So we had a longer Spring Break this year thanks to the snow we got at the end of February. The snow didn't last long, but it left the dirt roads impassible. So instead of a 1 week break we ended up with 2! We decided to leave a day earlier than we originally planned since I still had to work and we couldn't get away sooner than that. We packed up our car and were on our way. Our first stop on our trip was Mesa Arizona to visit my little sister Kaitlin and her husband Nate.
The thing about car rides is our Sam gets a little car sick. He ended up throwing up all over the jacket that was by him. The poor puppy! So Jared had the brilliant idea to just shake it out the window while I was still driving. Yep it just ended up all over the side of our car.
Anyway we saw lots of beautiful country on our first day of driving.
After a 6 hour drive we made it to Mesa. We had a lot of fun with Kaitlin, Nate and their dog Pepsi. Sam loved having someone to play with. We went bowling while we were there and had a BLAST!
We had a lot of fun in Mesa! Our next stop was Joshua Tree National Park. Joshua Tree is on the way to Ridgecrest from Mesa, well sort of anyway. We mostly drove around the park but did do 2 short hikes one of which we were able to take the boys on. We were able to get a lot of great pictures. and our first family picture with Sam was taken there.
After a few hours in Joshua Tree we made our way towards Ridgecrest. We decided to stop at Jared's sister Melissa's home on the way for dinner and to have some one on one time. Again they were on the way, sort of anyway. We spent the evening visiting with Milly and her husband Lowell and playing with their ADORABLE kids. We met our nephew James that night, and what a cute boy he is. I loved playing with our niece Kayley, she is such a smarty and a cutie. I am SO glad we stopped. It was nice to catch up with them and get some one on one with the kids too. We eventually made it the rest of the way to Ridgecrest and were met by our loving family. It felt nice to be home (yes even though I didn't grow up there and have only been there like a dozen times Ridgecrest feels like home to me).
We spent the next few days in Ridgecrest. Unfortunately, Dad was gone on business all week so it was just us and the kids at home. We took mom out to lunch and enjoyed our one on one with her. We sent a Pi Day package to our sister Jenny who is on a mission in West Virginia. The younger kids loved having our dogs there, especially when they were able to go play at the park for FHE and when the dogs greeted them after school.
On Wednesday morning of that week Jared and I woke up early and headed to... DISNEYLAND! We were SO excited! We gave our boys a hug and told them to be good for their Grandma and left. We listened to Disney tunes the whole way there and were surprised that we didn't get stuck in too much traffic. We finally got to the park and hit up California Adventure. We saw the line for the fast passes to Radiator Springs, and decided to just go straight to the ride instead of waiting in that line. It actually wasn't too bad of a line. We spent the rest of the morning and afternoon in California Adventure. SO much fun! After we did what we wanted there we headed over to Disneyland where we stayed until the park closed. What a fun day! We headed to our hotel for the night. Our hotel was... interesting. First off there was no pool or hot tub, huge bummer after being on your feet all day. Second we were told the city was shutting off the water at midnight (so an hour after we checked in). Third we were in our own building. Fourth there was almost nowhere to park, I had to crawl through a bush to get out of the car. lol. But then we saw our room...
The next day was our 4th anniversary and we spent the majority of our time in Disneyland. We really did have so much fun. We got some pins/buttons to celebrate our anniversary and wore them all day that day. We got lots of congrats. I sure felt special. 4 years and I am even more in love with Jared.
Here are a bunch of pictures from our 2 days in Disney. We took more selfies but haven't gotten them all to the computer yet.
What a fun time! I hope we can make it back soon, like again this next year since it's the 60th anniversary for Disneyland. I just love Disneyland and I love it even more when I get to go with best friend.
Anyway we drove home late Thursday and then spent the rest of our trip in Ridgecrest. While we were away our little sister Whitney got head lice so when we got home we had to treat our hair. Not so fun. Saturday was Pi Day, but this Pi Day was the ULTIMATE Pi Day (3.1415). We had a huge get together at the park that morning and had lots of fun. Lots of pie and fun stuff. I spent a good chunk of the morning hogging James from the younger kids and I didn't care. lol. That afternoon we decided to head home instead of just hanging around Ridgecrest. We were sad to leave but not at the same time. 11 hours later we made it home, and barely. We forgot that on the res gas stations don't have pay at the pump stations and we almost ran out of gas. The next morning we came out to find a flat tire as well. We really were lucky to have made it home.
Anyway that was our Spring Break Adventures. Hoping we can have more adventures similar to these this summer.
