Vegas Loves

• roadtrips that begin before dawn
• extra creamy extra strong homemade coffee in a to-go cup
• zero traffic (how i love thee!)
• having a full tank of gas and squeaky clean windows
• zzyzx road (though we didn't stop at the magic butterfly tree :)
• the first glimpse of the Vegas Strip
• going to dunkin donuts for breakfast and dunkin' our donuts in hot chocolate with whipped cream on top
• exploring the 99 cent store in a new city :)
• pet kingdom usa - the most amazingly adorable and cool pet store in the usa :)
• Ruggs the pet store cat who hangs out with the bunnies :)
• snuggling with an ADORABLE ferret... he was soooo soft, like puppy soft with puppy playful wrestliness :)
• hedgehogs - i so want one... my neverland zoo would be a lot like pet kingdom usa (minus the spider/snake section)
• munchkin cats - i have never heard of short legged cats... but they were so cute!!
• getting a quick cooking lesson in making wood fired pizza at due
• soft hotel beds with more pillows than necessary and extra white sheets
• lazing poolside while my boys play effortlessly together :)
• ehow for being my guide to how to blow up a beach ball (yes i had to google it and yes there was a tutorial :)
• my iphone for helping out when our gps decided to go on strike
• Vegas drivers/taxi drivers for being extremely forgiving and gracious to hopelessly lost Vegas visitors :)
• Grimaldi's pizza (Sara... yes, it was soooooooo good!) i wish we had one here... California doesn't allow wood fired ovens or something stupid like that... no ferrets either - two very good reasons to move if you ask me... they're legal in Massachusetts, of course :)
• yelp for recommending the frozen custard place right next to Grimaldi's - also sooooooooo good!!
• my boys talking about that frozen custard with kit kats ALL NIGHT - apparently Sea World and frozen custard are two of the highlights of their summer :)
• having a completely, entirely free trip :| i mentioned (over and over until having a complete meltdown...) that the elevators were not working correctly and bingo bango bongo, the trip was free :| and so was breakfast... note to self: complain more (and stay on the second floor where possible :)
• taking pictures of lookalike joshua trees in Death Valley to photoshop to infinity - THE original joshua tree in zabriski point is sadly dead now... rest in peace, joshua tree :(
• mcdonald's frenchie fries - we stopped for lunch in the cosmo-opolis that is Barstow, California (also known as 'armpit of California' by some)
• zero traffic again on our side of the freeway - deadstopped on the other side (mwahahahahaha!!)
• arriving home... i love going home so much :)
• strawberries and caramel yogurt and granola for lunch watching 'my supermodel baby' in bed (ps i thought Madelyn was by far the cutest and she was a competitor baby to Hadley who looked like he ate too many carrots to me...)
  

pictures later... too pooped to look now xox