#desertjournal cont.

day 4: we woke up early and headed to the grand canyon. my giant and i packed our own coffee and coconut milk {including our frother} so we wouldn't have to buy any along our journey, but this day we decided to stop and enjoy some local coffee flavor. 

you see, we originally wanted to camp our way through this trip, but i knew it would be too hard on my giant just coming off of surgery. so that plan was dropped.

as we were walking up to the grand canyon juno turned to me and said "can we just go home now." 😳

pausing for some words by imogen {who is standing right beside me and wants to add some things}
"mirabelle, juniper and i are having a lot of fun at our big giant trip. it is very long. i think that's all."

mira kept putting her hands up in all the pictures, like she was on some type of roller coaster.

traveling our way down route 66 we stopped at an iconic diner. the burgers, fries and shakes were super yummy. the atmosphere was very eclectic and kept the homegirls busy while we waited for our food.

and now onto

and the 

the girls didn't seem too impressed. well, just coming from the grand canyon, they weren't really sure what to think about this.

that was a ton in one day. we made it to vegas, but i didn't really get any pictures because we were all so exhausted. 

day 5: we slept in, ate a big breakfast and then headed to california. 

first stop, hole in the wall mexican food.

my aunt and uncle's house, bakersfield, california 

we got to enjoy their beautiful home and a wonderful dinner with them. the girls even got to meet and play with a new cousin!

day 6: we took a tour of my uncle's potato plant. tasteful selections. if you haven't checked them out in the grocery store, please do. we love his potatoes and eat them all the time. it was an awesome field trip.

it was great to see my cousin nathan too, who gave us the tour.

now, onto l.a. and hollywood.

i've never seen a cross walk quite like this, coming from all directions.

we ate at roscoe's house of chicken n waffles. 

which was good, but honestly, we thought it was going to be much better.

down the pacific coast highway

not stopping until we reached la jolla.

i'll be back to share more later...

but for now, i need to get ready to take some birth photos.

the greasy monkey is pulling an engine, helping a friend and then helping the uber driver. it's going to be busy and i might add going to a fall festival {i'm a sucker for festivals} and a last trip to gnome cones before they close for the season. 

happy weekend.