The Road Trip.........

For spring break this year we thought it would be fun to try and catch some sun in Palm Springs...the funny thing is that we actually thought it might be fun to drive there! What in the heck were we thinking???? That is the LONGEST drive EVER...and soooooo BORING!!!! Needless to say the kids did great (with a little help from our friends the DVD player)

The above picture is at lunch on our second day of the trip at IN-N-OUT BURGER...this place is absolutely CRAZY! Todd raves about this place every time he travels to California... so when we saw one we HAD to stop. It was a mad house!!!! There was a line out BOTH doors and around the corner...at first I thought...there is NO WAY my husband will wait patiently in this line for a burger....but oooohoho..was I wrong! Todd wouldn't leave...He was going to eat an IN-N-OUT burger even if he had to wait for 1 hour in line! I had NO idea that he could muster this type of patience! Needless to say the line moved pretty quick and we got our totally Awesome burgers in about 1/2 hour! I do agree with Todd....they are good...but in my mind nothing really beats Red Robyn! ;)

On the 2nd day of our trip we made it to Santa Monica (right next to LA) and stayed the night! By this time we met up with Todd's parents and played on the Santa Monica Pier all night! This was the first time that Mackenzie was tall enough to ride ALL of the rides...so OF COURSE we had to ride them ALL!!

The next day we were surprised by Todd's dad with a Limo tour of Hollywood....we felt like Hollywood royalty! This was one stop we made at a grave yard where many famous actors were buried...at first thought it was kinda weird ...I know....but it actually turned out pretty cool! Jake and Linda our at Marilyn Monroe's grave site... she gets fresh roses every week for eternity (or until the $ runs out) from Joe DiMaggio's estate!!!

Part of the happy clan in front of the ever famous Hollywood sign.....