The girls and I went to California for about a week and a half during the last half of March.
We braved the drive by ourselves (Rob didn't come) and ended up splitting it up over two days instead of trying to squeeze it into one. Rob usually does most of the driving when we travel as a family, so I was pretty brave to attempt this drive by myself (with the girls). I haven't driven the whole thing by myself since I was in college 10 years ago!
Here is a recap of our trip as told by the text messages I sent to Rob while we were gone.
Sara loved staying in a hotel. She thought it was fun to have a "little house" all to ourselves! But the funniest part was, she could have had a big queen-size bed all to herself, but she wanted to sleep on the floor! I guess that's what you do at sleepovers (according to her), so she wanted me to make a little bed on the floor for her. She loved it!
Here are a few photos of the girls from the next morning:
Good morning Sunshine!
Even though Sara wanted to sleep on the floor, she ended up climbing in bed in the morning to watch cartoons on her "little thing" (iPod).
Here is a lovely photo of me. I put my hair up weird while doing my makeup in the morning.
Sara thought it was a wig. :)
Sara wanted to take a picture of the desert while driving through Nevada, so I handed her my phone. This is the best shot she got. I think it is actually pretty good!
Here are some of the other photos she took.
1 of 5 pictures of the back of the passenger seat,
A few snapshots of me driving,
5 photos of her little travel buddy,
and two pictures of her legs. :)
A budding photographer, eh?
The next round of photos comes from a pit-stop we made in Jean, NV (just outside Vegas).
The girls were itching to get out of the car, so we found a gas station with a nice little grassy area and a few trees. Sara enjoyed running around picking dandelions while I fed Ava in the shade.
Pretty sure she had some candy in her mouth which is causing the funny closed-lip smile.
As you can see from the following photos, it was windy.
The wind was making her hair stick up like that!
Also, Sara was putting dandelions on everyone's ears.
Side shot of Ava's windy hairdo.
Our next stop was at Peggy Sue's 50's Diner, just outside Barstow, CA. They have a little garden behind the diner with several metal dinosaur sculptures.
And a gorilla too.
Rob's response to this photo, "Sara holding Ava is destined to be a family photo classic. :) "
We didn't eat at Peggy Sue's 50's Diner, but we did get ice cream!
We finally made it to our California destination just before dark. We stopped at my brother's house and visited (while Sara played with her cousins) before making the final leg of the drive--just another 30 minutes--to my parent's house.
It was a long drive! But it all worked out. We all made it there and back and lived to tell the tale. :)
More photos of the trip coming soon.
