Plan B

We missed celebrating Spring Break last week, cause mommy was working way too much!!! So we loaded up and snuck in a few adventures this week:

First we traveled to "The Jungle"! The kids wore themselves out chasing all kinds of crazy species!!


We stayed at a lovely Bed and Breakfast. We became very fond of the owners and in fact the children even affectionately refer them to as B-ball Grandpa & Tootsie Roll Grandma (and they do have a striking resemblance to their actual grandparents)!! The kids and I took advantage of the B&B ammenities with a late night swim and a soak in the hot tub.....heaven!


Early the next morning our lovely hosts fed us a yummy breakfast and sent us off to our next adventure.....

The beach!

We hiked all around the rocky shore line, dug for artifacts (some not so pretty) and had a splashing good time!

We were then off to Italy (we would have been crazy not to go, with 2 loaded gift cards)! The kids have decided it was so pretty they can't wait to go back, they didn't care so much for the food, just the pretty scenery!!


We have always heard when in Spain(ahem..SLC) do as the Spaniards do, sooo we ventured out to some of the local hot spots!





The next morning, we were itching for more adventure and so we took a quick trip to Sweden (free breakfast will get you there every time)!



On the way home from Ikea, I mean Sweden, we took a little detour through Brazil and the kids couldn't help but join in a game or 2 of football! Both Parker and Gracie's teams won - yeah!


And last, but not least we decided to end our trip with a visit to a Dude Ranch!



The owners even let us name their newest addition...Eeyore!!

We had some quality family time, wore ourselves out, and the kids have decided to start adding to our SLC jar (formerly known as the DisneyLand jar) because they had such a good time! Sweet!

Disclaimer: All of the above pictures were taken on our "stay"-cation, well except perhaps the one of me getting ready for my late night swim, but I am pretty sure with the right lighting and a whole lotta photoshop that is EXACTLY what I would have looked like!!!

We finally made it to Disneyland (4 years in the making)!! We still talk about "DL" (our code word so Addi doesn't feel bad) daily!! We had such a wonderful trip, it was short and sweet, wet and rainy, and absolutely wonderful (did I mention wet and rainy?)! On the secnd day atop of Splash Mountain, all dripping from head to toe, I looked out and saw the rainclouds, the pouring rain, and realized this trip was such a metaphor of my life!! I instantly thought of the quote "Life is not about learning to avoid the storms, it is learning to dance in the rain." And we danced!!