Last year this time we were experiencing so much anxiety and stress... Owen was scheduled for heart surgery 4/1. When we were in the hospital we decided we were going to go to the monster trucks world finals in Las Vegas, as the 2012 & 2013 world finals DVDs had gotten owen through so much... He would watch them during hospital stays, appointments, usually reserved for those not fun times.
The trip was planned. The Britton clan all have time shares so they agreed to come and share their space with us yet again. We have our own place with a space for the kids to be at night, which is quite awesome!
Another note... One of Chris's friends at work got word we were coming to this event and her husband used to race dirt bikes with one of the drivers.... she hooked us up with Damon Bradshaw's PR person who hooked us up with a make a wish group for a Wednesday meet and greet event! It was through make a wish as Owen qualifies but not really associated with a chapter or anything. It was a smooth way for Damon to hook us up with an existing event. Stay tuned!
This boy is an easy rider in the car. He colors, draws, and plays learning games on the kindle. If the batteries weren't dead in the DVD remote he would have watched a movie on the "only for road trips" DVD player but I didn't remember to get a new one.
This girl is not a great traveller. But I don't blame her. She's used to running around 2.5 acres every day so to be confined in a car for 12 hours is pretty brutal.
I've always wanted to stop at this random rest stop before the windmills off of 58. I'm so glad we did! There were so many birds, which was a hit with both kids but especially Ara.
The flowers were all in bloom, way ahead of nor-cal.
Sis was stoked to watch me blow dandelions and making wishes.
There was a peacock and chicken cage which provided entertainment for all. We were running around while Chris was changing arabelle's seat forwards. She had been backwards, I read a study that recommended backwards until 2, but we were getting desperate for a little bit of calm!
Sis giving loves to a rabbit statue.
She was a little happier facing forwards... For a few minutes...
We've been up 2-3 times per night here but we are happy.
She was cracking me up. We were cuddling and she went back to sleep. She actually stayed asleep so I could go grab a blanket and just made me laugh out loud when I returned.. Haha first night in Vegas was rough:).
Hope you have a fabulous weekend!!
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