 7 each morning, so he is gone by the time we all get up. Thankfully they do have breakfast at the hotel....

I got that little video of them during breakfast Monday morning.

After breakfast, they could hardly wait to go check out the pool and hot tub.....

The good thing about it is we have been the only ones at the pool every time we have gone.... makes me wonder how all the rooms are booked when the parking lot isn't full???

The chlorine is so strong it was burning his eyes in this picture.

They really have enjoyed the hot tub even though it isn't hot :).....

I was so shocked that they all ended up taking a nap after we went swimming.... worked out perfect for me. I was able to work on Sophie's party stuff.....