Family "Bacation"...

On Sunday we left our house at 7:30 a.m. to make our way to South Dakota.  Levi is required to come up here each semester for several days of classes/conference things for school.  He wanted the boys and I to join him, so here we are.  We're staying at a fun hotel with a toddler age pool, with slides and waterfalls.  It should be a fun week.  The boys are so excited!

We knew we would be traveling through a snowstorm warning yesterday, but we made our way just fine.  We hit the heaviest snow in Des Moines, stopped for gas, and shortly after our car seemed to be having issues.  While this was a bit worrisome we thought it might have something to do with the gas we just filled up with, rather than transmission issues.  Levi stopped and put some Heat in the gas tank and we kept going...several hours down the road the car started behaving normal again.  We are so thankful because the thought of paying for a new transmission (worse case scenario) is NEVER a fun one.  God is always looking after us and our needs.  We pulled into Sioux Falls around 4:30.  The boys were very excited to get to our hotel and check EVERYTHING out.  We have only stayed at a hotel with all 3 of them one other time, and that is when my cousin got married...the twins were 10 months old.  THAT was an experience, let me tell you!  So far we've had a great time.  Cole keeps saying, "We're on bacation!"  Yesterday we were waiting in the car while Levi checked us in and Marcus said, "Mom, this is going to be really special."  I definitely think he is right. :)