That was a long (and short!) weekend

We had such a great weekend! We left at 4am on Saturday and it took 7 hours to get where we were going. Luckily we didn't hit any traffic! We first went to see our friends Ryan and Casey. I met Ryan when she and I were both pregnant in Oct/Nov 1999. Her daughter Casey was born the day after my Monkey was! We have been friends ever since. We live 7 hours from each other, but manage to visit once a year usually. They come to Disneyland normally in the summer, but this year we went to them! We had so much fun. We ate lunch at a place called Fentons, which reminded me of Farrell's. We had great food and then WOW did we have ice cream! Ryan, Casey, and my husband ordered their own treats. Monkey and I shared one. I don't think any of us finished our ice cream, and Ryan was the only one to come close even! She was quite sick after that. Check these things out ... I took before and after shots. :)









After lunch we went to the Jelly Belly Factory. Unfortunately, the factory doesn't operate on the weekends so the tour wasn't nearly as fun as it could have been. We will have to remember to go back on a week day next trip! We got lots of samples, and then stocked up on numerous 2 pound bags of Belly Flops. Monkey was adventerous and tried all of the Beanboozled flavors. I don't recommend this! There were canned dog food, centipide, baby wipe, barf, skunk scent, pencil shavings, and more. They were gross! The coolest part to me is the Jelly Belly art. These pictures are done in over 10,000 beans each and made by hand. There were so many in the tour - Elvis, Princess Diana, and lots of presidents. So neat!









Peanut's hair got a little out of control, so Casey was nice enough to give her this beautiful (hehe) seahorse clip from a Happy Meal. I think Peanut was embarassed by it. ;)




We had dinner together, and then we headed back to the hotel for an early bedtime. Remember we had been up since 3am! Peanut slept from 7:30-10:00 and decided to wake up. She finally went back to sleep at almost 11, but was up at 3:30 for the morning. Yawn! We all got up and going around 8:00. We had breakfast at Denny's and then headed to Heidi and Junior's house. I was so excited to meet them!! It was such a great visit, and she really stocked up my van with equipment. I can't wait to put it all to good use! I really wish we could have stayed longer, it was so fun hanging out with Junior. We will definately be going back sometime in the near future for a longer trip!












We left Heidi's house around 1:00, and headed out for the 7 hour drive home. Luckily again we didn't hit any traffic, even going through Los Angeles. We decided that the 5 freeway is the most DULL freeway. The scenery is nice enough for an hour or so, and then it's just boring!






Check out how loaded up my van was on the way home! And poor Peanut - doesn't she just look exhausted? Sitting in the car for 7 hours twice in two days was hard work. Both kids did AWESOME, and it was a great weekend! Now we wait three weeks and take another road trip, this time to Arizona for the Microcephaly Convention!