Rinse and Repeat

I have got to get some new material here! Really, Suzanne, the whole “Here we are in the ER again” bit is getting more than old. You must be starting to think that we do this for fun! (“Things are feeling kinda dull today, and we’ve gone whole weeks now without seeing our friends in the ER. Maybe we should pop down and say hi!”) Or maybe we’re just starved for attention? (“We don’t have enough drama in our life so I guess we need to invent some. Pay attention to us!”) Sheesh.

That’s right, once again sitting here in an ER room with A. More issues with the GJ tube, but looking like we’re going to avoid surgery this time. (Hooray!) And I am very grateful that we didn’t have any medical mishaps or emergencies when we were on vacation earlier this week. (Hooray!)

It’s our spring break this week, the last one we will have all together as a family before A starts college and then is off to who knows what adventures. We were somewhat limited by needing to stay close enough to have easy access to her doctors and our hospital, though, so we decided to explore the exotic city of Layton, Utah. And we had a great time doing it! Just getting away for a few nights, staying in a hotel with a pool (three of my kids’ dream vacation right there), and having mini adventures together. That was the biggest thing, the getting to spend so much concentrated time together.

We visited Hill Aerospace Museum and happened to arrive right when they were doing a fun Easter egg hunt. We also made a point to find the plane that Grandpa General (Kendall’s father, who was a 2-star general in the Air Force) flew.

We went out to eat, even managing to find gluten free friendly places that appealed to everyone. Had a Harry Potter movie marathon in the hotel room. Played games (I was undefeated in Quirkle, although C and D both gave me a run for my money). Explored the far reaches of our hotel and lived it up while we were there.

One highlight was visiting Seaquest, which we had never done before. To be honest, we’d never even heard of it, and stumbled across it when we had Googled “family friendly things to do in Layton, UT.” What a great find! That was what the kids were the most excited about from our trip, actually. Getting to see, pet, and feed so many animals was right up my kids’ alley.

Then we fit in a trip to visit my grandparents in Ogden, see cousins, more eating out, and a fun trip to the Ogden Dinosaur Park.

We’ve also been able to fit in an escape room (we solved it with exactly one minute to spare!), and if this ER trip doesn’t derail our plans will be going ice skating later today with the younger three kids. Then we’ve got Easter plans, of course. All in all, not a bad spring break. We’ve made some great memories for sure.

I’m still sitting here in the ER, about three hours in. Currently waiting for A to return from yet more imaging, but I think I’m about done with this post so will need to find something else to occupy my time. Care to place bets as to how long we will be here this time?

EDIT: It was an under four hours trip! As ER visits go, that really isn’t too bad. Plus all of her GJ tube issues are now resolved. Hooray!