Vacation!

This past week Nils, Jacee and I went on an adventure! We left Friday, April 2nd and headed out to Las Vegas! The drive was long, and stinky since Jacee got a little car sick on the way there. But after about 6 hours we finally made it. Our first stop was to Nellis AFB to get tickets for the Adventure Dome at Circus Circus. We also stopped by the BX and got a stroller since we forgot ours at home....so glad we did! By that time Stephen (Nils' brother) and his wife Lori had made it to Vegas (they came from Boise). So we met them at the hotel (Circus Circus). There we waited for Nils' sister Viktoria and her hubby Troy to get there. Once they arrived we got the rooms and were ready to go! We ate at the buffet in the hotel then decided to walk the strip. It was fun to take Nils and Jacee, who have never been there, to see all the lights of the fabulous Las Vegas! But we had 2 little kids with us (Jacee and Reese) so after walking half way down the strip we turned around and went back to the hotel. The next morning we got up and ate breakfast, and by that time Jacee was ready for a nap. So Nils volunteerd to take her up to the room so she could sleep. The rest of us walked around the shops of the hotel until they woke up. After that we all went to the Adventure Dome. It was really crowded, but we took the kids on a few rides. Jacee loved them all, and she even liked the 4D Spongebob ride! I was kinda bummed I didn't get to go on any of the adult rides, but oh well! After awhile we were all hungry so we decided it was lunch time! We drove up to the Hard Rock Cafe and ate there. It was the first one I had been to so it was pretty cool. From there we walked to the strip and started where we left off from the night before. We watched the water show at the Bellagio, and Jacee loved it! She said WOW through the entire thing! We also went to the M&M store. It's a pretty cool place but there were SO many people there. We got Jacee a lil container with some M&M's in it. After walking so much everyone was so tired so we just went to bed! The next morning we got up and packed everything. We said goodbye to everyone and then we were on the road to California!

Jacee and Reese

Nils, Stephen and Troy

Us inside Caesar's Palace

On the 4D Spongebob ride!

Reese and Jacee

At the Bellagio!

The drive to Lincoln, CA was a little longer than the drive to Vegas, but it seemed to go pretty quickly. We were going there to visit Nils' Aunt Margey and also his Grandma and Grandpa. When we arrived Sunday evening Aunt Margey had warmed us up some Easter dinner leftovers and it was good! We ate and then got settled in. The next morning we went to the Galleria Mall in Roseville...man this mall was huge!!! We went to the Disney Store and got Jacee 2 Minnie Mouse shirts, a Minnie Mouse cup, a Minnie Mouse bag, 2 pairs of Minnie Mouse shoes (flats and flip flops), a Mickey Mouse doll, and a lil Minnie Mouse fan/toy.  There was also a carousel in the mall so we let Jacee ride on it 2 times. When we got back to Aunt Margey's house we walked down to the waterfall at the enterance to her sub division. We took some pictures and they turned out really good! The rest of the evening we spent at the house. On Tuesday morning we drove to Sacarmento and went to the zoo. It wasn't very big, but it was fun to see all the animals. Jacee liked the monkeys, the giraffes, and the flamingos. After the zoo we walked across the street to Fairytale Town. Here they had little displays from fairy tales. There was a giant shoe slide (Old lady who lived in a shoe), the 3 little pigs, Cinderella's carraige, King Arthur's castle, and many more! Jacee had fun going on the slides and seeing the animals. We decided to atleast drive by the Capital building since there wasn't any parking around. It was a very pretty building. Next we stopped by Gunther's Ice Cream...oh my it was delicious!! It was celebrating it's 70th anniversary, so that was cool. But that was our day in Sacramento! On Wednesday we did a little more shopping, and then drove to Roseville to see Bamma and Grandpa Bill. I thought Jacee was going to be shy, but she warmed right up to them! It was cute to see them playing together! They took us to dinner at a lil place called Carrows. It was nice to visit with them and see what they were up to. This was mine and Jacee's first time meeting them too. On Thursday Nils, Jacee and I drove to San Francisco! It was about a 2 hour drive from Lincoln. On the way there you have to pay a toll...well we didn't know this! It was $4.00 but we only had $2.50 in cash. Thankfully the guy let us through! We parked the car (for $15.00, this place was expensive) and started walking down to the Fisherman's Wharf. We stopped along the way and went to the aquarium, it was so cool! They had walkways made of glass and the fish were all around us! We saw sharks, fish, star fish, rays, and many more! We stopped at the Hard Rock Cafe right next to the aquarium (2 times in a week we got to eat there). After lunch we continued walking. We saw Alcatraz, some big boats and the Golden Gate Bridge. I wish we could have gotten closer to the bridge, but we didn't. We stopped at a really cool candy store and got a bumch of salt water taffy!! YUM :) We also went to the Boudin store and got some fresh sourdough bread! It smelled so good in there! After walking so much, we were ready to go home! So we did the short drive back to Lincoln. That night we packed all our stuff up and got ready to hit the road the next morning. It took about 10 hours to get home..man it was a LONG drive! But Jacee was pretty good (oh yah and she got car sick again), and it went by in no time ;)

Jacee and Momma!

Jacee and Daddy!

The fam!

At the Zoo!

Cute!

Looking at the animals!

FairyTale Town

3 Little Pigs

Jack and the candlestick

Wizard of Oz

Love it!

Grandpa Bill, Bamma, Nils, Jacee and Andi

Aquarium

WOW!

Alcatraz

trolley

Fisherman's Wharf

San Francisco street

Golden Gate Bridge!

But it was a great trip and we had a lot of fun!!! It was nice to see Lori, Stephen, Viktoria, Troy and Reese. And it was also so good to meet Aunt Margey, Bamma and Grandpa Bill!