The back seat bunch! All strapped in with no where to go!!!
Cute little T!
Playful little P!
The cousin club at the zoo!
After about a week we loaded back up and officially started our vacation! Second stop...Arizona. We played with the family and had so much fun! The kids LOVED Grandpa Ronnie sand Grandma Jody's new swimming pool and T LOVED playing with "the guys". T loved showing off his moves and P was begging to get in the pool whenever he wasn't in it, constantly carrying his life jacket and tube. We celebrated the 4th of July with a barbecue and some small-town fireworks..the temp...not so sure...but unbareably hot. They kind of seemed like the fireworks without end. Sunday was great, more time with family and another lil' nephew being blessed. Monday we visited the Arizona Science Center...it was tons of fun. It was good to spend time with the fam and I even got a little brave and rode a bike on a tight rope. After that we went back to grandma's for some more swimming, homeade ice cream and fun with the fam!
T and I watching the fireworks, can you see it? That spot above T's head! Breathtaking...we know! Actually the fireworks were pretty good, it was the 105 degree-ish that half the family stayed inside to avoid.
T and cousins or "the guys" playing outside and watching the fireworks!
Lots of good food had by all!
P begging to go swimming!!!
Brandon and his life line...trying to fix the hole in the pool! Good ole brave Uncle Brandon!
T at the Science Center... making a plan. The more balls you throw into the nostril before it sneezes them out the better.
Wheelchair races...Ronnie vs. Ty...Haley vs. Nakeisha...
Quinn vs. T (and Ty)
Me...riding a bike...on a cable...at the Science Center.After SO much fun in Arizona it was again time to pack our bags and find yet another adventure. Third stop...California! First we hit San Diego. We stayed at a really nice hotel downtown. It was an old hotel that they had totally redone. It was beautiful but apparently people back in the day didn't need as much space or had a lot less stuff because the rooms...tiny! Ty and I could not keep from laughing everytime we looked at each other. That night we headed to the ocean for a little dinner and fun. T and I chased the waves and P discovered he hates sand. The next day we went to Sea World. It was so much fun... The boys loved it. We got awesome seats for the Shamu Show. T loved it, P... I think, thought Shamu was going to eat him. After Shamu we visited the penguins, the sea lions, the dolphins, and the walrus. P was TERRIFIED of the walrus, he would swim right up to the glass where P was standing. I think P is used to being one of the bigger kids on the block, the walrus was MASSIVE. P stood down!
Lil' P was not into the whole sand thing...
After having so much fun in the ocean and having just gone from 105-110 deg in Arizona to 75 deg in San Diego...he was frozen. So we bundled him up for the ride back to the hotel.
Washing all the sand out...
Brothers...adorable!
Me and my lil' guys!
The WALRUS P thought was going to eat him!
We all loved Shamu!
After TOO much fun at Sea World we headed north to our hotel in Anaheim. We gave P anything he wanted to make him think staying in his car seat was an okay idea...including cell phones, battery chargers, and of course LICORICE...probably not the best idea. But he liked it!
Thursday we spent the whole day going back and forth between Disneyland and California Adventure. The favorite rides:
Ty: Soaring Over California
Haley: Soaring Over California & Toy Story
T: "flying"... Soaring Over California (barely met height requirement with his hat and tallest tennis shoes)
P: Pretty much anything BUT Pirates of the Carribean...little freakout!
Daddy and his boys...cruising through the jungle!
After a total melt down in Pirates of the Carribean...P was a little nervous and skeptical of the rest of the rides.
P's favorite part...the FOOD!
T getting all the bad guys in Toy Story!
The exhausted fam at the end of our Disney Day!
After riding all the rides we stuck around for the fireworks and the electical light parade. The parade was just as I remembered it from when I was a kid. After Disneyland both T and P fell asleep in the stroller on the way back to the hotel and Ty and I collapsed into bed shortly thereafter.
After so much fun it was time to go home. Friday we packed up and made the drive home.
We did a little shopping at the outlets on the way. Now we are home...back to the grind...back to school...back to play...back to normal. It is as fun to come back as it is to go! But WOW...what a fun vacation!!!!!!!!!!
We did a little shopping at the outlets on the way. Now we are home...back to the grind...back to school...back to play...back to normal. It is as fun to come back as it is to go! But WOW...what a fun vacation!!!!!!!!!!
4 comments:
fun, fun, fun!!! my favorite pic is the one of the boys in the shower washing the sand off! Hilarious....their little white bums made me laugh! Glad you guys are having fun. I still don't know where you are, but I think I can guess...hope school is going good!
hey! Brock has two more years left. we most likely will end up in Idaho because that is where we both want to live. Hopefully southeast Idaho...who knows though, it just depends on the opportunities. but definitely somewhere closer to family.
How Fun!! Our next Disney trip is planned for next year, DisneyWorld. Hopefully Lynlee will have forgotten the Pirates and we can trick her to go on it again.
I can't believe how much STUFF you did. And seriously so much FUN! The boys looked like they were lovin' every minute of it. And the last pic everyone still had a smile on their face =) Glad it went well.
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