Scott has been doing reserve duty for the past two weeks. On the weekend in the middle the kids and I drove up to see him for a day. Saturday soccer games were canceled because of muddy soccer fields following a rainy week so we had more time to hang out with Scott. The Air Force base is about 2 hours away, so not too far. We found Scott at the base and then headed to the Jelly Belly Factory. Because free jelly beans!
We've been there before (for Scott's promotion) but we went on the self guided, free walking tour (with free jelly beans at the end). Since it was the weekend none of the machines were going but it was still cool to see.
Jelly bean art
More jelly bean art
You can smell some of the different flavors and guess what they are
Waiting our turn for a virtual jelly bean hitting game
Emma just didn't want to wear her hat. She did wear it when I told her she couldn't have jelly beans if she didn't. She was quick to take it off at the end though.
John with his free jelly bean sample
Pretending to eat jelly beans off the ground. Ew.
We also had lunch at Chick Fil A (which they don't have down in our neck of the woods) and the kids enjoyed that. Later we went to play some mini golf. We've had bad experiences playing mini golf with the kids in the past, so we had a little talk with them before hand. They were much better behaved this time and let each other take turns. Except Emma. She had missed her nap and had a total meltdown on the golf course which involved a lot of shoe throwing. We lost one of her shoes recently because she threw it out of her stroller when we weren't looking and we were never able to find it. Luckily Emma didn't lose any shoes this time, but it wasn't for lack of trying. If you look closely you'll see she has taken off her shoes in this picture and thrown them somewhere and we hadn't noticed yet.
We went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse because there aren't many of them in California and we happened to be by one. Lots of other people had the same idea and we had to wait a long time for a table. We then had a rough night in which another child succumbed to the dreaded stomach flu that we've been trying to shake. I spent a lot of time cleaning up vomit in the hotel room. :( The next morning everyone felt better and we had pancakes. Hopefully no more sickness.
Emma continued on her quest to lose a shoe while at the restaurant. Can we duct tape her shoes on? We headed back home after that. And Scott stayed and did one more week of reserve duty.
And eventually came home!! Everyone was happy he was back! And he's done with reserve duty for the next six months or so.
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