This year for Spring Break we tried to mix relaxation, having fun, and keeping it simple. We started by heading up to Rochester to spend a long weekend with family! We stayed 2 nights and grandma and grandpa Day's house and one night at Mark and Jenna's place. We had lots of fun playing, chatting, and hanging with cousins. The kids got to get guest passes to Mark and Jenna's gym and go play on some inflatables and go swimming in their pool and loved all of that. They also got to enjoy some cousin movie and nintendo time. Jon and I played some games and enjoyed hanging out with the adults.
On Monday we drove a couple hours to Lansing, Iowa where we had a vrbo booked for two nights. Lansing was a bit of a podunk town with not much to it and the vrbo wasn't quite as nice as it looked online but it was nice enough. The whole idea of booking this type of vrbo was just a simple get away to force relaxation and enjoy some hot tub time and hiking. That's exactly what we got. The kids loved going out and playing in the hot tub and hiking around the hill behind the house. They gathered a bunch of random sticks and firewood so on the second night we had a bonfire that was quite enjoyable. Jon and I also enjoyed the hotel and watching movies together and just disconnecting for responsibilities for a couple of days. There were no food places anywhere close so we just ate really simple (sandwiches, bagels, nachos) and that was quite nice also!
We went on a hike on day 2 that had some beautiful views of the Mississippi River. We were able to stand in Iowa and look out over the river, bits of Wisconsin and Minnesota also! We saw a beaver, a deer, and lot of squirrels!
The last few days of spring break we just hung out at home and got some projects done. That was nice also! All in all- pretty successful spring break!
