#lafonfamilyvacation

Wow, where does the time go.. Over a month ago the Fam Bam finally got to go on a mini vacation (yes it has taken me this long to write this, first because of my horrible sun-burn and then I have just been super sick with multiple ailments since the sunburn subsided).  In fact if you follow my Instagram you probably saw a few pics I hash tagged with #lafonfamilyvacation  Well, it may have only been a couple days trip, but it was a good solid couple of days.  We drove down to San Diego and stayed at the Staybridge Suites in Rancho-Bernardo, California.  They have been recently renovated and look amazing!  They are seriously like apartments- which is great for people who are staying there for an extended period of time.  I am pretty sure that is actually what they are meant for, but it was perfect for our huge family! I highly recommend them! If you want any info about them here is the link: Staybridge Suites

But lets not get ahead of ourselves because the trip officially began with our 5+ hour road trip in the car to San Diego! The car was packed to the brim.. and I am not just talking about our suitcases.. I am talking about the family haha. Every seat, every crevice of the car was taken up with something or someone.. typical for us, and yet still hilarious all the same. Haha!

The Mario & Cooper T.  brought toys and crayons to color, Heidi had her tablet to listen to music and YouTube videos, Nicole and I snuggled into our pillows and blankets respectively and put headphones on to nap to/listen to music/watch Netflix. My Mom and I also packed snacks and my Dad packed a cooler filled with drinks.  

We stopped for lunch at our favorite haunt just outside of Barstow, California called Peggy Sue's.  It is a diner type with a pizza parlor in the back and like fish and mallard habitat type place in the way back.  They were super busy when we went so while we waited we watched the fish, the birds and wouldn't you know it they even had Turtles in the back area too, until a table was ready.  It was absolutely beautiful, and definitely a highlight of our trip!
 All the food items names are like play on words, puns of famous people, places, etc- I always get "the Tweety Bird" chicken sandwich.. it is soo good. The kids had fun eating, and playing with the food lol..  And while we waited for our food we all took turns playing the infamous peg game... very competitive family in this instance lol..

 

 

 

As soon as we got got to the hotel.. Nicole, Heidi, and I immediately put our swimsuits on and went for a dip in the pool.  It felt amazing to swim around and be free.  The pool felt amazing!  It was super cold when we got out though.  haha.. The hotel has dinner included for their guests on Tuesdays- Thursdays, which happened to be the days we were staying there.  They call it "The Social".  The parentals got us food and put it in the fridge for us since we were swimming during the social hours.. I had some White Wine and a cheese and tomato sandwich on french bread.  It was pretty yummy!

The next day everyone (but me) went to Lego Land for the day.. I stayed back because I knew I couldn't do all the walking through the whole park.  I didn't want to try- or whine through the whole day and ruin it for the kiddos- who had a great time.  So instead I slept til about 10ish and had some breakfast- my Mom had left me food from the free morning continental breakfast the hotel offers. Then the maid came in so I just kind of sat there until she left.   Then got up and showered and went to the place the hotel calls "the pantry" and got some food I would later have for lunch.  I then decided to straighten my hair and take a few cute pics.. I took a quick nap and then had my lunch and watched some television and played on my computer- blogging and stuff until the fam bam came home from Lego Land, and then we all kind of took turns getting food from The Social again and then eating at the table in the room.

The next day, it was already time to go home.. but not before we stopped for an afternoon at the beach in Carlsbad.  The weather was perfect- sunny- not too hot and not too cold.  The water was super cold though.  I tried to go in once in the EXPENSIVE bathing suit I bought, because I wanted to get its full use in, but due to it being so cold, after one good wave got me up to my chest I was done with the water.  Plus there was a trek to the bathrooms which was kind of sucky- but the bathrooms weren't too terrible.  The kids had fun going in and out of the water though, and playing in the sand with the beach toys.  They even found some other little kids to play with.  Nicole went super far in the ocean searching for shells and other treasures and Heidi wouldn't really go in the water as far, but she found a bunch of cool shells as well.  Nicole even found someones camera in the water.. whoops!  We had picnic lunch on the sand- we had laid out towels had our cooler full of our sandwiches and drinks.  We also laid out and just relaxed.  Funniest part was Nicole feeding one seagull and it caused like ten others to come like surround us for food.  It was hilarious! They would not go away!  The only crappy part of the day was the fact that I did not put enough sunscreen on and got super sun burnt and was miserable for then on- the car ride home was cruddy- I couldn't get comfortable and there was not enough aloe in the world that was helping me! P.S. It was Ryder aka Puppy Bites first time at the beach- and he loved it!!! 

  

 

  

  

  

 

We stopped in Perris, California on the drive home for dinner at Sizzler.  That's when I saw the full extent of my sunburn and it was pretty bad- like the worst one I have ever had!  I tried to put on a brave face at dinner and I definitely tried to hide my cherry red self under my sweater, but I couldn't keep the sweater on because anything touching my skin made it burn worse than it already was, if that was even possible! 

 

 It was a long car ride home.. I watched a few episodes of Supernatural on Netflix until I lost all reception through the mountains and stuff and then I just listened to music and tried to relax and sleep, but like I said I just couldn't get comfortable from my sunburn.  I was so happy to be home.  I immediately got in my PJ's and literally covered myself in aloe and just chilled by my air conditioner to keep myself cool because the sunburn was killing me lol.. All in all it was nice to have family vacation and and actually get to go on it!  Hope you all enjoyed reading and seeing all the pics from the trip.. this was long overdue!

Peace & Love
Molly