Calico Basin-Part 2

Tuesday night Eric and I were watching the weather and they mentioned that Wednesday was probably going to be our last really, really nice day for awhile. Since the kids were out of school Wednesday and Eric was able to make it home early we decided to take advantage of it and head up the canyon again. This time we once again visited Calico Basin, but went farther up and found a great trail that took us to some HUGE rocks.

I love my little Sade.

Trekking up the mountain went quite slowly, until Sadie hitched a ride. However I can't blame all of the slowness on Sadie. I admit that I am not the fastest hiker, due to my lack of endurance!

Jackson and Megan do not suffer from my endurance issues, so they had no trouble climbing up and down rocks. They even took some time out to play hide and seek.

Not to be outdone, Sadie climbed the rocks with amazing 22 month old ability. She would not hold a hand, and my heart raced a few times envisioning her plummeting. But she ended up just fine.

Late afternoon is my very favorite time of day. The sun was behind the mountains and the weather was beautiful.

On our way home we stopped at Olive Garden to eat. Check out how hot our plates were. Eric is melting a crayon on it!

GIVEAWAY!

I bet you were hoping for something exciting. Sorry to disappoint, but I have gone back to Cascade and am now giving away FREE the 2 and 3/4th boxes of Electrasol I have left. If anyone would like them, just leave me a comment. They are the Gelpacs. And delivery is included for FREE if you live in North Las Vegas!

Today I'm Bored (And Tired And Nauseous)

Today I am bored, tired, and nauseous.

Let's start with bored.

I have approximately 150 hours of recorded shows on my DVR (some are movies) , but don't feel like watching any T.V. I am 3 to 4 weeks behind on shows that I don't want to delete because I do plan on watching them. But I have sacrificed some. Just the other day I deleted 67 episodes of House Hunters. That is 33 1/2 hours of time. I was quite proud of myself.

I was also bored yesterday. Yesterdays main cause of boredom was also T.V. related. I would just like to ask why football games have to be so long? I could handle an hour, or maybe and hour and a half. But 4 hours? That's just extreme. I don't watch anything that is 4 hours long. I couldn't sit through a 4 hour movie. How am I supposed to sit through a 4 hour football game?

I am bored with my wardrobe. I could probably get rid of 85% of my clothes. I need some long-sleeved shirts that are not tight around the stomach area. By the way I tried on some long-sleeved shirts that I used to wear before I had Sadie, and apparently now they would be considered mid-riff-bearing. Seriously I am the same weight, why have I become wider? And apparently longer-waisted.

Here is one of the shirts in question. The white shirt is hitting me where a shirt should, and you can see for yourself the discrepancy.

Although I am bored for a number of reasons, I will move on to tired.

I manage to make it through the entire week without napping, but on Sunday afternoons I find myself utterly exhausted. It's strange. And I don't enjoy napping because it throws off my nighttime sleeping schedule, and I am groggy the rest of the day.

I am also tired today! I went to bed at 11 pm and woke up at 7 am (although I didn't actually get out of bed until 8 am) so there is no reason for this. Luckily I have chosen to blog instead of nap, so hopefully my night time sleeping schedule will not be further compromised.

Now to nauseous.

I used to work with someone who explained to me rather long-windedly that you are not supposed to say, "I am nauseous", but rather, "I am nauseated". Whatever! I am nauseous. I was also nauseous yesterday. Yesterday I attributed it to not eating enough during the day, today I am attributing it to my lunch of Dr. Pepper and peanuts (I also had a few Cheetos: They were giving them away at the convenience store, and really who can turn down Cheetos?).

And no my tiredness, and nauseousness is not attributed to pregnancy. Although this last week I seemed to have developed an extra-sensitive smelling sense that can detect bad breath from everyone around me. But really, I am not pregnant.

I should also apparently add ornery to my list today. After re-reading my complaints I say that title fits. Fine with me. Today I will take that label on also. So to recap, today I am bored, tired, nauseous, and ornery. Perfect.

"How are you today?"

Livin It Up In Laughlin

Sunday afternoon Eric suggested we pack up and head out to Laughlin for a quick getaway. I am always up for a spontaneous night away, so I was all for it.

We stayed at Harrah's which was really quite beautiful. Especially outside. We arrived in the dark, but trust me when I tell you there is a beautiful pool behind us along with the Colorado river.

However when we got to our room we discovered it had not been cleaned, and there were bags full of garbage in it. But on a happy note, when we informed the hotel, they upgraded our room!

After our half-price breakfast buffet the next morning (when you don't go on a Fri. or Sat. night you get all sorts of free or discounted items), we headed out to explore the private beach for hotel guests.

We had the entire beach to our ourselves, and it was seriously relaxing. Unfortunately we had to check out of our hotel, and leave it behind.

However before we left the kids were insistent on playing at the arcade.

With our 100 tickets we won Eric and I convinced the kids to choose the Whoopee Cushion. The amount of entertainment it provided the remainder of the day was well worth the money we had to spend to win it.

Megan came down with a sudden fever, to go along with her cough and stuffy nose, so we had to take a detour to the Dr.'s. Who knows what she has, but they gave her a prescription for Tamiflu, so for once I am hoping it is viral and she will get better quickly. Oh, and also that the rest of us don't come down with it. Megan has had a tough sickness year. Just to mention, the Dr.'s visit along with the prescription ended up costing us more than the whole trip! Good grief!

We were going to head over to Oatman about 30 minutes away to visit an old ghost town, but given Megan's illness we decided instead to check out a couple of places that were more on the way home.

Jackson checked out the view from Davis Dam (the other 2 kids were asleep). And what a view it was.

Check out how blue that river water is.

We then headed over to Grapevine Canyon to check out some Native American petroglyphs and climb the rocks.


As usual, Sadie was none too please to be told what to do. Heaven forbid we ask her to sit still for one picture!

The weather was so beautiful, and being there during the late afternoon was perfect. Jackson noticed this mini-cliff with soft sand underneath it, and decided to jump off. We then all got in on the action, and had the most fun I can remember having in a while.

Jackson was definitely the best jumper. He jumped with complete abandon, and fell head first into the sand many times. But by doing so, he also got the best pictures.

Check out how much air he got, along with his arms flung out behind him. He was cracking us all up.

Even though Megan wasn't feeling 100% she too got in on the action.

With a little help from Eric, Sadie insisted she not be left out of the fun.

I jumped twice, and that was more than enough for me. The first jump ended up with me rolling down the hill and landing on my face. Good thing the sand was soft.

Eric was a pro-jumper. Just seeing him do this made me fall a bit more in love with him. I didn't even know that was possible.

We have been to Laughlin twice and I have really enjoyed myself both times. There is plenty of outdoorsy stuff to do with kids, and if you go during the week, it is super cheap.