we go at least once every year. Mostly together, but even sometimes, just the two of us! It’s a close little get away that has become happily familiar to us…it’s not home, but it’s not a week in a foreign country either. I love that we know what we like to do, where we want to go, and can guarantee to find some time relaxing. And thanks to Steff we know some of the fun back-road haunts that make it even more fun! This weekend we decided it was time for Owen’s first adventure. It was his first Linoski road trip and his first hotel stay to date. It was also his first swim in his big boy life jacket. His first round of mini-golf and his first vacation t-shirt purchase!
The weekend was pretty darn amazing!! We packed a lot of fun, relaxing, shopping and food into a two and a half day span. There was a lot of laughing, a lot of sweating, a couple sunburns, some cicada attacks, lots and lots of jokes about a liquor store and all in all some much needed good times that were had :) Here is a photo montage of the trip!
Dadda and Owen playing a toddler game on the laptop. It took us awhile to get Owen settled down enough to sleep. We blew his bedtime both nights by several hours. But he was a trooper and really wasn’t near as crabby as I feared he might be! Owen thought our room phones were super cool and since we had adjoining rooms…he helped himself to spend time in both rooms. All in all, I’d say he enjoyed his first hotel stay immensely!
Owen was a rock star in the pool. He loved every minute and swam for around 2 hours without getting out to rest. He’s our little non-stop go-getter!! In some of the photos above, you can see him swimming/paddling on his very own! Such a big boy!
During a drive to get a nap in for the O man, we took off and saw several places at the lake we hadn’t seen in awhile. Steff and Bryan took us to the Ameren UE look out! There are some neat views of the lake from here. And we stopped to take a few photos!
I took some time out cruising the old strip to play a little Skee Ball. Apparently I'm not the only one who enjoys the game. Owen was instantly intrigued and interested in helping me! I can't say how many rounds we played, but it sure was fun! Buddy I hope we have lots more Skee Ball in our future!
Um...no caption necessary!
Mini-golf presented us with a few interesting outcomes. I have no idea what our score was because Owen felt the need to watch all of us hit our ball towards the hole and after one put, he picked them up and put them in the cup. He also screamed and wriggled in between every hole on the course because he couldn’t run free and jump into the water falls and ponds around the course. We saw the BIGGEST frog I’ve ever seen in person. It looked like it belonged on the cover of National Geographic. It was about 1000 degrees still…it was dark and nearly 8pm…and I don’t know that I remember sweating that much in a long time! All I can say about our experience is this…we laughed A LOT…and my husband got the greatest workout of his life hanging onto our maniac 2 year old who would probably say that mini-golfing is the worst idea ever! We did redeem the crab-fest with a stop at Cold Stone to enjoy some delicious waffle bowls and ice cream. I wish I had taken a picture of Owen saying Bite? To Aunt Steff about 70 times. It was pretty darn cute!
No caption necessary here either. Sisters in Crime...preggo bellies and all :)
This is the last photo I took. Notice the sweat and the red faces??
The last day of our trip included breakfast at our favorite breakfast spot. We also enjoyed some amazing finds at the outlet mall. Photo of our haul here:
Owen crashed about half way through the shopping trip and slept in his stroller. On this day I put the camera away and just enjoyed myself.
Steff wrote about it here…I second Steff’s sentiments. Ahh…Linoski vacations!
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