Turkey Day Vacay...

This Thanksgiving we decided to take a getaway to warmer weather, so we packed up the car and headed to Cali. We spent a few days in Vegas where we met John’s brother, Tim, and his wife, Catie.

I love Las Vegas mostly for the lights...literally... the LED’s, LBL’s, sconces, and the custom chandeliers around every corner. Thousands of fixtures that would flip any designers switch. Sadly, though I didn’t get to see much of the strip because James’s sickness took a turn for the worse. So while Tim, Katie, and John took in the sights I stayed in the suite with my little man, had a photo shoot, and watched Sister Wives...

Here is our Hotel Home thanks to John’s Holiday Inn points from working on the pipeline all summer. It was a pleasant surprise since I was picturing a place like we stay at in Price...which wasn’t exactly this nice!

Chilaxing with our sick little guy in our suite.

lounging Las Vegas style

dinner at Downtown Disney

Thanks to Disney Dave we only paid $200 for 2 two-day park hopper passes.

Also at Disneyland, if you have a youngster ask for a rider switch pass from the workers at the front of the lines. Then only half your party has to wait in line and then after they ride the others can go in through the exit without a wait. More details here.

And my last tip, I found out they have the nicest baby changing and feeding center that made even diaper duty Disney-ish.

I think It's a Small World was my favorite ride. It had me at hello with all of it's special holiday season Decor.

I don't want to candy coat our trip to Cali with a sick, grouchy toddler too much. It was a lot of work for all four adults! But from all the photo-ing you can see we still had a fun time, and despite all the Dimetapp, we’d do it again in a Mickey Mouse minute!