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Little doodle of all the games played last week on vacation! We are a gaming family, it’s very easy to find someone to play with (while having snacks, of course). Kid number three made a nightly routine of 10pm chips, dip, and a game of Garbage with his cousins. 🃏🎲 #doodleart #doodlejournal #vacationjournal #boardgames #playinggames #summertodolist #markerart https://www.instagram.com/p/B0V583FhLO4/?igshid=180ih4rxlf78k

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Thanks for the kind words! ★★★★★ "Such a great idea for cruise memories! " rebecca p. #etsy #cruisejournal #disneycruise #journaldownload #dclcruisejournal #downloadablejournal #downloadablecruise #mickeyjournal #cruise #cruiselife #cruiseship #kidscruise #mickey #mickeymouse #minnie #minniemouse #kidsjournal #vacationjournal #5star #5starreview http://etsy.me/2FfNDgJ

[pinntwins]

#VacationJournal: that time we stopped at @buceestexas for lunch and ate hard-boiled eggs in the parking lot on the way to Galveston. #pinntwinsontheroad #honkifthetwinsfallout #trunkshow 🥚🥚🥚🥚 (at Buc-ee's Madisonville)

[tsama]

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[vanypink]

In the end of the day all that matters is love and memories, so make sure you give it and make sure you make them. 😚😚😚 . . #cantmoveon #itwasbeautiful #lovethemall #balibible #balilife #jimbaran #beachlife #beachview #bali #vacationjournal

[yayforkiwis-blog]

HAPPY NEW YEAR

During the countdown, I was drinking champagne and pulling party crackers on a yacht covered in Christmas lights floating along the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon--JK I was yawning in the car on the way back from the airport. lol.  I hope everyone else celebrated more glamorously 

I just got back from Vegas and I promised myself I wouldn't procrastinate that much on documenting it.

Warning: I like to complain. I think part of the fun of being a tourist and being alive is being able to critique everything because nothing is perfect and everything would be better with a bit of constructive criticism. This might get annoying if there's actually anyone reading this but don't tell me this belongs on Yelp because it's my blog xD

Day 1:

Actually, day 1 was Christmas and we spent it in airports and on planes because when you book a trip through a third party and then cancel the credit card you have with that third party a bit later, they may stop giving a shit about you so they may neglect to tell you that your flight time was moved from 8pm to 8am of the same day. Soo we missed our flight! I'll spare the details but it was annoying. I think I'll do a travel tip section lol 

Tips: Check if your flight time was moved religiously before your trip or you'll experience a world of pain. Also JetBlue has awesome customer service and generous leg space on their planes which is great if you're tall and that stuff affects you. 

Day 2:

We went to the Bacchanal Buffet at Caesar's Palace for dinner. We wanted to go for brunch but didn't because (travel tip below). It was probably the best buffet I've ever been to but also one of the most expensive. The seafood selection was disappointing and I wish they had more items that actually made you feel like you were getting your money's worth, but everything was really fresh and nothing tasted off which is a first. There were also too many desserts for me to sample them all (if you know me this is really impressive) and they were really cute! Would not go again but everyone who goes to Vegas should try at least one of the buffets. 

~Dessert is the only thing that matters :D

After dinner, we saw the David Copperfield show. Illusions aren't really my thing so I didn't have high expectations for this show, which turned out to be in my favor. I don't know if all of his shows are like this, but it was SO CHEESY. Every single act was based on an overly sentimental story that he most definitely made up, usually about his own life. I really don't know how this guy got so famous. I want to give him the benefit of the doubt because maybe he was doing great shows before, and then some critics told him to make it more relatable to small children and saps. Also, most of his illusions were large scale so they were basically the same old making something big appear out of nowhere or making it disappear. This isn't as impressive as small scale tricks that require sleight of hand skills, which he only did one of. If you still think I'm being overly picky, one part of his show involved a digitalized little alien that needed us to 'believe in him' so he wouldn't die. So obviously he died, and Copperfield was like 'ooh look I have a time stone' and brought him back to life by time travel. I know he's getting old, but he must be having a hard time if he needs to create characters to sell more merch. Okay maybe I'm being too harsh. Some of his tricks were cool. 

Tips: To eat at the buffet, you have to buy tickets first with a designated time that you can come back. Then when you come back, you have to wait in line for 2 hours so plan ahead for sure. David Copperfield wants your money and your tears if you are a complete sap they keep him young don't give them to him. He also makes slightly douchey jokes but they aren't as offensive as his belief that people will enjoy this corniness. Even my mom thought it was corny and she tears up during romantic comedies.