!! CALIFORNIA !!

For spring break my family and I took a road trip to California and spent a week there. It was a much needed vacation for me and we had a blast! Friday we drove to Las Vegas and spent the night there. We took our van and my car because we can't all squish into the van, so it was a little nerve racking for me to drive that far, but it was fun! Then Saturday we went to the Bellagio in the morning to see the beautiful gardens they have there. Then we continued on our way to California! We stayed with my aunt and uncle and cousins that live in California Saturday night and Sunday and then we drove to Anaheim. We went to Disneyland Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday! We love Splash Mountain, Indiana Jones, Space Mountain, Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters (I beat Martin 1 out of the 5 times we went on it!! haha), Pirates of the Carribbean, The Tower of Terror, Soarin over California, and our new favorite ride Toy Story Carnival Games. That is a new ride kind of like the Astro Blaster, but you play carnival games like on a video game, it's really fun! (Martin won me by far every time on that one though!) It was so fun and the weather was the best part! 70's and 80's all week, it felt SO great! So nice to get away from the rain and snow! We had a blast but our legs and feet were so sore by the end of the three days. My favorite thing is the firework show at the end of the night! It is just amazing and just gives you goosebumps! I LOVE Disneyland! It truly is the happiest place on earth!!

Then Thursday we made our way down to San Diego and went to the beach! It was kind of cold weather, but we didn't care! We got our feet wet and found sea shells and just enjoyed the beauty of the ocean! Avenlea was the best at finding shells, she even found a real sand dollar that was perfect. I love the ocean!

Then Friday we went the San Diego Zoo. I've never been there and that zoo is amazing! It was so fun to see all the animals. It is so interesting to see and learn about all these different animals, some that you've never heard of before. I loved the Pandas, the giraffes, the birds, the gorillas, and the koalas were my favorite. They were so cute! Some were really friendly and walked about and some were just so cute and sat there and didn't want to look at us. haha, it was fun.

Then Saturday we made our trek home. It was a long day driving the whole way from San Diego, California to Kaysville, Utah. But we made it, but of course we couldn't leave without going to our favorite place to eat, "In N' Out!" The best hamburgers and french fries in the whole world! We had a great vacation! I needed a vacation and it was so great to be able to spend time with my family. I'm also so glad that Martin was able to come with us. We had a great time and it was so fun spending the whole week with him! The wonderful joys of my life! ~ Family, Love, Sun, Fresh Cut French Fries, Warmth, Water, Fireworks, Magic, Excitment, Fun! ~ I'm so grateful for all of my blessings, my amazing family, my loving fiance', and the wonderful life I get to live!