We FINALLY made it out on a family vacation!! Alisa had to missed a couple days of school since they start back waaaayy to early lol, but we got the make up work and all was good. Between Jts crazy schedule my never ending to do list and Alisa going back to school I really cant believe it happened! To be honest the world was against us!
The plan was Jt come home friday and we pack up and leave first thing, That is not how it happened. We had no babysitters for the animals planned, we hadnt talked with Alisa's school and we had way too many errands to run before we left. So the plan changed and we pushed it back a day, no big deal right? So we start calling emailing and texting friends and family trying to situate the animals. This in itself was stress enough to not leave! But we kept chuggin along! Not only did we have animal help to figure out but we had a list of camping gear we were missing that Jt had to run out and replace while I finished up some chores at home and ran a couple of errands myself. We met back up later to packed up and then I had to head off to take Daisy to my mom who ended up watching her! (Big step for me ;) and I also had a Pampered chef party I had rsvpd to that I wanted to hit before we left. While I was doing this Jt stayed home to finish packing up the truck running to get hay for the horses and get groceries for the trip. It was chaos!!! We some how managed to get most everything accomplished except a few things. I had a Partylite Party myself a couple weeks ago and needed to close up all the loose ends before I left and also check our finances to make sure all was well enough for the trip. So we wake up now saturday morning and things were crazy! Our finances went "cursplat" over night thanks to groceries for the trip, hay for the horses, and the replacing of camping gear I had previously mentioned! It was a mess! Jt says to me as we stare sadly at the very low number in our bank account "so what do you think?" I reply " I think we just went broke on camping gear there is no way we are not going to make this work and go camping!!!" So we do what Jt and I do best! We run around pulling 20 from here 100 from there this card has this balance, that card has that balance... and we leave!!! Our plan was to leave around 7am lol we hit the freeway around 1130am! Yeah way off but whatever!! We made it into Yosemite National park around 6pm and to our campsite around 7pm Thank God there was an open one because of course we didn't have reservations;)
Long story short once we arrived life was good we spent some much needed quality time with the girls got lots of rest and had a blast hiking around all our favorite spots with them! We hit bridal veil which is one of our staples and the second day the girls hiked with us to Nevada falls which is half way to Half Dome!! Half Dome is a 17 mile hike roundtrip. The girls did an 8 mile hike round trip! I was so proud of them! Abby had to have daddy carry her a few times but hey she is only 4 years old!! We did not get to see Glacier Point which was a bummer for me because Im pretty sure this one is my favorite! But I did get some more pics in my fav spots that have inspired me to get back to my scrap booking! That makes me and Jt happy :)! So at the end of it all it was a crazy trip with a lot of speed bumps but we made it with some great memories to share! We think we are back in the groove and plan on taking another trip very soon! AND best of all!!! We are going to take Alisa ALL the way to Half Dome next year!! She is almost as excited as we are! Hope you have all had a happy summer! Good Night!
LT
Getaways with the family are definitely a must! Glad you guys made it and had tons of fun! Miss you!
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