Tuesday, June 28, 2011

We took the West by storm.

It was more like a tornado, leaving destruction everywhere we went, but I like to remember it fondly despite the temporary insanity my kids seemed to experience.

Our June road trip took us through Utah~


To Vegas which, no matter what anyone tries to tell me, is not a place for kids. I don't know why we accepted the "There's plenty for families to do in Vegas these days." line, but we should have trusted our instincts on this one. Or maybe we were just bummed that we couldn't go to the clubs. Whatever.

The kids favorite part was Freemont Street.


My favorite part was when Macy and Felix shut down the pool at the Luxor by simultaneously throwing up in it. Oh wait, that wasn't my favorite part at all.

After spending two days in Vegas we proceeded to California and Disneyland! This was a perfect age for them to go for the first time - still young enough to be ecstatic to meet their favorite characters and go on some of the younger rides, yet old and brave enough to ride the fun rides like Space Mountain.



We could have spent more time at Disney if it wasn't for that pesky budget thing. Not to mention, Mr. Greenhab and I were more than ready for the relaxing portion of our vacation.

Since we aren't planning any other trips this year, we decided to rent a condo on the beach while we were in California.



I purchased a Groupon the week before we left for this....


...and the rental shop ended up being less than a mile from our condo. That makes us happy!


We had lots of good food...







Lots of shenanigans...






And saw some famous sights...






We spend so much time outside... (I think this was the longest my kids have gone without TV!)




Marc and I even started the Couch to 5K program while we were there, in addition to all of the walking, hiking, biking and swimming we did.





A good trip was had by all. Now it's back to cooking and cleaning and 87 loads of laundry and 32 product reviews I need to do and...reality.

2 comments:

Joy said...

WOW!!!! I wanna go on a vacation like yours!!!
(oh, maybe just by myself without any short throw-uppy people . . . .
:)

panamamama said...

Looks like so much fun! (Except for the pool incident.) We did a "Go West" trip a few years ago and it's still our favorite trip I think!