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Winding down

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Our last morning in Tucson we woke up, checked out, and headed to get some breakfast at Einsteins! 

   
 
Arabella got her first scraped knee and was showing off her “Owie”.

   
   
We spent some time at the Casa Grande Ruins. It was really windy and a little warm. 

   
    
 
After browsing the ruins it was time to head back north towards Phoenix!

   
 
We visited the Tonto National Monument. And then we’re on our way…

   
    
   
We stopped to see the Roosevelt Dam and headed into the Superstition Mountains… Which was very bumpy and very close to the edge…

   
    
   
We headed down the mountains and stopped in Tortilla Flat, AZ.

  
    
 
   
    
 
That night we went to Oreginos for dinner and then we went home and rested!

  
81 gallons of fuel later and we had to return the rental car first thing in the morning! This was the last day Nonnie and Gramps would be in town! 

  
The next day we hung out at the Mesa Swap Meet, tried a bunch of Salsa, and then headed to Phoenix. 

  
We had red robin for dinner and then headed to our last stop before the airport…

  
The Xtreme Bean. We said our goodbyes there. Gramps got in some last minute snuggles.

   
    
 
We headed to the airport, said our goodbyes and then headed home for the night.

  
Sunday we had a mostly relaxing day at home! Arabella turned 19 months old!!!

  
It’s hard to believe that it is almost October! This Year is Almost OVER! And it is insanely crazy to think that in less than 6 months I will have a two year old!!!!!

on Holiday…

Part 2 of 3

Our little family vacation continued! The next morning we woke up, packed the car, and headed East!

  
We decided to take a trip to see a few sights a little to the right of us!

   
   

We needed a quick bathroom break and wanted to see the Bonnie and Clyde car so we stopped… They also had Al Capone’s car.

   
    
    
 
Our next stop was Vegas! We didn’t tell Nonnie and Gramps that we were going to Vargas and surprised them! It was funny having my dad (gramps) take photos of the hotel we were staying at and then just driving in. It was really hard to not laugh… Or give up the surprise (I’m horrible with surprises).

   
 
   

  
We had to make sure they saw some sights!

 
They had never been to  In N Out!
    
[wpvideo akR3Amia] We had a late night!

   
    
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We slept well! And then we got up to hit the road again!

   
 
We visited the London Bridge…

   
   
And then we headed to our next destination!

  
… Tucson.

   
    
 
And then Tombstone…

   
    
    
    
    
 To be continued…

Meet the Grandparents

    
Part 1 of 3.

At 8:30am we picked up Nonnie and Gramps from LAX! 

  Edit Then we headed back to Santa Clarita to pick up Grammy and Grampy. Thats when our adventure really started! we headed to the Santa Monica pier.

 
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We walked around the pier for a bit and then headed out to explore LA a little.

  
 Our next stop was Beverly Hills…

 
   

     
We had fun being silly and seeing the sights!   

   

   After our stop in BH we headed up to Griffith Park, Hollywood Bowl, and Hollywood Blvd.

   

    
  Gramps with Leonard Nemoys hand prints!   

    
     

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After a nice long first day we went back for a nice rest!

Day 2…

  
We played musical cars a lot. Everyone got the chance to get to know each other.

  
We saw the Queen Mary.

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And then we headed to San Diego…

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We saw the light house and were able to catch some great views!

   
   
  
 
   We visited  some historical sites!
  

    
 We had fun in Cabrillo. There was a nice cool breeze! It was really beautiful. As dusk was beginning to fall we headed to Oceanside for dinner.

   

  

 

   

  

 We had dinner at rubys and then played in the warm ocean…

    
    
    
   
  

The rest of the week is …

TO BE cONtINUeD 

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