Traffic!

Because Grandma Hinkson didn't get out of church until 1:00, we thought we would take it slow and easy in the morning and hopefully get to her house around 2:00. That would give us plenty of time to visit with family, chill and get to bed early so we could be at Disneyland first thing Monday morning.

Yeah...didn't really work out the way we planned. We took it slow and easy in the morning which we later found out is a rookie mistake when traveling to California through Las Vegas on a Sunday (we usually travel straight through on Saturday).

We were making pretty good time until we got to the South end of Las Vegas. Then we hit a traffic jam. Ugh. From the South end of Vegas to the California border took us two hours! TWO HOURS! Usually it only takes about 1/2 hr. And things were still a little messy beyond that.

A trip that should have taken us 5 hours from Mesquite to Grandma's house took us over 8. :/ It was very disappointing because it cut into our visiting with family time and a lot of people we were going to get to see, we didn't because they couldn't wait around for us. :/

We did make it safe and sound though, although a little frazzled. And we had a lot of fun visiting with Grandma and other family who were able to stop by, not to mention getting to eat Grandma's famous Sunday Night Popcorn. Yum! Plus Kent's cousin Erica made him lemon bars using lemons from Grandma's tree. A very tasty and thoughtful treat for the birthday boy. :)