We started our trip on Friday night and stayed in Provo with James and Erin. It was fun to hang out with them. Saturday morning we headed to Las Vegas and stayed the night there. We stayed in the Gold Coast and we just hung out on the strip for a few hours. I was very disappointed in the pirate show at Treasure Island. It's not so cool and piratey anymore.
Sunday we drove to Laguna Hills, CA to my aunt Kandy and uncle Terry's house. We went for my sister's birthday dinner. We had time beforehand to go watch the sunset at the beach.
Monday we drove to Corona where my grandma, Mimi and Poppi live. Lane went with Poppi, not to a car show, but to a garage where a bunch of old men went and drank coffee and talked about cars. He had "so much fun". We all went out to lunch and then went and hung out with Alexa and Jesse (Lyle and Pilar's kids). Then we had dinner at about 5 and our day was basically done. Lane and I went to Walmart and came back with a movie to watch and we fell asleep to it.Tuesday we drove to Anaheim and met my family at their timeshare. Dad had to work so the rest of us went to LA to the garment district for a few hours. Then we went back and picked up Dad for dinner at Chris and Pits. Thennnnn we went and saw "Twilight" and Lane and Trevor saw "Quantum of Solace". I thought Twilight was really good actually. My sister and cousin hated it but I thought they did a very good job. There were a few corny things in it but I loved it.
Wednesday we went to Knott's Berry Farm. Lane hadn't been to a theme park for about 10 years so he was pretty excited. He lead us all, running and following the little map. It rained for about 20minutes in the morning and so we didn't really have many lines all day. It was awesome! They have a lot of new, really fun rides now. Lane did a 3point game thing and he was so close to getting the top prize. They have 40seconds to shoot 12 balls. He made 8, which basically showed everyone else up that was doing it. He won a big ball and we all played with it throughout the rest of the night. It was a fun day. We stayed with Brad and Becky that night and got to soak in the hot tub for a while. Gooood day. (Pictures will be posted later--they're on my mom's and Devin's cameras.)
Thursday...THANKSGIVING DAY! We sat in a couple hours of traffic heading back up to Corona. We went to Mimi and Poppi's house for dinner. It was them, my whole family, Lyle & Pilar and their kids, Kelly and Heather (Mimi's niece), Gary & Juan and Justin, Kandy and Terry, and Brad and Becky. It was a lot of fun. Dinner was fantastic as usual. Pilar did the turkey, and it was enough to feed everyone but not enough for leftovers... :( Kandy planned a game called "Turkey Trivia" and the winner (Becky) got a $25 for a choice from a few different restaurants. Too bad I knew nothing about turkeys and my guessing didn't benefit me. Alexa and Jesse are getting so big and they are just adorable little angels. It was fun playing with them, and I think that will hold us over on the baby fever for a while. Next is Wenatchee with Faith and Tobie!!
Friday we went bowling with my family, Kandy, Terry, and Becky. Then we kind of just hung out at Kandy's and had dinner. That night we went and saw "Australia" which was such an awesome movie. Long...but awesome. Randy and Cheryl and Britt met us there too. And that was our last night there. We drove ALL the way back to
Rexburg on Saturday!
