Tutu- Tucson!

Last weekend the Du Toit family escaped to Tucson!! It was a fun filled weekend literally!

Thursday night we drove down to Los Angeles and hit horrible traffic on the Grapevine. A THREE HOUR DELAY!! All because they were doing something to the road. That was NOT fun. :( Camille was irritable and we were ALL getting tired.

Once at the hotel our room key didn't work. Luckily the bellhop was able to let us in regardless. Izak and Beatrice went to go park the car but there was NO parking! They drove around forever trying to find a spot. They went back to the front desk and they told them to park somewhere else which was a cluster... The front desk supposedly fixed the key to the room but when they got up to the room it STILL didn't work! Izak was furious and went down AGAIN to get it fixed. Millie was getting into everything and I just wanted to take a quick shower. By the time we got into bed it was practically midnight, the girls didn't want to sleep. I was thinking: this is a disaster. I managed to get some sleep and then the alarm went off. We got ready and went to go get breakfast. Beatrice wanted to go to Arizona right then! She did not want to get breakfast.

We get to the airport and I get a text from our animal sitter, Brandy, that our garage door opener doesn't work - her only means of getting into the house! I was freaking out! I knew Rugby would survive, but GusGus and the fish?? Luckily she bought a new battery and it worked! (Sorry about that Brandy!)

Beatrice walked away from me twice while in the airports. I was so pissed! But I couldn't really do anything about it but just look meanly at her.

We got on to the plane and everyone was great up until the very end. Camille started to freak out - she was tired and ready to run around.

Tutu met us at the airport and we were off to get Eegees(!), then home. Once we ate we struggled but got the girls down for a nap eventually. Then Auntie Stacey and Lisa came!! And the rest of the cousins shortly after. The girls went out to a fabulous place called 'The Melting Pot.' It was SO good! The dessert was excellent- whats not to love about melted chocolate?!!

Stacey and I were supposed to go pick up Uncle David from the airport but his flight got canceled. :(

Tutu and I drove back home where the driver behind us repeatedly flashed his lights at her. He was finally able to move over in to the other lane and once we were both stopped at the stop light he rolled down his window to cuss at us. I couldn't hear anything over Tutu's air conditioning AND she was like a mile back from the line... hehe... then I just cussed at him, rather calmly through the window. HAHA! I was SO not in the mood for other people's lame shit!!

Once home we broke the news that David wasn't coming and everyone was sad and upset.

Then we went to bed. (Still hoping that David would make it Saturday. He didn't.)

Saturday we had Eegees(!) again!! And then had the war!!! We were trying to be cool and spray perfume on our water balloons but the balloons started popping. Stacey's original idea was to put the perfume in the guns! D'oh! We had a ton of guns thanks to Lisa!! The war was fun and Beatrice was hilarious! She would shoot her gun but as soon as someone would shoot at her she'd stop and say: 'No! You're not allowed to shoot me!' I was holding Camille so I couldn't really get into it. She started crying. I think she was upset that everyone was shooting each other! Baby Lauren on the other hand was cool, calm and collected in Tina's arms!

Sunday we had crunchie peanut butter french toast! And a GIANT spider tried to attack me!! Then we had to leave... :( Beatrice didn't want to leave. She wanted to stay in Arizona forever! And it was so cute hearing Camille say: Lee-la, Jayden, Tutu in her little voice. Bea fell asleep on the plane and Camille was fine up until the end again. Once in the car she fell right asleep. Even when we got home she just kept sleeping!

It was such a fun trip! Beatrice said her favorite part was when she got to see Gracie's room. I think she had a lot of fun with her cousins. Especially Grace.

There was talk of going out there for Thanksgiving... We'll see if I can gather everyone up to do that. :)