our big ol' trip

Started off Friday morning for Vegas-stayed the night with Rory's sister who lives there. The girls did really good!

Read this in about 5 hours...it was really good, can't wait for the second one to come out next week!

The second day we hit a bad snowstorm in Utah and ended up stuck in traffic, not moving, for about 2 hours. Add a flat tire a little while later and we were all super cranky! We finally got to Orem (3 hours later than planned!) and had a nice dinner with my sister, brother, and their spouses and kiddo.

I made some pretty darn amazing cupcakes for my sister's birthday! (I just follow the recipe, folks!) WOW these were good, and quite the show stoppers.

I met up with the awesome Shauna from Shwin and Shwin, at Hobby Lobby, and we chatted for a long time about sewing, blogging, kids, and random stuff. I had so much fun, Shauna!

 

After the SNAP conference was over, we got ready to drive back to Vegas for the night...and then onto.....DISNEYLAND!

 

We kept it a secret from the girls...well, Sadie, and she had no clue up until we walked in and told her. lol!

 

She was very very excited and insisted we go on the teacups and dumbo-PRONTO.

 Charlotte was happy to go along with anything-except holding our hands and walking next to us. Grr. We forgot our stroller, also, so we had to rent one. They're not too bad, but sheesh...I missed my double wide jogger!

She was on cloud 9!

 As you can see, sitting on the Mickey ears was one of her favorite things to do. ;)

Rory said she was driving this all by herself-gas included! I'm impressed.

Day two: Sadie had a mini meltdown and so C and I went on the Casey Jr. train. She loves trains but I'm not sure she figured out she was on one. lol. Every time the monorail went by she yelled at it though. "BYE BYE TRAIN!"

These girls are such good little friends. Until Sadie gets too affectionate, if you know what I mean, and it ends up in a stranglehold.

We had great weather! the crowds weren't too bad either, though they were the best Wednesday morning of course...when we were leaving. :(

Sadie was a trooper and walked a lot, but when she got tired she hopped on the stroller and it worked quite well with two!

I was really excited to wear my Minnie Mouse dress I'd thrifted awhile ago!

I think we went on this carousel 3 times in a row. One of the sweet employees kept making a big deal out of Sadie, calling her princess, and such...and Sadie was eating it up!

We also went on the Ferris Wheel, which we weren't sure the kids would like, but it turns out Sadie is a little crazy...and loves heights. (agh, she did not get that from me!) She LOVED seeing the park! or as she put it, "THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD, MOM!"

And thank goodness for these awesome Mickey stickers they gave us while we waited in line. The girls did really well waiting, but these definitely helped.

I had to get a pic of my favorite window on Main Street!

Bye bye Disneyland! See you in September!




Before we got on the road, we hit up Cafe Rio once more and I got my favorite, the steak salad. You better believe I ate it all.