WELL WE DID IT!

We finally had that first, long awaited road trip.
Last week Locke (Cory's Cousin) and Katie, blessed their beautiful daughter Armanie; so we decided to load up all the kids and head for San Francisco.
The really cool ones; are not used to taking road trips as of yet, however Cory, the supreme ultra-intellegent one, thought that it would be good to break up the trip a bit and stay in Reno on thursday night, an awesome idea. We stayed at the Circus Circus; Ate a little sushi, maybe placed a small, non winning bet on the Superbowl, and watched the circus performers show off their talents. A fun time was had by all, especially after the 8 hour car ride.
Friday, was a good morning as we headed out in the winter weather over the Donner Pass,
Cory, could not help but look back in the rear view mirror, trying to decide which of his family members he would cook up first; thank goodness it didn't have to come down to that, and after a 5 hour car drive we made it to our Hotel. whoa who!! after unpacking the Kitchen sink; we had some pizza and wii bowling with the SFO Anderson's.
On Saturday, Locke and Cory went to the REI Garage sale; one word, CRAZY!!
then we packed up the kids and headed down to Pier 39 to do the tourist thing. it was fun and we had some great food. that night to cap it off we headed over to Olive garden to eat with the whole gang, everyone that was there for Armanie's blessing; It was great to see Arlan and Kitsy again.
on Sunday, we checked out of the hotel and headed for the church. it was great to stand in the circle and to see and feel the Priesthood at work, and to watch Locke feel the spirit," the force is stong with this one." so after leaving church we decided that instead of risking driving through a winter storm back over the Pass, we would head to Las Vegas instead; VIVA Las Road Trip.
so there we were trapped in the car for another, 9 hours but hey what a time, we arrived in Vegas at 9:00 and booked a room at the New York New York, were we all fell asleep fast.
Monday, was deemed MOMMY'S Day! and mom decided that we would spend as much time as possible with the Beynon's; a rather cool set of characters, residing there in N. Las Vegas.
Jaime Beynon made us a great home cooked meal, and we had a great time visiting VERY good friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
on Tuesday we decided to head home. it was rather uneventful other than the every 2 hour stops that Dad granted Mom, since the previous trips in the car had little or no stops involved.
WELL WE SURVIVED!! AND HAD A GREAT TIME. WE LOVE YOU ALL.