Vacation OVER!

Hi Friends,
I'm so sorry it's been a while 4,000 miles on our poor Armada (I fear she is in her last months of life) later I am finally home and ready to start blogging again!  We had a great trip full of fun, yes even the 4,000 miles in the car was fun and full of adventure including:

What my family calls Rock Monster Rest Stop in Arizona, it's in the middle of no where: flat and boring and then all of a sudden rock mountains appear and then they are gone and it's back to flat, boring, nothing again!  It's a favorite place to stop on our drive, get out have a little dance party and then back in the car we go!

We stopped in my favorite place ever next!

Yes, I do love Disneyland, not Disney World or even CA adventure just Disneyland.  I love the history of the park, Walt seriously amazes me and his vision for what Disneyland could be before theme parks existed is astounding!  We played a few days in the theme parks.

Hung out with Olaf and had a ton of fun!  We love Disney and if there is one thing I miss living in Texas it's Disneyland!  My parents met up with us at the end of the week and watched our kids while we went to a homeschool convention.  Great convention with some amazing speakers and great information!  I love homeschool conventions I always walk away so encouraged.

After that it was up to Sacrament for Babies:

Babies:

And YES more babies!

Ben's sister had a baby, my best friend had a baby, my brother had a baby and there is actually one more baby that I couldn't post one here with another dear friend of mine that she is adopting, but adoption isn't final so imagine one more cute chubby sweet boy here!  And now that I'm thinking about it - this is a lot of boys, good grief people we need a baby girl in this mix!  I need bows and pink and ruffle bum bathing suits - I've tried with my oldest daughter but she just isn't having it!

Alright so after lots of squeezes and being drooled on and cuddled and snuggled we saw my Grandpa!  I love this man, what a heart he has for the Lord and I'm blessed to call him ours!

Then we drove up to Tahoe!

This was the view from our cabin, rough life, I know!  Spent a few days at the cabin with Ben's family and had a delightful time full of laughter, cuddles, and fun!

Then it was off to Carson City NV for time with my dear friend Melanie.  We packed in time with everyone we could while we were in Sacramento and then headed back to Texas, which thank the Lord was a pretty uneventful drive home.

We listened to several great audio books from Lamplighter's Theater (delightful I love everything they make, books, audios all of it!  If you have kids buy their books - it's quality reading with good characters and lessons.  They are hands down our families favorite books to read out loud together!)  I'll post another post with the books we read out loud in the car on the way to and from CA with my reviews soon!

This was our final night of driving before getting back to Texas and it was a glorious drive.  The car was hushed and everyone stared out the windows just looking with amazement at the beauty we were surrounded in!

Great vacation, but I sure am glad to be home and glad to have all that laundry done!  I've got a couple fun posts coming up this week (like my favorite counter cleaner and the DIY sunblock that turned me into a lobster, don't worry not sharing that recipe!) and a couple free giveaways too so stay tuned!

In His Grace,
Jenny