So, as we're putting life back together in Colorado, here's a long recap of our vacation.
Day 1-- the girls traveled fairly well. We only drove about 9 hours (I know, only 9 hours) to Provo, and Sadie slept a lot of it. Morgan kept herself entertained by using stickers as "hair pretties". Sadie even managed to receive a few on the top of her head.
Day 9 or 10-- I'll just cut to the chase. We're not a road trip family. Somewhere between miles 1 and 2,779 (yup, that's how many we drove the whole trip) we decided that we would rather keep Southwest in business than spend 5 of 10 days driving.
Grandma Ginos introduced Morgan to a campfire specialty--the s'more. Sticky everywhere, and then some!
Our family friend, Mary, thought Sadie was getting too much sun on the beach, so she stuck her umbrella right on top of Sadie. Everyone else shared umbrellas, but somehow, the baby managed to get her own!
Ain't this the life? Morgan spent a week in heaven--sand, Untel Tyler, the ocean, and more sand. I've washed her swimsuit 3 times and there are still sand traces!
Poor Sadie got an ear infection at the beginning of our trip and was miserable for the first few days. After a visit to urgent care and some medicine, she started feeling much better.
Morgan's favorite Raffi song is "Mr. Sun". Alex decided to entertain us all by participating with Morgan. Here's a picture and also a video.
The men went on a bike ride one afternoon. Lucky Tyler got to try out mom's pink bike! Morgan got very jealous!
Morgan like riding her bicycle to the potty, so she seemed to have the need to go quite often!
Morgan thought she was pretty cool climbing up the ladder to the top bunk.
Morgan like riding her bicycle to the potty, so she seemed to have the need to go quite often!
Here's Alex, cooking in the "kitchen".
Morgan thought she was pretty cool climbing up the ladder to the top bunk.
While up there, she found the camera and thought she'd take a picture of the view from our bed. The blanket on the bottom of the picture is proof that this really was our view all week! Beautiful!
We rode a double-decker bus from the fair overflow parking lot to the fair. Sadie loved the ride!
Alex loved the bull-riding. Morgan thought the motorcycle tricks were best (motocross dirt bikes). She said, "They jumped and flipped and landed on the hill. In the dirt."
How could I not put this cute picture of Sadie?
The Turkey Stampede. Ever wonder how to get turkeys to "race" a lap around their pen? Simple. Fill a remote control truck with feed and start driving! Just make sure the driver is faster than the turkeys or this is what happens:
Happy Birthday to Sadie! Technically, her birthday's not until the end of the month, but she opened her gift early. Well, she played peek-a-boo with the wrapping paper and entertained us all for a few minutes. So cute!
We rode a double-decker bus from the fair overflow parking lot to the fair. Sadie loved the ride!
Alex loved the bull-riding. Morgan thought the motorcycle tricks were best (motocross dirt bikes). She said, "They jumped and flipped and landed on the hill. In the dirt."
How could I not put this cute picture of Sadie?
The Turkey Stampede. Ever wonder how to get turkeys to "race" a lap around their pen? Simple. Fill a remote control truck with feed and start driving! Just make sure the driver is faster than the turkeys or this is what happens:
Sweet SadieBug, eating snacks with grandpa and grandma.
The 2-day trip down to San Diego was a little much for us, so we took a 3-day trip back and stopped in AZ to see Brian's family one night. Here's Morgan and her cousin, Macy, just taking a walk.
Somehow, we ended up going home with a loaf of bread. Sadie perfected the art of playing with her food in the middle of New Mexico.
And Mommy learned that granola bars, preschoolers, and carseats should never be combined.
Our final night (4th of July), we stayed in Albuquerque. After spending 9 hours in the car, Morgan was ecstatic when she found out she got to sleep in her own bed at the hotel!
And there you have it. The long recap of our long roadtrip. We all had a great time and appreciate all the help from Grandpa, Grandma, Logan, Alex and Tyler!
Somehow, we ended up going home with a loaf of bread. Sadie perfected the art of playing with her food in the middle of New Mexico.
And Mommy learned that granola bars, preschoolers, and carseats should never be combined.
Our final night (4th of July), we stayed in Albuquerque. After spending 9 hours in the car, Morgan was ecstatic when she found out she got to sleep in her own bed at the hotel!
And there you have it. The long recap of our long roadtrip. We all had a great time and appreciate all the help from Grandpa, Grandma, Logan, Alex and Tyler! 
5 comments:
Looks like a fun trip. So what did Sady get for her Birthday, besides wrapping paper?
Fun trip minus all the driving! Poor Sadie--ear infections are no fun. I can't believe Sadie's already almost 12 months! Wow--that flew by fast.
Wow what a fun trip! Summer is always jammed packed (we'll have to waait until August before we do anything). And by the way, your life NEVER seems Boring!
Looks like all the driving was worth it! WHat a fun trip...I want to go camping at Carlsbad!!!! How do we get a reservation again? I guess I need to talk to your mom....I miss it so much!
Love you guys. See you in August!
Wow, what a whirlwind! Looks like everyone had fun though, so that's good. The girls have already changed so much! Oh, and remember that Morgan cut Ivy's hair too? So this is not a new venture of hers :)
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