Grandbabies

Charla needed me to come down & watch McKenna a few days last week. Yeah! An excuse for me to see my adorable little babies. I flew in on Tuesday morning to Salt Lake City and took the Trax system down to Orem. I met Charla at the mall with McKenna. I had a melt your heart moment when popping my head into the car to say Hi to McKenna she screached and couldn't get her hands around my neck fast enough for a huge HUG! AAAH! I spent the next two days taking care of McKenna & Tessa while everyone was gone working. First of all I forgot home much work it was to take care of two little busy bees but so much fun. We played, took walks, read books, and made faces at each other. LOL! The last night I was there McKenna came up once again wanted a huge hug. She was holding on so tight giving me a huge love. Tears came to my eyes because I realized that being a grandma is better then anything in the world. These sweet little girls have stolen my heart and I love them to death. Now if I could just have them live a little closer then it would be PERFECT!

Hawaii Trip on a Budget

Mark & I decided we needed to take Staci & Ashley on a trip for Spring Break this year. It would be the last hooray before everyone flies the coop next year. But of course we needed to do it on a budget and a very cheap budget at that. We enlisted the girls in the plan and it worked out fabulously. Here was our checklist:

1. Free airfare. I know you are saying well I work for an airline it is free!
But not true when it comes to first class. I used some certificates that I had
earned for perfect attendance. Yeah! Hawaii or Bust in First Class!
2. Upon arrival in Hawaii we decided to take a cab to our hotel. While waiting in line we saw a gal that was waiting alone and asked if she would mind sharing the ride she was more then willing and it ended up that the 40 dollar cab ride with tip included was only 25 dollars each. Great deal and it was perfect the gal was staying at our hotel and she got quite a kick out of listening to Ashley & Staci babble about everything and anything.
2. We used points that Mark had earned with Marriott to help with our hotel
accommodations and got the cheapest room but because he had earned elite status with Marriott they upgraded us to a suite that had 3 beds. Everyone was very happy not having to share a bed.
3. Next we ate breakfast & lunch in the room. We did a grocery run on our first day it worked out perfectly because we saved a huge amount of money and Dinner we shared meals. Everyone was happy and had plenty to eat.
4. We rented a car from Alamo for 4 days but only during their promotion of 10dollars a day! That was alot of fun we went to the Polynesian Cultural Center, Explored the other side of the Island and saved our feet some walking by visiting the mall and other stores the girls wanted to visit.

But the best part of the trip was being with my family. I was hesitant to go because of the economy, etc. But the time I spent with my girls and my husband was priceless! No cell phones, No distractions, Just family! This was truly a special trip. Wouldn't it be nice to never have to go back to reality!