Hotel Room with kids...

I don't know how to state this without seeming like a complainer but here it goes.  One of the most apparent downfalls to this separation is the unfortunate toll it takes on the children.  However what is fantastic is the assistance that comes from places it has always been, just never accessed. 

I will describe it like this.  I have been out of my house for an unfortunate amount of time (not to my choosing, and over 2 months but who is really counting), and will soon be back in there.  As a result I have been living at others homes, and have had my kids quite a bit.  So why am I complaining, well have you ever been on vacation with your kids (I have) and tried to stay or keep them concentrated in one area of the house, or have them in a hotel room for an extended period of time? It gets pretty frustrating because they are stuck, limited, prohibited, and not at home.

 That has been me for the past two months.  But here is where the blessings have come into play.  I moved into my brother Trey's house the day they moved in after they closed on it (welcome home guys) and have been there for long (but seems short) amount of time.  Trey and I have been able to hang out quite a bit, and Jenna, she rocks and lets of have our male bonding time.  My kids have done so much over here, they have swam in the pool, dug in the dirt, made a garden, covered their entire fridge in X-Men and Princess pictures they colored (still there, over a month now), and named chickens. 



Yep chickens.  These pics here are of a friends not Trey and Jenna's, now onto the chicken story.

So Trey and Jenna have a mini urban farm going on at their place, they built a chicken coup (with Brexton's help) and picked out four chickens.  Of which Brexton and Nixin were able to name because they helped catch them.  Nixin of course named her's Cinderella chicken, because that is the responsible two year-old girlie girl thing to do.  However Brexton when asked thought long and hard and said, "Dave, I am going to name my chicken Dave."  I was on the floor laughing and so was Trey, however we convinced him to think of something different.  So he did, it is now Captain America, or "Cap for short" as Brexton would say.  Yes that is a goat inside this ladies house, don't ask. 

Now let's move onto my third home away from home.  Brannon and Amanda's.  This too has been a great time, Brannon and Amanda are never bored when my kids are there.  They play with them, they talk to them, and they shop for them (going from some snacks, to tons of snacks at their house is awesome as Cote would say).  For example, Brexton and I were on the couch relaxing and he turns to me and says, "Who am I?" and begins speaking in a real cute, proper, and high voice.  He was imitating Amanda, it was hilarious!!  And then there is Nixin, this is the type of attention she gets from these two, you can't tell me she is suffering while there.  

Yep, nails painted, very important.  However if you notice one day Uncle Brannon painted them, the next week Aunt Amanda painted them.  Awesome. 


So with that being said, I have crashed, eaten, consumed, used, and enjoyed more resources then I deserve staying with these two great families who I have grown so much closer to; and they need to be thanked.  I am ready to stay in my own house, wake up in the morning and get my kids ready for school again, make them breakfast, make them lunch, brush their teeth, read them books, watch Star Wars together, play at the park, eat dinner at the table again, in my own home.

But the love, memories, and relationships that were forged between my kids my brother's and their dear loving patient wives has been amazing.  Thanks you guys, I have really enjoyed this time together and look forward to hanging out even more now.