Life in the Fast lane....Part 2

The Past couple months have definitely been wild and crazy for us. Since the last week in October Nick has been in North Dakota 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off. Definitely a challenge, but well worth it. I think I speak for the both of us that we have never been more in love with each other. being away for that amount of time has made us appreciate each other a lot more.

So, now for the next couple of months I am going to try to stay on top of blogging along with trying to catch up.....So, here is our life in the fast lane....

 

In February we were able to take the kids to California for a nice getaway vacation! We started by driving the first day all the way to San Fransisco(Not near as bad as I thought it would be with all 5 kids. They did great!)

Spent the first day touring San Fransisco

 Golden Gate Bridge

                                                            Muir Woods

                                                      The beach

                                                                 this was great...Ellyn was so upset that someone had pushed her over running from the wave but I had to break it to her it was the actual wave that pushed her over.

 We took a boat tour around the Alcatraz. Nick and I would love to take a tour one day of the Alcatraz but I think we should wait till we don't have any kids with us...

                                                   we spent a day driving South on  the coast. We stopped as many times as we could to get some pictures of the coast.

 We were also able to stop at Monterrey Bay Aquarium...great place, the kids loved it!!

And some more driving along the coast!!!

 And when I heard there was a gumball alley I had to see one for myself...DISGUSTING!!!

 Along the coast we heard about the elephant seals. Way cool...there are Hundreds of them just laying on the beach.

 Cant go to California without visiting Disneyland!!!...Favorite Place Ever!!!

 We also stopped at Knotts Berry Farm on one of the days!! we hadn't been there since Wes was a baby so it was fun seeing that place again.

 Another new adventure on this vacation was the Winter Nationals Drag Racing. Way cool!!!

 Final stop was in Provo Utah to spend some time with one of Nicks good friends...

 Here is some guy (?) playing his guitar in the pool area and was also letting Grant (who is not shy what so ever) play with him.

                                                                Pic from space mountain

And that is a fast version of our vacation!!! Hopefully one day I will be able to slow down and share a little more of our life!!!