Vacation from a vaction?

Because of my lack in posts many of you probably don't even know that we have been gone for a week.Yes we have! And now I need a vacation hence the tittle. With all the Driving we did we could have been back in North Carolina. First, Scott Finished his finals on Friday right before Conference so we had the car all pack and left for hot and sunny Arizona, getting there about 3am, but we only had 2 days to spend with my Sister Jenn and of course the cousins so we got busy. I have to say 6 kids 5 being girls is exhausting. And I have to give a public apology Jenn really I am so sorry for burning your brand new bathroom counter top, I have learned from my mistakes and I have changed my ways, I feel terrible you can burn mine anytime!Oh and because we had such a good time on conference weekend "watching conference" we will all be waiting for our Ensigns so we can find out what we was said!! Oops! Really we did have it on!

Monday we left and wondered thorough the deserts of Arizona ( not the best scenery!) to San Diego we drove right to Sea World, and the weather guy was wrong it was not in the 70's it was in the 90's, so much for all those jackets and pants I brought. The kids had a blast and the girls hated the Shamu show and climbed under the seats to try to hide from the water little did they know that it would soon be a small river under the benches. They loved to feed the Sting rays it was like a vacuum sucking on your hand. they also pet the Dolphins, they think they feel like rubber.

After the park closed we went to find our Hotel no one would answer the phone there so we drove around for awhile and then I googled it so we were set, so we thought we ended up in some neighborhood in San Diego that just so happens to have the same street name as our hotel later to find out someone messed up and booked our sea world vacation in Anaheim, yeah well we could not get a hold of them and ended up just finding a hotel that night, so frustrating.Well we went to sea world the next day also and then at night went to the beach, i think the kids miss the beach a lot, they were so excited to go and ran straight for the water in their clothes. After getting soaked we took a stroll through Ventura beach and went in the shops and enjoyed the biggest slice of pizza I have ever seen! Mik thought it was the best thing ever! Oh and not a good area to hang out with your family once the sun is down unless you like to buy drugs while bringing your children along! To bad it really is pretty!

Now back to Arizona to my long time friend Tiffany's back through the lovely desert with 2 border control stops making sure we didn't have anything or anyone illegal! We had a lot of fun with Tiff and her girls ( yes no one I know has boys for Mik surprising he really is grown up to be a boy but he does have some mean house playing skills!) We went swimming with her family even though she thought it might be a little chilly since it was only like 95 degrees burr! Thanks Tiffany , Bryce & Girls hope to see you soon! You have the most well behaved children I have ever seen!

So more driving now we had to drive all the way back home, Scott had to work on Saturday and Mik had a football game and pictures, and lets not forget the Ward Chili cook off Scott signed me up for( why do they send sign up sheets to the Elders Quorum, not like they are going to make it!) Anyways we managed to make A dessert a salad and Chili since I have never made it before.

Also we got a nice Utah Welcome, when we got home it was about 30 degrees when we left it was in the 80's that's Utah though!

This was at the end of our road trip, I think they are exhausted?