Friday, May 1, 2009

Our Disneyland Adventure

Part One: The Drive to California

It was nerve racking to get us packed up and going but...after a long night of work and not enough sleep we finally made it out of town last Friday afternoon headed for Las Vegas. We stayed in Vegas Friday night before driving the second leg of the trip to California on Saturday. We stopped three times before getting to Vegas. Our first stop was at a gas station in Nephi. Olivia and I giggling up a storm when we went to dry our hands in the restroom. They had these super sonic blowers that Jaye was scared of.

If you all need a good giggle, I recommend the Chevron just off of Main street in Nephi.

We eventually made it to St George for dinner. Blake and Lindz treated us all to a very yummy dinner at Olive Garden. The kids were very happy to be out of the car and running around before eating. It was a nice respite before heading back on the road to Vegas. The kids did a great job with all the time spent in the car. Jaye even slept most of the way(keeping mom and dad up most of the night)!



In Vegas we were pleasantly surprised to have our room upgraded to Suits (Thank to Hotwire.com they were only $59). We had two giant rooms with a king size bed which the girls piled into with us in the morning.


I was very happy to leave Vegas. It's not my kind of town.
Only in Vegas would you see a sign like this in your bathroom...


On Saturday we took a long break from driving to go shopping at the outlet mall in Barstow. I got some super cute new shirts and found some skinny jeans for Olivia. We all enjoyed our time there before piling back into the car.

We had a good stop in Barstow. Apparently we liked it so much we had to go back. Lindz left her glasses on the table in Dennys.

Here is all of us waiting for our dinner at the Barstow Denny's.




We did eventually make it to Anaheim,CA. Olivia was very excited to see that our hotel looked like a Castle. We had two rooms that connected and the kids were very happy to be running between them. We all crashed to get up bright and early to make it to the parks on Sunday.



Stay tuned for part two of our adventure... California Adventures!

We are HOME!

We arrived home early yesterday evening. We had a great week packed full of adventures. It was eveb an interesting ride home from St. George to say the least. I have loads of pictures to share with you... but I have some needy hungry girls at the moment. Will blog while Jorja is napping. LOVE Ya!
Moog

Thursday, April 23, 2009

One way or another

We are off to California tomorrow no matter what. The weather is supposed to be calm and we have more snacks than we can actually eat. We are going... one way or another. We leave as soon as we can get Olivia away from school. Should be interesting.
I will take lots of pictures and update you all when I get back. Hope everyone has a great weekend! If anyone gets bored, don't be afraid to check up on my husband and make sure he isn't getting too lonely with all his girls gone. Thanks!

Monday, April 20, 2009

Disneyland

M I C K E Y M O U S E!

The count down is on. The girls and I leave for California on Friday after school with my mommy. Our destination Disneyland. Three whole days of it. Josh will be left home alone with a laundry list of things to keep him busy. Feel free to come over and keep him entertained while works on said projects. He needs someone to keep him from getting into trouble. I'm not as excited as I should be to be leaving... but Olivia's excitement is making up for EVERYONE's times ten. I'm just stressed about getting out of town...being a stroller mom in Disneyland... and figuring out how to pay for the extra things. I'm so behind on updating here but I work the next few days and I'm not sure I'll have a chance to catch up before we go.

Just wanted to let you know what we will be up to and all that jazz. Hope everyone is enjoying the lovely spring weather. I know I'm very happy to be wearing flip flops again.