Sunday, October 30, 2011

A month of a lifetime!

 In the past month our family has done sooo much I thought I was sick to my stomach of all this fun... but NOPE.... thats just morning sickness :)

It all started because Mallory and Kevin were married September 30th, 2011. We traveled down to Utah to share that crazy time and were running every second of it!!

  • I drive to Utah alone with all the boys and a Suburban full of wedding decor and legos.
  • Get a Ticket after Driving for 2 hours... POOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Get to Marpleton at G&G Labrums around 2AM
  • Get 3 shakes and 2 fries on the way... more shakes and fries than we have had all year!
  • Bryant Flies in on Thursday at 3
  • Mallory goes to the temple for the first time
  • Kayla and I put on a Lovely Shower for Mallory and had alot of fun doing it!
  • Family Dinner to meet Kevin's family at Olive Garden
  • Mallory and Kevin get married
  • Bryant and I take Cody to General Conferance in SLC, we get to hear the Prohpet speak and spend the afternoon walking around temple square
  • We drive to california. Stopping in Las Vegas...YUCK!!
  • We get to Anaheim and check in to the resort around 11PM ( it took way to long!!!!!)
  • We play, splash, shop, chill, play with Cousins.
  • Bryant attends the Temple with Chris and Melissa and does baptisms for 41 relatives that have died without the sacred ordinances of baptism.
  • Dallan and Kayla meet us a Downtown Disney for fun!
  • We meet up with Mallory and Kevin on thier honeymoon, and all 3 of us and our families go out to dinner!! SOOOOO yummy!
  • Dallan's Family and ours go to Disneyland together and have a seriously super fun day right down to the last minute when we left them at Disneyland :) at 12:30AM
  • Grandma and Grandpa are stranded at the orange county airport because my phone is off and we slept in... but don't worry... mallory and kevin go pick them up :)
  • Pool day with the cousins at the Resort.
  • Beach BBQ at Aliso Creek where many of us (not me) got drenched my sneaker waves... Sadly it was Bentley and others and HONESTLY I'm thankful he's here today... it was scary!!
  • Beach day for Eastons B-Day
  • Cody and Daddy and Grandpa  Body Board till the literally...ok till grandpa literally can't walk :) LOL (Just kidding dad!)
  • Mallory and Kevin's California Reception
  • Start the Drive back to Wasshington
  • Make it to the Golden Gate Bridge within Eye shot at 6PM, make it to the Bridge for photos... 9PM Disappointing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you Can't even see it in our pictures!!!!!
  • Make it to our hotel around 2, after getting pulled over for "sleepy driving" we were so dead!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • We leave ready to go thinking we will get home around 9PM.....
  • We drive through the redwood forest...which I wouldn't change for the world...but we didn't leave the forest (in CA) till 5PM.
  • We examine our heads and realize we are CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!
  • Shelbi Drives from 2-10PM... (thats amazing!) Drive home around 2AM only 5 hrs off schedual!

  • We are home for 2 seconds and I'm not sure what I did exacltly because the next thing I knew I was at the airport picking up grandma.
  • Bryant and I leave for a 5 day ALL inclusive trip to Riviera Maya, Mexico. Oh boy.... this was amazing! THANK YOU Shelf Reliance!
  • We don't know how we had so much fun but it was awesome
    • swam with the dolphins
    • walked on the cove walls as the ocean waves beat the rocks
    • got a spa pedicure
    • went on an extreem excursion where we took our lives into our own hands
      • rappeling
      • ziplineing in the jungle
      • snorkling in a cenote
      • open ocean snokling ...with turtles
      • laid out on stark white sandy beaches ahhhhhhhh
    • 2nd time letting a salon color my hair! I LOVE IT!
    • all while drinking unlimited virgin lime margaritas, golden smoothies, daiquiris....
    • Pool Volley ball
    • I got to read a whole book...start to finish... in just 3 days ????? Awesome!!
  • Now we are home and don't know what to do with ourselves :)
More pictures to come but I need to sort and edit here are Disneyland ONLY photos...
Thanks for going Dallan it was a blast!!!!!!!!!!





  
























5 comments:

Lauren said...

Did you say you have morning sickness????? Yay for baby and fun vacations; yuck for being sick to your stomach.

Keri said...

ummm...congratulations on being preggers!! what a crazy fun couple of weeks you have. kudos to you for surviving all that fun :)

Mindy said...

Dang. you have been sooooo busy. We took the same CA trip when I had morning sickness, not fun, but a good distraction. Your family is so cute, and Cody just looks so tall and old.

Katie Tyler said...

My whole heart is smiling for you and all the fun you are having! Shelbi- you deserve all of this happiness and joy with your family-- and the addition of more family to come!!

Amanda said...

Ok, so you're pregnant? I'm way happy for you!!! Love the Cali pics too.