EllieMae's Days

One AMAZING woman...

2009-11-25T08:01:00.000-08:00

Jenny from Through Jenny's Lens is giving away a flash header. I would love to win!

Please go check out her new flash header on her site. It is really awesome. She is a really great photographer and she is an amazing photoshop editor!! I adore her blog life and love keeping up with what she and her family are up to.

She inspires me with something different everyday!

Look what I found...

2009-11-19T09:41:00.001-08:00

I don't know if anyone knows this about me but I love brown paper!! Especially brown paper packages tied up with string. There is just something about it that makes me so happy!

Check out this blog....it is so fun!

12 Days of Junkie...

2009-11-13T08:43:00.001-08:00

I have been trying to catch up on some blogs in my google reader and I came across this!!
Go check out all the goodies!! I know I will!!

Happy Halloween...

2009-10-31T21:29:00.000-07:00

It was a full day for my little fireman!!

First, we were invited to a Halloween Party at the park!

he limbo'd...

played in the sand...

took some photos of Mom & Dad...

(pretty good, huh?)

(I photoshop'd myself)

checked out everybody else's costume...

won best costume!!

ate rice krispie treats...

scavenger hunted...

chewed bubble gum for the first time...

tried to blow bubbles...no luck...

hit a pinada...

scored tons of loot and candy...

went trick or treating for the first time...

at the end he wanted to walk Uncle Brian's dog more than trick or treat...

went to the fun festival at church...

played games...

people watched...

got tired of wearing his hat...

scarfed down cotton candy in 3 minutes...

finally faced the bounce house...

and loved it!!!

We had an action packed, lots of candy and adventure kind of day!!

Pumpkin carving...

2009-10-30T20:24:00.000-07:00

Pretty good for my first time!!

Visitors from Texas...

2009-10-26T17:57:00.000-07:00

My Mom and Dad came out for a visit. My Dad had drive up to Fresno during the week. Mom stayed with us. Dad came down on the weekend. We had a really nice time. Dash really enjoyed having them here! He was quite impressed with Grandpa's truck!!

Disneyland, once again...

2009-10-19T18:06:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to put up pics from our Disneyland visit while my Mom was here!!

Happy Birthday Jeremy...

2009-09-21T21:33:00.001-07:00

We baked a cake for daddy together. It was yummy!

Happy Birthday my sweet Jeremy!!

Finally...

2009-09-18T20:44:00.000-07:00

I finished a project!! Yay me!!! I feel like I have been talking about this forever!! My best friend Chica bought a house and pulled some existing white cabinets out that she didn't want. There was one wall cabinet with doors that came out without it breaking and she asked me if I wanted it. The only problem was that the sides were not finished. I took the doors off and had the guys at the shop cut them down to fit on the sides. Jeremy and I hung it on my newly painted pink wall. The back of it had holes in it so I bought some beautiful wrapping paper and cut it to fit. The wrapping paper is adhesive wrapping paper so it was super to put in. I just had to cut it to fit! I am so excited to finally have a complete project! I still have to fill some of the holes on the side, but that is tiny minor details!! I can deal with that!!

My next project is my desk!! We will be painting it tomorrow!! Fun, fun!!

Lil'Ds book choices this week...

2009-09-13T21:16:00.000-07:00

Lil'D had a lot of questions when we read this book. What's this, What's that?
He really likes the beginning, but gets kind of board half way through this book.

Lil'D loves this book.
Lil'D learned what a submercible was from this book.
Lil'D switches back and forth from English to Spanish for the sound.

First night at Awana...

2009-09-10T20:30:00.000-07:00

Tuesday night this week was very special!!! Lil'D got to start Awana!! He is a cubby! I got asked to stay because it was VIP night, plus I thought it would be interesting to see what went on. Lil'D got his vest, his book, a cd with all the verses set to music, and a book bag.

They met in one room with the 3 and 4 years olds and colored and put together puzzles. Then they found their cubby buddy, held hands, lined up and went into the next room. They said the Pledge of Allegiance and the Awana Pledge.

They sat in a circle and sang Jesus Loves Me a couple of times and learned the hand gestures.

They sat down for story time. This is where Lil'D went to the potty three times. I don't know if it's because I was there or what. I don't think he heard a word of the story.

The four years olds went into another room and they divided up into tables. Lil'D was at Kaydee's table!! Kaydee is my very good friend from small group. She is also a loyal reader of my blog. She had 4 at her table and she had each of them recite their first verse, which is the cubbie's key verse

God loved us...and sent his son.

They also learned the Cubbie's motto: Jesus loves me. After coloring another picture they had cookies and water.

It was really an interesting experience watching twelve 3 year olds try to be patient and listen. It was really exhausting. Really exhausting! I have a new respect for my friend Kaydee and all the other volunteers of Awana. They are awesome and I am so blessed and excited that this is where Lil'D will learn the foundation of his relationship with Jesus!!

I was so nervous and excited that I completely forgot my camera. I could have gotten some great shots, but I missed them. I was really bummed about this. Maybe next time.

2009-09-09T22:12:00.000-07:00

Decided to remodel. Hope you like the new look. I've got lots to talk about.

Our Labor Day Weekend Getaway...

2009-09-08T17:16:00.001-07:00

(photo by Roadsidepictures)

We decided that we wanted to get away for the long Labor Day weekend. The only place that was really affordable was either Los Angeles or Las Vegas. I'm really glad we chose Vegas because there have been really bad fires up in LA.

So we left at 1:30pm on Friday. We arrived in Las Vegas at 6:30pm. Lil'D slept a good 2 hours of the way and just entertained himself the rest of the time. It was a really great drive. I worked on the new design of my blog. It has almost been a year since I've redesigned so I figured it is time. We stopped at the Flying J in Barstow to get gas and stretch our legs.

Once we arrived in Vegas we checked into our room. We got a really great deal at the Riviera. It was the main reason we decided to go to LV. Very affordable!! We headed over to Circus Circus for dinner and games on the midway. It was all about skeeball. That boy loves skeeball. It definitely wasn't that crowded for a Friday night and Lil'D was in skeeball heaven. We headed back to our room at about 9pm. This was unusually late for Lil'D.

Our first room was in the new tower on the 15th floor. It had luxurious new bedding, flat screen tv and 2 full beds. We were really hoping that Lil'D would have no problem sleeping by himself. But momma got suckered into sleeping with him. I didn't sleep very good because I worried all night that he was going to fall off the bed. These beds were really high off the ground. The next morning Lil'D got in trouble after trouble after trouble. The problem was the structure was built inexpensively and every step Lil'D took made a boom sound. It was 7:30am and the people below us had to be really angry at us. I was scared that they were going to complain. Lil'D just couldn't remember to walk gently. I might as well have been telling him to sit still and not make any noise, it just wasn't going to happen. Because I was so worried about him falling off the bed we decided to see if there was a room available with a king bed. There was one available but we had to wait until later for everyone to check out.

So we headed over to New York New York and Excalibur to check out their games. NYNY's games were for older kids. They only had 2 lanes of skeeball at 50cents per game. They did have a good basketball game, but it kept eating quarters and it took forever to hunt someone down to get my money back. At Excalibur they had 6 lanes of skeeball at $1 per game. Ripoff!! We let Lil'D play a few times and knew that we needed to head back over to Circus Circus to play skeeball. They had 10 lanes of skeeball at 25cents per game. Awesome! He just rotated from lane to lane to lane. We went into the Adventure Dome where all the rides were but it was so loud. Lil'D does not like really loud noises. The rollercoaster track is really close to the ground and he was so paranoid that it was coming. We decided to leave.

We headed back to the hotel and got our new room with a king size bed. This room was definitely bigger and the bed was bigger but it was an older tower. The bedding was old, the tv was itty bitty and the bathtub was not installed properly. There was definitely water underneath the shower floor. It was really weird. The really good thing about this room was the structure was much stronger than the new tower because Lil'D could run across the room and you couldn't hear him at all. So, we could definitely deal.

(photo by Cazwell)

Lil'D ended up taking a 3 1/2 hour nap. I was really glad because we were probably going to have another late night. We decided to go to MGM grand to check out the lions. They weren't doing anything exciting and Lil'D got restless. The alligator at Rainforest Cafe kept Lil'D's attention for a long time. Lil'D really loves watching the alligator. (its fake, in case you didn't know) It sits in a little pit of water and fog comes out. Then the alligator growls, opens it's mouth, raises up on it's lets, opens it's mouth again and then sits back down.

(photo by Ruy Vasco)

After we pulled Lil'D away from the alligator we went to the Grand Canyon Store. They have a helicopter inside. To get to the helicopter you have to take an escalator up, cross a wood plank bridge over a waterfall and walk really fast through an aisle of inappropriate gag gifts. Lil'D checked out this helicopter thoroughly. The rotors, check. The tail, check. "Momma, where are the wings?" Good luck finding the escalator down. It takes you a couple circles around the 2nd floor to finally find it. We only know now because we have been there before.

Next was the M&M Store. That store is always packed. They have a new item that I really want but just can't justify.

This is called a MITZ bag. It is made of recycled Mars candy packages. It's a coin purse, 6.5" x 3.5" and it's $40.00. It does benefit low-income families. I really love the colors and the look of it. It is definitely an original. If you want to see the styles available go here. If you want to read about the MITZ social project go here.

Getting back to our adventure. After the M&M store we headed back to the car. There was a fire truck parked in between the MGM Grand and the Grand Canyon Experience Store. They had their boots out collecting donations. Lil'D walked over saying "Hi fireman, hi fireman." One of the firemen dropped everything to pay attention to Lil'D. Lil'D asked about his fire truck. The fireman made a point to call it a fire engine. It was also yellow instead of being red. The fireman came over with some stickers, but all Lil'D was interested in was showing him the rollercoaster across the street. It was funny.

We decided to go back to Circus Circus so that Lil'D could play more skeeball. It was super crowded. Bad decision. We didn't stay long. It was getting late anyway, so we went back to our room and got to bed. We still had one more day.

Lil'D woke up at 7am the next morning. No sleeping in for us. We got ready and had breakfast. After breakfast we went to Circus Circus. We wanted to get there early when no one else was there. Unfortunately, there were only 3 lanes open because they had blocked the other 7 with stacks of boxes for all the toys at the ticket collection booth. Today must have been restocking day for all the prizes. That didn't stop Lil'D. He played and played and played on those 3 lanes for at least an hour. One of the lanes had extra balls so instead of playing just 9 balls he got 9 extra ones. He had a blast. We turned in all his tickets and got a hot wheels race ramp and a Thomas keychain. We were done playing skeeball.

We went to the Miracle Mile at Planet Hollywood to look for a place to eat lunch. We walked around a bit and someone gave us a buy one entree get one entree free coupon for Hawaiian Tropic Zone. We decided to try it. Jeremy ordered a steak salad, I ordered shrimp tacos and we ordered Lil'D a PB&J sandwich. They brought us our food but forgot Lil'D's sandwich. Lil'D was all about my tacos and had a couple bits of Jeremy's salad. We told the waitress that about the PB&J, but cancelled it because Lil'D was eating our food so well. The manager gave us free dessert because they had forgotten the sandwich. We ordered the caramelized banana split. What a great free treat! Lunch was excellent! The food was really good. I'm glad we tried it.

After lunch we headed back to the room for Lil'D's nap. He was a pill to get to sleep, but after an hour he finally did. When he woke up we headed out for an evening of a lot of walking. We parked at Harrah's and had dinner at Panda Express. We watched the volcano erupt at The Mirage from across the street. Lil'D was a little nervous about how loud it was going to be. I just pushed his one ear to my cheek and covered his other ear with my hand. He really liked watching the fire. We walked down to the Palazzo (a new part of the Venetian) and were searching for a dinosaur exhibit, but it had already closed for the evening. We did find the Blue Man Group store and bought Lil'D some drum sticks. We also found out that there is not an age limit for their concert. Were were planning on taking him to see Blue Man Group for his 5th birthday. We may take him next year. He really loves Blue Man Group. We went across the street to Caesar's and went up the curved escalator's and walked through FAO Swartz. Our last stop was the Bellagio fountains. Lil'D didn't want to have anything to do with it. He insisted on leaving. I gave in because there were so many people around. On our walk back to the car we could see the Bellagio fountains going from afar. "Wow!" was what Lil'D said when he saw them. Then 10 seconds later, "All done." I think it is the noise that the water makes when it lands. Lil'D is pretty brave dare devil and isn't scared of anything but loud noises. If he hears something strange he always asks "What was that?"

On Monday morning Lil'D slept in til 8am. We got up, showered, packed our bags and got on the road to get home. We knew that traffic was going to be a bear. We got to the state line to eat breakfast. Everything was crazy crowded. Since we were there we went in to the outlets to check out what The Children's Place had. We only spent $16.00. I got Lil'D a pair of jeans, 4 shirts, swim trunks and a floppy hat. The original price for everything was $64.00. Got to love it when you get a great deal like that.

The drive home ended up taking about 7 hours. I designed my new blog background and header. Lil'D was pretty restless, but he made it. We were very glad to be home. It was a nice getaway, but you can only do so much in Vegas. I only took 22 photos. If you know me this is highly unusual. I usually take about 250-400 a day when we are out and about somewhere. I guess I just needed a break. So, that is why I had to use other's photos above. Here are a couple of the photos I took. They were all of Lil'D playing his favorite game in the entire world...SKEEBALL!!

Weekend Recap...

2009-08-30T21:23:00.000-07:00

We had a really nice weekend...except it was so HOT! Here in Southern California it averages about 70-75 degrees most days. August is our hottest month and averages 80-85 degrees. This weekend it averaged 95-100 degrees. We don't have central air. We got a portable air conditioner a couple of months ago and have used it a couple of times. We set it up in Lil'D's room all day on Saturday so he could play and nap in comfort. The rest of the house was 94 degrees INSIDE. I thought I was going to die. It was just miserable.

Jeremy started brainstorming...then I saw him out in the storage room in the backyard, he moved the couch in the dining room over opened up the 4 foot tall sliding window, put the window air conditioner in, set it on an old table outside, cut out some cardboard, taped the edges...AND WE HAD AIR CONDITIONING!! Woo-hoo! He also brought in the portable AC unit from Lil'D's room (this was after his nap at about 4pm) and put it in the living room. As far as I was concerned we were living in luxury with our temporary air conditioning.

Jeremy and I went to an evening picnic at the beach with our church small group. The evening cooled off significantly. Lil'D spent the evening with Auntie E and Uncle R. They went to church and Lil'D moved up into the 3 year old Sunday school class!! It just so happens that his cousin Z was a helper in that room. Z said that he was really interactive and answered all kinds of questions that the teacher asked!! I'm a proud momma! It's the little things you know.

This morning we started the air conditioners at 8am. It was just divine. I was so happy and I even took a 2 1/2 hour nap. If you know me you know that is so not me. I guess I needed it. We made a grocery store run and relaxed the rest of the day. At about 4:30 we turned the AC off and opened all the doors because it was the same temp outside as it was inside. (about 80degrees) The wind actually started blowing. We are a little nervous as to how high our electric bill is going to be after a weekend like this. We will just have to wait and see.

Fix It Friday...

2009-08-28T11:22:00.000-07:00

I visit Through Jenny's Lens everyday and today I came across something that I just couldn't resist playing along with:

Fix It Friday at I ♥ faces

Here is the original photo:

Here is what I did to it:

Ya'll know how much I L-O-V-E pink. So I started fooling around and turned those bricks in the background pink. I also like the way her dress is glowing!!

Here is step by step what I did:

Filter
Filter Gallery
Distort
Diffuse Glow
Graininess 2
Glow Amount 7
Clean Amount 20
Image
Adjustments
Selective Color
Cyan -100%
Magenta 100%
Yellow -100%
Darken the edges:
Set background color to white
Make duplicate background copy
Control + Backspace
Photo should be covered in white
Double click on duplicate layer
Put check mark in Inner Shadow
Opacity 100%
Distance 0 px
Size 247
Click on blending options
Opacity 100%
Fill Opacity 0%

I in no way shape or form claim to know what I am doing. I have Photoshop 3. I like to experiment with different things and use step back a lot. I really love how the bricks turned hot pink and the glow effect I accidentally achieved.

Hope you enjoyed this! I know I did!! Go try if you haven't!!

Lil'Ds book choices this week...

2009-08-21T22:58:00.000-07:00

Look and Find Thomas & Friends...Lil'D really likes this book. He is really good at finding everything. There are a couple of items he found before me.

Ten Little Dinosaurs, by Jim Harris...
The Dog That Dug, by Jonathan Long...this book has a train and dinosaur bones in it. Lil'D is obsessed with anything that has trains or dinosaurs in them.
Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr. Seuss...A train! A train! A train! A train! Could you, would you, on a train? Go, Dog. Go!, by P.D Eastman...there are no trains or dinosaurs in this one. Just dogs.

Disneyland...

2009-08-17T18:17:00.000-07:00

We went to Disneyland yesterday. We have had Southern California Annual Passports since February this year. We have been there about 7 or 8 times since then. The best part about the Southern California passport is the price! We paid full price for the tickets the first visit, then we pay $20.34/month for Jeremy and I. We just got Lil'D's passport yesterday because he turned 3 in June. We pay a total of $30.41/month and here is what we get:

Admission to Disneyland® Park
Admission to Disney's California Adventure® Park
Special rates at Disneyland® Resort hotels
Select discounts on food
Special Passholder-only events
Subscription to Backstage Pass, a collectible Passholder-only publication
Up-to-the-minute Extra e-mail updates
Access to the exclusive Annual Passport website
Special offers at select Downtown Disney® District location
10% off at Build-A-Bear Downtown Disney®

Here are the restrictions:

All Saturdays are blocked out. (So we go on Sundays)
All Holidays are blocked out. (it's too crowded on those days anyway)
All of July and half of August is blocked out.
The entire week of Christmas and New Years is blocked out.
Otherwise we can go on the rest of the Sundays throughout the year and of course all the weekdays.

This was our itinerary yesterday:

Arrive at 8:30am and ride:

Dumbo the Flying Elephant
King Arthur Carousel
Storybook Land Canal Boats
Casey Jr. Circus Train

We got all four done in about an hour!! We then got fastpasses for Autopia, hit the potty and then had lunch at Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante. It's our favorite right now. I get enchiladas, rice & beans and Jeremy gets enchiladas and carne asada with rice & beans. I get an extra plate and fill it with our rice and beans and Lil'D is super happy. We also get a 10% discount with our passport. It is the only meal we get because let's face it the food is expensive.

After lunch we rode:

5. Autopia

6. Disneyland Railroad (all the way around the park!)

We then head over to Disney's California Adventure and ride:

7. Heimlich's Chew Chew Train

8. Tuck and Roll's Drive'Em Buddies

9. Francis's Ladybug Boogie

10. Flik's Flyers

We took a break and bought an apple and a banana.

We watched the rollercoaster go a couple of times and decided we were tired and ready to go home. It was about 2pm. We passed Build-A-Bear on our way to the parking lot and asked Lil'D if he wanted to stuff a bear. We looked at all the choices and he picked the $10 Dark Brown Cub. We put 2 hearts in (one for Dash and one for momma) He really like the "bathing" station where you push the pedal and air blows out of a shower head. We asked Lil'D what he wanted to name him and he said "Blue Bull." (You know from The B Book, Dr. Seuss: Big Brown Bear, Blue Bull, Beautiful Baboon, Blowing Bubbles, Biking Backwards...) So Jeremy put in all the info for the birth certificate. The only accessory that Lil'D picked out was a brush. (the same brush that you used at the "bathing" station.) We paid a whopping $12.72 with our Annual Passport discount!!

Here they are:

We left Anaheim at about 3:30 and got home at about 5pm. Lil'D slept all the way home. I did everything I could not to fall asleep. I read my Real Simple Magazine, but fell asleep for about 10 minutes. So I facebooked on my phone and that kept me awake.

That was pretty much our day. We relaxed the rest of the evening and went to bed at around 9:45. (Lil'D at 8pm)

Until our next Disney Adventure...

Just a relaxing Saturday...

2009-08-15T20:36:00.000-07:00

My little helper was doing laundry again this morning. We just have to make sure he doesn't throw them behind the washer!

Jeremy started his garden at the beginning of the summer and it really flourished. But when we went on vacation it was completely abandoned. Jeremy is planning on pulling everything up and starting over fresh. Look what he found all alone out in the sad little garden.
Little cherry tomatoes!! They are so cute and look so happy. I can't wait for him to plant another and have more!!

Lil'D and I were playing trains in his room. Lil'D was laying on the floor I asked him if I could take his picture and he said yes. I told him not to move and ran and got my camera. I got some really great shots! Here are my two favorites:
So serious and dramatic for a three year old.
We also had his favorite sweet treat...marshmellows.

My little helper...

2009-08-14T20:13:00.001-07:00

Somebody is my super little helper! All I have to do is ask and he is right there ready to help!! I have been paying him with marshmellows. Boy does this kid love marshmellows.

He is also potty trained now and looks so cute in his little underwears!!

All aboard!!

2009-08-12T21:54:00.001-07:00

sIt's been all about trains the past few weeks at our house! I have been going back and forth trying to figure out what I was going to use as a headboard for Lil'D's new full bed in his new room. Since I don't want anything hanging on the wall (this is earthquake country after all) I decided to paint something. And what is Lil'D most passionate about?...TRAINS!!

I just used a projector, traced the lines and painted the lines white and filled it in. I want to add some red or maybe blue, but I am not making that decision until I get bedding and curtains figured out.
Jeremy steam cleaned our carpets this weekend which meant all of Lil'D's train tracks had to come up. I put together a new track design and I am just so proud. It's a lot like designing in AutoCAD, so I really like the challenge!!
In case you didn't know this is James, he is crossing one of many bridges that I added to the design.We have a ton of trackmaster track and a lot of the engines. All of the engines run on batteries. Lil'D is very particular about how his trains run. Lil'D's trains run by hand...pushing them down the track. He loves having the control himself. He also loves to lay on the floor eye level with the wheels and watch them turn ever so slowly!! The photo below is how you see Lil'D playing with the trains most of the time.

Lil'D absolutely loves playing trains! So do I!

Photos from this weekend...

2009-08-02T15:40:00.000-07:00

Birthday girl:
Birthday boy:
Blowing their candles out together:
Lil'D shots:

Letters to Lil'D...

2009-08-01T15:13:00.000-07:00

My Sweetest Lil'D,

You and I spent the day at a birthday party near the bay. We had a fantastic time together. You were an outstanding listener all day and didn't once have an accident. You have done so well going potty. You are finally asking to go potty and I am so pleased.

I saw such independence in you today. There were about four or five play areas and you just bounced from place to place on your own, not needing me at all. I, of course, kept a very close watchful eye on you. You made friends young and old at each stop. You even ended up at someone else's party and joined in on a group of boys playing football. They were very nice to you and passed the ball to you a couple of times. You even cut in on a badminton game. You just have a wonderful way about you and people really like you. It doesn't hurt that your really cute and, oh, those blue eyes. Watching you socialize today made me very happy and oh so proud.

We are working on nigh time potty training. It's been 5 nights and we have had no success yet, but I know we will when you are ready. You have woken me up a couple of nights at 4am and that has made me a little extra tired this week. But this too shall pass.

Your favorite shows right now are:

Imagination Movers, specifically No noise is Good Noise, A Bee Story, and Have A Ball.
The Backyardigans, Into the Deep
Little Einsteins, Music Monsters

We have watched these episodes at least 10 times each. You have also been watching The Letter Factory a lot. "Excuse me, is this the E room? Ehh?"

I look so forward to each day with you and watching you grow. I just wish that I could slow it all down just a little bit.

Love,

Momma

Our summer vacation!

2009-07-25T16:25:00.000-07:00

What a nice surprise to see you here! I know, I know I haven't been around at all in the last month or two. But I wanted to share our summer vacation! We were gone 10 days...July 2 thru July 11. Here is the simple recap:

Thursday

leave San Diego at 7am, arrive in Camp Verde, Arizona at 5pm
lunch: Yuma at Carl's Jr.
dinner: Camp Verde at Johnny Rockets
on the road all day

Friday

leave Camp Verde, Arizona at 9am, arrive in Mancos, Colorado
breakfast: Camp Verde at Cliff Castle Casino
lunch: Sandwiches on the road
dinner: Hamburgers on the grill
play minature golf

Saturday

leave Mancos at noon, arrive in Durango, Colorado at 4pm

go to Mesa Verde National Park

see Spruce Tree House

lunch: Spruce Tree Terrace

Lil'D got a Jr. Park Ranger Badge!!

we drove to Durango, parked the RV at United Campgrounds and guess what ran through the campground? The train tracks for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad(riding the train was the main reason we went to Durango!)
we drove into town to watch the Fourth of July parade, but when the train arrived we watched them put the engine in the shed instead of the parade.
dinner: spaghetti in the motorhome

Sunday

leave Durango on the 8:30am train, arrive in Silverton at 12pm-2 hours for lunch
breakfast: McDonalds
lunch: Mother Cluckers
leave Silverton at 2pm, arrive Durango at 5:30pm
dinner: at the motorhome

Monday

leave Durango and drive through Silverton, Ouray, and Telluride
Durango: Honeyville
Silverton: One hundred Gold Mine
Ouray: Lunch at Goldbelt Bar & Grill
Telluride: rode the free gondola and Lild did the Bungee Trampoline
long short cut home (off road excursion in an HHR)
dinner: in the motorhome

Tuesday

Drove to Purgatory Durango Mountain Resort and rode the Alpine Slide (I forgot to put the battery in my camera so I have no photos)
Jeremy crashed hard.
Lunch: motorhome
Dinner: Bar D Chuckwagon supper

Wednesday

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
looked around in the shops in downtown Durango
played on the railroad tracks!
get ice cream at Dairy Queen

Thursday

left Durango at 7:30am, arrived in Williams, AZ at 4pm
lunch: McDonalds
watch the Grand Canyon Train arrive
dinner: in the motorhome
eat smores
go for a trike ride before it got completely dark

Friday

went to the grand canyon
lunch: peanute butter and jelly sandwiches in the motorhome
leave williams, AZ at 1pm, arrive Phoenix, AZ at 7pm
dinner: McDonalds

Saturday

leave Phoenix, AZ at 8:30am, arrive San Diego, CA 4pm
drive all day
unpack, wash clothes

Hope you enjoyed the recap. It really was a great vacation!!

The Video from Lil'D's Birthday party...

2009-06-17T20:17:00.000-07:00

Lil'D's 3rd birthday party...

2009-06-16T20:31:00.000-07:00

The invitation:
The cake:

The birthday boy:

The train ride:

Lil'D loves trains!

He had a wonderful time at his train party! It was a fun day!