We Arrived

We arrived at our destination of Thatcher, AZ about 4 p.m. today! Phew! We survived the car ride. I have no complaints about the girls. They did EXCELLENT in the car. Even Nicole did great!

Instead of staying in Flagstaff yesterday, we continued on to Show Low, AZ, which was another two hours. We arrived in Flagstaff about 1 p.m. and decided to continue due to the fact that it was time for Nicole and Ashley to nap, which they did and made the additional two hours go well.

We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express due to the fact that it was the first one we found with an indoor swimming pool (a must according to the girls). Show Low seemed comparable to Park City. It actually did have snow on the ground and I guess people travel here for skiing. However, it was relatively warm. Dave and I went shopping at Walmart (because I forgot to put Nicole's diapers and wipes in the car. They are currently still in Mendon......good thing I had some extras in the van) and we had short sleeve shirts on with jeans and no jackets.

The Walmart at Show Low made me appreciate the Walmart in Logan. There were SOOOO many people. It made the one in Logan look great. Even on a Saturday night!

The room was on the expensive side but when you don't make reservations I guess this is what you get. When we tried to get a room they said all of the double queen rooms were taken but we could get the double queen "suite", which had the jacuzzi tub and fireplace. We were desperate at this point so we went ahead and took it.

We had fun swimming with the girls last night after a pizza party in the hotel room. We also enjoyed swimming this morning after breakfast and before needing to check out from the motel. Our girls have turned into fish. Nicole did not come in the pool because I did not have a swim suit pulled out for her and at this point in her life she's not keen on the bathtub at home so imagine how she's be in a "really big" tub....yeah, not worth the effort. She did sit on the side this morning with Grandma Welker to watch. She didn't like the idea that Dave and I were in the pool but she quickly got over it and kept taking the girls goggles from the side of the pool.

We left Show Low about 11:30 and arrived in Thatcher about 4 p.m. The drive was pretty much uneventful accept for the bought of car sickness. Not far from Show Low we ended up going through the most windy pass I have ever experienced. The speed limit was between 25 and 30 and you kept going around and around and around. Little did we know we were about out of it when Hannah started crying in the back because she "had to pee". Well after we pulled off a trail road and unloaded everyone and had Hannah try to go potty it was brought to the attention that she was car sick. Poor girl has her mom's curse! Ashley said she was sick too but I think it was more for sympathy. Everyone was given time to stretch legs and get some air, drugged with Benedryl, given a "barf" bag and back in the car we went.

We kept telling the girls we would stop in a bit to get some lunch but the towns were so tiny and we were "so close" that we pushed through to arrive at Aunt Wendy's. By the time we had dinner they were starving to say the least. Thanks to Aunt Wendy we had yummy Hawaiian haystacks. One of my FAVS!!!!

Just as we were finishing up dinner, Uncle Glade and Grandpa Welker arrived. They left American Fork this morning at 5:20 and pushed through to arrive here at 6:30. I guess you can go much faster without kids! We are glad they are here with us and arrived safely. We will be awaiting for Aunt Erin to fly in sometime tomorrow!

Thatcher is not a very big place. Much smaller than I anticipated but they do have a Walmart in the next town, which is about five minutes from Wendy's house. I'm not sure what will be on the docket for entertainment but we'll go with the flow and enjoy the down time.

O yeah, the weather here got up to 63 degrees today! Sure hope it's like this tomorrow too! I'm going outside for a tan!!!!!