A shout out for Redbox!

If you haven't tried Redbox yet , you should...It's great. Only one dollar per night for each movie and you can find them all over. Walmart, McDonald's, Albertson's, Smith's, etc. It's really great when Anissa is dying to see Barbie Fairytopia or some such thing and we don't want to waste our Blockbuster rental on it. Speaking of Blockbuster, we are thinking of cancelling and maybe going with just Redbox or even netflix because in this world of ultra convenience, it seems like such a hassle to have to drive clear up Charleston to get to our closest Blockbuster (aren't we spoiled). Redbox is totally awesome for road trips too. You can rent and drop off the movie at any other Redbox along the way. Rent. Watch. Exchange. Las Vegas. Cedar City. SLC. Awesome. Then you don't have to pack up a bunch of your own DVD's and risk leaving them in the hotel like we did a few years ago...and of course when we called, they had no idea what we were talking about...obviouslly the maid didn't find them and think she'd hit the jackpot. Yeah right, but that's another story...

Spring Break

Well our passport situation didn't turn out as planned. Our order of 4 passports must have been split up between two different people because we got two applications back saying the print quality of the photos wasn't acceptable (I printed at home), so I had to send in new prints and then later got the other two passports, so I guess the person doing those two thought the quality was just fine. Instead of leaving the poor two kids with no passports home, we planned an alternate vacation. We went to Hearst Castle, Monterey Bay Aquarium, and Sequoia National Park. We put quite a few miles on the car, but it was a great trip. The weather was beautiful and the scenery is magnificent. The kids loved it (even a certain 16 year old said it was one of our best trips so far!) Here's a few highlights. I won't make you look at all 446 pictures we took...no joke, we had to buy a new card for the camera...love that digital photography!

PS...I'm still waiting on one more passport...