First, we went back to our home town of Rocklin, CA to celebrate the holiday with both of our families. We are very blessed that both side live so close to each other and are such great friends. We did have to figure out who to stay with when, but we think it worked. Christmas was wonderful as we spent Christmas Eve night at the Toms' and opened presents on Christmas morning before church. Then we went to the Jordans' to open presents after church. Finally we ALL ended up back at the Toms' for a wonderful Christmas meal. It was so great to see our parents, siblings, and nephews!
The day after Christmas we left Rocklin for Escondido. There we both were in the wedding of our wonderful friends, Freddy and Ashley (now Mr. and Mrs. Robles :) ). The wedding was absolutely gorgeous and it was so nice to see and hang out with so many of our best friends.
Our next adventure on our vacation took us to Sedona, AZ. Good friends, the Molles, invited us to their grandmother's time share for a couple of days of fun and relaxation. Well, for the most part.... On the day we left, Emily was not feeling well. We think she had the stomach flu. But the next day it had gotten worse. So we ended up visiting the wonderful people at the Sedona Emergency Room. Turns out Em just had some nasty side effects from being so sick. After all that excitement, the 5 of us (Adam, Em, Todd, Bridget, and Ava) went to the Grand Canyon. This was the first visit for Em, Bridget, and Ava. It was so beautiful and GRAND! Ha ha! We were also able to celebrate the turning of the new year before heading back to sunny California.
BUT before we thought about going home, we decided to make one more stop in....... Vegas! We had never been there before, so we decided to take a peek on our way back. On our way to Nevada, Em saw the Hoover dam for the first time (many firsts on this vacation). Once we got to Vegas we parked at New York New York and wondered the strip. Adam was able to see Nine Fine Irishmen and Em gambled for the very first time. We stuffed our selves silly at the MGM Grand buffet, gambled away some money (which was kind of hard for Em to get over), and Em discovered free drinks! Plans for another trip + show will be in the works.What a wonderful Christmas vacation we had with family and friends! It went by so quickly and now back to reality : D
