California.. here we come...

Day 2= more driving.  

STILL no pictures 

(I told you I failed at taking pictures).  

The drive through the canyon was a wee bit nerve wracking. 

When there is a cliff to nothingness to the side of you

it kind of freaks me out

We got to our hotel

later that afternoon

where we had somewhat of a view of Disneyland 

(could see the top of the Matterhorn)

We checked in. 

The hotel was ok.  

For the price we paid I am so not going to complain. at.all. 

Now, here is where I should have taken a photo.  

In front our room were 3 toilets.  

Now they weren't there for that long.  

In fact, by the time the van was unpacked, they were gone.

As we were driving down, as well as unpacking the van, 

we kept telling Kaden about going swimming at the beach.  

The weather was GREAT!! 

That was for the time being.. 

by the time we unpacked and changed 

we had complete complete cloud cover and the temp dropped about 10 degrees.  

Boo

The closer we got to the beach the colder it got.  

Double Boo!

So we bagged that idea and did some shopping for our next day adventures.  

My nephew was a little bummed.  

As were the rest of us.

Day One - Viva Las Vegas!

The drive was long, but fun.
CD's were listened to,
movies were watched.

We drove to Vegas 

and spent the night there. 

We stayed at The Orleans, which was pretty nice. 
2 queen beds in each room?
Awesome.

Now I originally suggested to stay in Primm (about 30 mins outside of Vegas) because rooms were 

REALLY cheap.  

That was almost the deal until

my mom read reviews and came across something like this:

"Our rooms were grubby, smelled and were crawling in ants. Long black hairs and stains on the towels. The furniture was thrift store at best and by the next morning we had ants in our bed, in our clothes in our suitcases and our cosmetics. Even on the drive home we had ants crawling on us."\

So.. mom suggested to just stay in Vegas.  Done and done.

We got to Vegas around 6-ish.  

Found out the pool closed at 7 (?!)

Boo.

So we ended up just having dinner, playing in the arcade and going to bed.

 
Can I just say, Vegas has some awesome people watching.

Surprise!

Here is a little glimpse of what

has been going on the past 

6 days!

 Day One

Surprising my niece with a trip to 

DISNEYLAND!!! 

(warning there is a tween scream)

Just keep swimming

My cute friend, Theresa, had linked this on her Facebook

Oh how I needed this. 

Thank you dear friend.

Healing Field

I went to the Healing Field yesterday.  

What an amazing experience.  

(I have never been)

Not gonna lie, I got a little verklempt 

(who me?  never.) 

 

There were some flags that had ribbons 

with the names of men and women,

that had died while serving our country.

(I remember driving down this guy's neighborhood,

while visiting a friend, and the streets were 

COMPLETELY lined with flags and yellow ribbons)

I am grateful every day for the sacrifice these men and women put themselves through in serving our country.

I want a pop..

I wanna  Shhhhhhasta.  

I had one of these the other day and...

 

boy howdy.. it was yummy!  

I felt like a kid again.
They have Diet Orange too!! 
Yessss!!

Sunrriiiiise, Sunset

K so I haven't seen many sunrises... but I LOVE a good sunset. 

This one was over the 4th weekend, as I was driving home from work.