Spring Break 2011

So for Spring Break the big kids got to go on another trip to Legoland.  While they may begin to think this is a new pattern of behavior, the truth is the passes expired at the end of this month and I am too Dutch not to make the most of them.  So, I gathered a friend (who also had free passes and Dutch heritage) and we loaded up six kids between the two of us and headed off to San Diego for a few days.

As we were exiting the highway for our hotel (after six hours of driving and several potty stops along the way), we were rear ended by a car that was hit by another driver, who then promptly took off.  We were all unharmed and were thankful for God's protection for the two mothers and six children in our van. It could have been way worse if we were the ones who had been struck by the runaway, supposed drunk driver. Or if my husband hadn't bought me the biggest vehicle on the road you can drive without a CDL.

**I took the van in today for the insurance assessment, and the quote came back as $1300.  Thank goodness for insurance!   Anyway, back to the vacation....

After we finished up with the police we made it the rest of the way down the road and to our hotel.  Two adults and six kids all in one room.  The hotel receptionist wished us luck, in our not so big suite, with all the kids, but I assured her were were there for lots of laughs and memories.  And we had a great weekend together.  Three nights together in a small space, and two days together in Legoland, and we had a BLAST!