Part 6 - Easter and ride home.

We decided to have an Easter egg hunt on the beach Saturday before we left town, so we did and brought a little Jack-in-the-Box lunch. (If you know Steph, say chees-BOO-gerr next time you see her.) It was pretty cute and all the kids seemed to really like it. Even though Jeff and I were trying to urge everyone out, we hung out there for awhile longer (a bit too long it seems-Steph's car got a parking ticket and Dave's almost did! Not us-we were pushing to go. Then there's the getting home-more on that later.) After seashells, bubbles and a little sunburn (poor Amie!) we finally headed out. We went toward San Diego to hit Wild Animal park on our way out of town... but no one told us that on top of admission, you have to pay for pretty much EVERYTHING else there except one ride. We're talkin $6 for a short 3d movie, or $70 to zipline!!! So after an hour wait for one (cool) safari ride and two hours walking, we left. It was however 6 or 7 by then and we knew in our car that we'd never make it home in one shot (we're not good night drivers and we were exhausted after our week.) Jeff and I talked about it all along, but no one else wanted to think about it until that time. So we tried to find a condo for that night again and again, but nothing. We ended up reserving a hotel in St. George. But after hours of driving, it became clear that even that was gonna be too far. I talked to the lady at Best Western and she had mercy on us and let us cancel penalty-free. We got a cheaper (but better) hotel in Vegas and 10 of us crammed in one room. Some didn't even change their clothes or anything. We had a nice free breakfast and set out again. Finally, closer to Utah we started to get conference on the radio and we heard only half of the last session. :( (I think that was the first time I didn't hear every talk except when I was little.) We stopped at my parents' on our way home just in time for Easter dinner, and we had lots of fun there.


Ever seen an Easter egg hunt like this?

Took her a minute to figure out what was going on.

She kept wanting to stop, open and eat instead of continuing to look. :)



Score!

Daddy jacked the kids' bubbles.

What a cute little munchkin!

Aw.



My favorite!

Alisa throughout.

I don't know about this face...

We decorated Easter egg cakes at my mom's! Amelie's is the one with lots of whipped cream and says Amie, mine is all decorated with whipped cream on the side and Jeff's is... gone.


One last story from the trip. On our first Disney day (right at the veginnig f the trip) mt wallet was stolen... Yeah, and of course, ALL the cash we'd been saving for many months for the trip was in it. We gave it a bit of time to allow for generous people to turn it in, but no one ever did. Nothing ever even got charged to any of my cards or anything, guess they got enough cash. :( Oh well, someday I'll learn.