Monday, April 8, 2013

Day 1 - Carlsbad, California - Roadtrip

Two weeks ago when we left for our California vacation we had to battle a snow storm for the first hour of our drive.  Boy did that make the thought of arriving at our destination that much sweeter.  We packed up our rented Ford Escape the night before, so at 4 a.m. the next morning all we had to do was load up ourselves. 
The boys kept busy watching videos and playing on their Nintendo DS's.  They also had some new books that they bought from Barnes the day before that kept them pretty entertained.  At one point Landon got car sick but seemed to do better after a little 7 Up and a piece of bread.  Poor guy, I'm just thankful it wasn't any worse.   
Before heading to our hotel, we dropped Taby off down the road at a doggy hotel for the week.  It was hard to leave her but I was able to call and check on her everyday and was just a few miles away if needed for any reason.
 

After getting unpacked and settled into the hotel we headed across the street to take in a little bit of sunshine and the beach.  Thinking we would just play for a little bit was a far cry from the truth.  Almost 2 hours later we took two sopping wet, sandy boys back to the room to clean up so we could go downstairs for dinner where Steve and I had the yummiest fish tacos.  

Of course the boys then had a little bit of time to hit the swimming pool before calling it a night.

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