Ryan's Birthday Weekend

There was cake.

and more cake

and a party. Royce came down for the weekend.

We went to the Hoover Dam. It was cold and windy.

We left when it got very tempting to slide down.

The main event: Royce doesn't love us enough to just spend time with us. He usually needs a trip to Disneyland, too. And since it is free to go on your birthday this year, and the rest of us got cheap tickets on E-bay, we couldn't pass it up.

The trip started out on a happy note.

and rapidly got worse as it started to pour rain. Yes, there is a child under there.

We slept in some unusual places.

But the day started to perk up.

We even got to be first in line to see these guys. And the kids even forgave us for waking them up to take the picture. We left the park at a decent time, put the kids to sleep in their car seats, and hit the road. We were making decent time until...

traffic stopped on the 15. Completely. We didn't get a real explanation. Truckers gave us reports of accidents, ice, and construction. Since we still wanted Royce to make his flight, so we waited. And waited. For 5 hours. Then we decided to drive back to Barstow. And entered our hotel at 7am. Just in time for these guys to wake up and decide to play...

I don't want to think about what is on this hotel room floor.

Yes, we did make it home. At 5pm the next day. Hours gone without sleeping? You don't want to know.

Good thing Ryan is worth it.