A traveling life

We thought you (or at least the grandparents) might enjoy some pictures from our travels. 

These are from the hostel that we stayed at in Teton Village out side of Grand Teton. It is kind of a combination between a hostel and hotel. We had a private room with a bunk bed and two additional twin beds, but there were also traditional hostel rooms that individuals could just get one bed in. The kids loved the game area down in the basement. They also had a full size fridge, ice machine, laundry facilities, hot plates and microwave that we could use. And Stash tea on the lobby. During ski season I think it is a pretty full and fun place to hang out!    

 We have had plenty of less than happy moments in the car and hotel rooms, but overall the kids have been great travelers. Katie Beth and Mark have spent a good amount of time in the back making up games with the stuffed animals and babies that they brought along. I almost told them that they could each only bring one, but now I'm glad I let them bring a couple.

We have had LOTS of picnic lunches and found many different and fun parks along the way, often that we just see alongside of the road. There is also a playground app that we put on Kev's phone that we've used  a couple of times.

Being 3 (or 7 or 8 or 10 or 30-something) is hard sometimes. I could post a whole series of these Simeon pictures.

 These Angry Bird shooters are the best McDonald's Happy Meal toy ever! All of the kids have played with them, but they especially entertain my two most rambunctious children, which is so helpful in a small room!

 I could also post a whole series of "Andrew reading" pictures. Here he is reading Calvin and Hobbes that my dad loaned us for the trip.

 Um...where do they think the grownups are going to sleep tonight?

Overall we have watched almost no TV in the hotel rooms, but here they all are enjoying Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. There was another night that we found High School Musical on the Disney channel while they were eating Ramen, which felt like it was a page directly out of my younger sister's childhood.

 You can't tell from the picture, but Mark is in a "spybed" (A sleeping bag underneath the desk.) This has become his preferred sleeping spot.