Marshall weekend

Happy 30th Birthday Chad! Way to go little brother. Last weekend we decided to head to Marshall to visit Chad since it was his birthday. We left Isle around 2:30pm on Friday and we made it there by 7pm... checked into the hotel and swim suits on... okay... Robert and Hadley had their swim suits on. That evening we swam, met Chad's girlfriend Laura and relaxed. Grandma and Grandpa went out to dinner with Laura and Chad. We stayed back at the hotel and had a Papa Johns pizza... it was super delicious... chicken, spinach, tomato, alfredo... and only $12.50 delivered for a large.... wowza!
Saturday -
We decided to swim in the morning after our FREE breakfast... which was actually really good. Then at 11:00 we got ready and went to downtown Marshall. Okay, not really the greatest downtown. We looked around a shoe store, a bike shop, a flower shop and a cute little gift shop. We didn't buy anything. We then took a break at a coffee shop and had some tea and snacks. Ellie needed to eat and that was where we notice she had pooped and it was streaked on my shirt as well. Just some poop streaks along my left side... no big deal! I am a MOM, that is what I have to deal with. So after the coffee shop break we went to the Lyons County Fair. It was $5 to get in and park. We actually saw someone we knew there... plunger and his Mom, (Joe's friend Andrew) he was parking cars. We said HI! Then we went to see the tractors, walked through the fair, checked out the animals, Hadley rode on the trucks and we finally had a late lunch...


Around 2 we were done with the fair... we went back to the hotel... Hadley and Robert napped. Grandma, Grandpa, Ellie and I went to kill time at Walmart.
When we got back around 4:30pm. Hadley and Daddy were up. We got suited up and swam for a bit. Then we got ready to go to Chad's girlfriend Laura's Mom's house to eat a birthday dinner. WOW... what a dinner we had... we enjoyed some yummy snacks... then for dinner we at pork chops and grilled pineapple, potato salad, fruit and more.

We then relaxed after dinner and they played bocce ball.


I attended to poopy diapers, and one pee episode. It was really fun! In a matter of an hour, I changed Ellie and re-dressed her, changed Hadley twice with poopy Dora pants and then watched her pee on the bottom of the deck steps and get herself all wet. At least she didn't get her dress wet, just her underwear. Obviously it is hard to go outside your element and keep up on the peeing. But, after looking back on the weekend she did really well. Not many accidents... probably more fault on the parents as they are sidetracked and forget to ask the little gal if she needs to go pee.

We sang Happy Birthday and ate a homemade German Chocolate Cake. Chad's favorite.
We left around 11 pm... it was late and even so, the night went okay. We slept great. Robert let me have the good pillow, what a change from the night before. He really is a great guy. That next morning, Sunday, we got up and grabbed a few munchies from the breakfast buffet. Then we went for a quick swim. Robert and Hadley like to tricks in the water. And, we even got Papa to swim! Ellie is a great spectator! She just relaxes and lets us swim!




We got dressed and went to Laura's and Loraine's for breakfast. It was again a feast to be had... great coffee, yummy pastries, a beautiful egg bake and more.
We hit the road at noon and made it home around 5pm. Two stops for our little angels.
All and all it was a great weekend that went very well. Better than expected!