Gough Family Vacation 2012

Day 1
We got on the road around 9 am and actually made it to Cedar City before stopping the first time - for lunch. Hyrum was excited enough to be going on vacation 'in the desert' that he was pretty good for that leg of the trip. Kate was a little more difficult to keep entertained, but it wasn't too bad.

Our second and last stop of the day was in Las Vegas. Hyrum couldn't wait to go swimming- even though it was a little cold and windy for swimming, we did that as soon as we got to the hotel. Justin didn't want to hasstle with the traffic on the strip so we found an Applebees for dinner near UNLV. We did drive down the strip, while Kate slept and Hyrum ooohed and awed at the lights, pirate ships and fountains. Kate did great that night, in a pack n play in her own little room. Hyrum was awake from about 3:30 until 5:30 or so. Different routines and norms I guess.

The next day we caravanned through the Mojave Desert with Dustin and Shondel. We 'left a man behind' according to Justin, Kris and Marime went on their own a bit later than us. Marime wasn't feeling great and their 3 month old, Konner, proved he wasn't a great little traveller the day before. That trip was also suprisingly uneventful. Had to stop in a pretty scary place for Laila to use the bathroom and then 20 minutes later on the side of the road for Hyrum to pee in the desert. We finally made it to Palm Desert and the condo a little before 2. The kids (and adults) were happy to be out of the car for the day. Pool time for the kids again that afternoon and a dinner in the condo.

We have 2/4 places for the entire family. Each condo can be used on it's own, half is more like a hotel room, with a small kitchenette, bathroom and porch, but its connected (through double locked doors) to a slightly larger one. Separate room and bathroom, full kitchen, pull out bed couch and it's own porch too. Our little family has the bigger half, Hyrum thought it was pretty cool his bed came out of the couch last night. So far this morning we've been on a walk around the resort and now most of the kids (two smallest -Kate and Konner) are still in the condos taking naps) are at the pool for the first time today. With a bit of luck we've thoroughly worn Hyurm out and he'll actually take a nap this afternoon.