Reno!

We drove to Reno on Saturday morning to hang with Michael's family for the holiday weekend. I booked a hotel, but when we arrived it was a shit hole with the wrong bed configuration. I flipped and Michael was a big sport and took care of it all. We moved to the attached tower hotel and it was much better rooms without the freeway immediately out of our window.

We went directly to the pool and were met by almost the entire Long family. The kids were in heaven with all the adults that would play with them and I got to sit in the hot tub in peace for a bit.

We had dinner at the casino buffet which was actually quite good and the desserts were delicious. We of course ate way too much.

Michael went out to a baseball game with Parker while I stayed in the hotel with the girls. When they got home, Michael went out again to play some craps. Apparently, he didn't walk away when he was ahead.

The next day, we went out to breakfast with Aunt Lori, hit a local park, and then met up with Grammy and Ginny at their complex. I wanted to see how cold the non heated pool was. It was too cold for me, but the kids, even Miranda who hates the cold, enjoyed it in small doses. I think the 95 degree weather helped them stay warm. After a long while, we went back to the hotel, had lunch and Michael took the kids back to the pool while I had a massage.

We stayed at the pool the rest of the day and then had the buffet with Lori for dinner. It wasn't as good the second time, but probably only because I was stuffed still from breakfast and lunch. I wasn't so stuffed that I couldn't enjoy 3 desserts though. Parker also had three and was damn happy about that. We head back to the hotel room where we watched and watched Return of the Jedi and the muppet movie (not really, but that is what I call Lord of the Rings) until we fell asleep.

Monday morning, I took the kids to breakfast, then the pool and let Michael sleep in a bit. Then we all swam a bit more before heading to Uncle David's where the entire family including partners and boyfriends was hanging out. We had a delicious brunch, played some cornhole (look it up) and swam more in the hot tub. Cousin Amber was the big favorite and was attached to Miranda and/or Elizabeth the entire time.

We took off around noon and drove home. It was a smooth drive back.

A good weekend overall, despite the fact that we ate too much and spent too much money eating.