We left for the happiest place on earth Sunday morning. TJ took Kasen up to his moms house for the week. I was going to miss that little booger. TJ told me he even shed a little tear as he handed him off. But it was for the best.
We stopped and spent the night in Vegas to split up the drive and TJ booked a fun hotel with a fun pool for the kids. We got there around 5 and guess what? The pool was already closed for the night! What family hotel closes the pool that early?? We were all pretty disappointed but luckily the room had a massive jet tub and so plan B was to swim in there. The kids were pretty pumped about that actually. It did take like 45 min just to fill that tub up tho. The next day we finished our drive and spent the rest of the day at Huntington beach.
My only regret is that I didn't wear my swimsuit (Thanks to TJ who said it would be jacket weather at the beach and freezing water..)It was actually so nice and I wanted to get in like the rest of the crew did. Getting pooped on by the sea gull definitly made up for that tho. Lexi had the time of her life in her own little world on the sand and sea but Tallie got borded pretty quick and Chloe couldn't stop crying after realizing that sand sticks to wet bodies and it's a never ending cycle of rinsing sand out of her crack. For dinner we went to the Cheesecake Factory and did I ever mention I LOVE CHEESECAKE?!
Disneyland was first on our to do list and the kids just couldn't wait to get there. I really wish that the park would have been dead like it should have been. Apparently Arizona had their spring breaks going on and the crowds easily sucked a lot of fun out of the day due to standing in LONG LINES for the majority of the day. It was fun taking Tallie on some big rides for the first time and seeing her reaction. She was for the most part ready to try most of them. But never twice. The Tower of Terror is my fav and I don't know who screamed more, me or her. The weather was so nice and hot. The parade was magical for the kids and Chloe about beamed out of her body when each princess as they passed looked her in the eye and waved.
Sea World was my favorite. It was neat to watch my kids eyes in awe as they saw those whales just out of the water. We sat in the splash zone hoping to get wet but of course we were the only ones who didn't get a speck of water on us. Poor kids, happy mom.
It was also less crowed and no lines.
Tj made a late night run to the Cheesecake Factory again, just for us after the kids went to bed which was a bad idea but oh so good. The best part of the trip was just being with my family, away from home, away from responsibilities and friends, and just v bvgc being able to hang out with TJ every single day and going back to his stomping grounds. I am so grateful for his job and that its even possible for us to go on vacations like this. He did spend some late nights up
It was hard to come back to reality and jump back in the swing of life. But it was so great to see my little Kasen man after a long week. Once Tj brought him home he wouldn't even look at me and if I tried to hold him he just cried. He missed his Mona mom.
Made my heart a little sad. I am so grateful for TJ's parents and their love for our kids and that they love and offer to watch them all the time.
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