Holiday Inn Exp Stes Glendale

Only 2 days until we leave for Hawaii and we are really getting excited! I am also excited about being able to write about our adventures and have you all share the trip with us

We will be leaving Phoenix on Monday morning October the 19th and will be in Honolulu by 1:00 ...

... a piece of paper and then proudly present it to a parent who wonders what the heck it is. He gave me the sympathetic smile and stopped short of patting me on the head. Then he placed them on a shelf in his office. The same shelf with a random drum and beaded gourd from Brazil, a boom box (yeah…a boom box) and a pile of random hats. Guess he shared my "not so much" sentiment.

A hand carved Mahogany Elephant

My husband is a collector of ...

So an hour before Doug is going to take me to the airport I suddenly remember that I need passport photos for my visa into Cambodia. Unfortunately, there is no place doing passport photos at this time so I'll have to try my luck in Singapore or somewhere along the way in Thailand. Shouldn't be too much of an issue but not good that I'm starting with an issue.

My ...

Flew into Phoenix to be met by kev`s aunt and uncle and from day one we were spoiedl rotten! what great Hosts they were, we ventured to see a real cowboy mining town and stopped kev from buying a pint sized hat, everywhere very dry and dusty but on the upside loads of cacti to spread the sap on our mozzie bites!!! had a real chille3d couple of ...

Day 19: September 20, 2009 –Phoenix, AZ

Sunday morning Christine and I had our breakfast delivered to our casita in an old-style wicker picnic basket like those you see in old Edwardian period movies. Then we visited the excellent Heard Museum which has exhibits and many, many artifacts about the native tribes of the Southwest. Much of the information is from the ...

... things to note - we got totally ripped off getting a ride to the cinema. We asked the hotel for a cab and after almost 30 minutes, finally a car showed up - not some beat up and cheap taxi we were expecting but some flash, shiny car equipped with a super jock wannabe behind the wheel. After all the $$$ we have blown so far, we were like WTF! This guy was running his own business driving people around from hotels and obviously had some scam with the hotel - we just wanted ...

It felt so good to sleep in for once, but we still had two very important stops to make before catching our flight home. So, we packed our bags, ate a hearty breakfast at the hotel, and drove to the Pine Lawn Cemetery in Farmingdale to visit John's grandparents' grave, Frank & Julia La Bua. The office gave us detailed maps and plot numbers and we located their gravesite easily. Flowers were laid and a ...

Well, the sand in the hourglass is running out, and I leave soon for my annual trip to Michigan. Am I packed? Of course not! Still throwing items in the suitcase and thinking of all the last minute stuff I need/want to get done. But I'm excited to see my family again. First stop is brother John in Okemos. I can't wait to visit with Kelly and hug those four adorable nephews of mine!

... to get around without a car. We went to Disneyland on Monday which was absolutely amazing! We got to meet Mickey Mouse AND Woody from Toy Story but unfortunately missed out on seeing any characters passed out from heat exhaustion or being towed out of sight!! We spent the whole day there but could quite easily have gone back for a second. It was just fantastic and I cant wait to go back. I did accidentally spend a little more ...

... in the sides of a cliff. We also went to this wonderful steakhouse that had a musical revue by the servers, Black Barts. The girls left with Grandma and Grandpa to stay with them for a week in Las Vegas. Dale went back to NC to work and Desiree stayed in Pheonx to work and play.