breakfasted on the most heavenly burnt waffles and toaster strudels on our journey :)
GPS said we'd arrive at 10:21am - - but we got there at 9:41am and we didn't even drive that fast (but no-one was allowed to pee... that's why i took starbursts - for hydration :)
even though we did stop briefly at Halloran Summit to look for a small-ish but awesomely spiky joshua tree to possibly dig up (would it really be so wrong...? i mean, nobody technically owns those joshua trees... and i just want one small one... and i'd take reaaaaally good care of it!)
wanted to get a shake at the fancy new Southpoint Steak N Shake but it didn't open till 11am :| grr... being ridiculously early has it's disadvantages...
stopped for Dunkin Donuts instead :)
Sam called home on his phone :)
went to Pet Kingdom USA and fell in love with the ferrets all over again... and the possums too, i was this close - {THIS CLOSE} i tell you - to purchasing a pet possum :)
found our off-the-strip hotel and took a micro 3 minute nap
but the boys wanted to swim - so we did that instead of napping :|
Sam called home on his phone :)
went to Rio's most amazing buffet... heaven really is a place on earth :) they even had onion rings! snow crab legs don't impress me at all... but onion rings do :) and they have the best gelato/dessert bar.... you actually want to finish everything you grab, because they are all that yummy (this might not be a good thing, in hindsight:)
they also had awesome wood fired pizza :)
went to the Fashion Show Mall - haven't been there since the day we got married (for a blizzard :)
painstakingly sniffed for hours at Jo Malone. felt very light-headed. it was impossibly hard... earl grey or assam? or sweet milk?? or fresh mint??! i chose the fresh mint because it's cool and clean and fresh and so unique. i love getting a perfume on vacation because the smell always reminds me of the place - and i don't have a "Vegas" perfume, despite having 101 fabulous trips there.
stood in Apple for one painful hour (it was probably not an hour... but it felt like a DAY) while children played games that i've since been begged to buy :|
had my eyes covered by sweet, protective children while attempting to drive down the Strip because they saw naked ladies painted on the bus next to us :)
Danny sang a song about a little donkey over and over and over until Sam went absolutely insane (but recorded the whole thing on his new phone :)
boys swam again
went to Grimaldi's for pizza (soooo good... i briefly considered buying a freezer. and buying lots of pizza pies and freezing them. and trying to drive the freezer, full of pizza, back to CA. but i was in the car not the minivan... and it just has a AC thingie... so i just ate the pizza reeeeally sloooowwwwwly and tried to memorize the sublime taste of the char and the sweet tomato sauce :)
boys fell asleep instantly after dinner, and i watched Bethanny Ever After (she reminds me of a zombie... Aaron says she's more corpse-like)
looooved the pillows/comforter in the hotel - they were so amazingly squishy and lovely. and i counted that we had 14 pillows between three of us:) turned the AC down to 65 so it was wonderfully chilly and snuggly
was awoken at 6:11am to go to breakfast by hungry children (grrr)
looooved the buffet breakfast at the hotel - i love hotels with waffle makers :) just give me squishy pillows and a waffle maker and i'm happy :)
drove home via Costco in Victorville (we stopped for restrooms/milk/churros)
was welcomed home by Daddy, who unpacked the car :)
napped at last!! (i do not know how people with more than two children go on vacation and don't spontaneously combust from the WORK involved!!!!)
cookies, cheesecake, tiramisu gelato, carrot cake, red velvet cake and bread pudding (i left the brownie as it didn't seem very deeply fudgy, and i didn't want to "pig out" :)
oh my goodness. It sure seems like a whirlwind of a good time. :)
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