Week of Heaven (Day 6 and 7)

Our last couple days of our vacation was filled with lots of driving and lots of eating. But we also got to go visit the beach right before we left California to go back to Idaho. After a while of driving, we finally found a good beach where we didn't have to pay a million dollars to park and got to actually go down by the water. We went to a little dog beach in Hunington Beach. It was pretty windy and pretty gloomy, but it was still nice to go down and visit the water and feel the sand in between our toes. It was Chase's first time to feel sand and he LOVED it! It was so funny watching him try to walk around in it and then also go in the water (he didn't like the water so much cause it was FREEZING!). So we spent a little bit of time hanging out, taking pictures, and enjoying one of my favorite places in the world! I will definitely have to make a trip back in the summer where I can actually enjoy the water and get a tan. :) After the beach we got on the road to Vegas where we stayed the night again. We got up the next morning and packed up our stuff, said goodbye to some friends down there, and were on our way going North on the I-15! The drive wasn't bad at all. We made pretty good time. We were also able to stop in Provo on our way up to visit Beth and Doug at their apartment where we enjoyed yummy warm brownies and ice cream, and watched "John Q" before making the last stretch to Idaho Falls. Thanks Beth and Doug for letting us crash your place for a bit! We finally made it back to IF at 3am Saturday (Mar. 21). It felt nice to be back in my own bed and not have to live out of a suitcase anymore. I am so grateful that the Lee's let me go on this trip with them. We definitely got closer and had a lot of good laughs and made lasting memories. There were lots of times where we felt stressed, annoyed at each other, fought, and wanted to kill someone, but that's what family vacations are about, right? And that's how it made it even better and brought us all closer. :) I guess that is some really messed up philosophy, but I like it and I am sticking to it! And that is the end of my stories of our trip to California. HAHA
Kevin Malone: I just want to lie on the beach and eat hot dogs. That's all I've ever wanted.