Can't believe that we are half way through January already! It seems just like yesterday, we were putting up the Christmas tree, and the world had gone crazy shopping. Gabe and I had a great holiday season. We spent a quiet New Years Eve at home with Gabe's mom and brother. We watched movies, talked, and ate delicious food. On New Years Day, we slept in, did a little shopping, and then we were able to go to dinner with my family and Gabe's family. It's always so great, that we can all get together as one big happy family.
In 2011, after Gabe and I got married we did a ton of traveling. Hawaii, LA, Las Vegas, and ended the year in Brazil. Gabe loves to travel, he would spend everyday somewhere new if I let him. But since Gabe lost his job in the beginning of 2012 we were not able to have any vacations this last year. Gabe was heartbroken, so since it had been a year, Gabe's family was going to be in town, and we finally got back on our feet, we decided that it would be a great time to start planning yearly Neves family vacations. This year, our destination was San Diego. I had been to San Diego a few years ago, with a friend but Gabe nor his family had ever been. So, we all packed our bags and the 3rd day of January the entire Neves family (which only consists of 4 of us at the moment) was on a plane to California! We had rented a condo, and had tons of plans for the week. But without fail, a family vacation is not a vacation without a little stress. When we landed and were retrieving our luggage, my suitcase came, then Gabe's, then Lucia's and then...... Marcello's luggage never came. They lost it, it fact they never had put it on the plane. So his suitcase, was sitting in SLC. Lucky for us, the condo had a washer and dryer, so we could wash his one pair of clothes that he had on. After two days, we got the suitcase back. It was just a slight downer to the trip. We quickly recovered, and went about our week. We went to Sea World, did a city tour, shopped, went to Little Italy, ate fantastic food, spent some time at the beach, and just really enjoyed ourselves. Unfortunately, all good things had to come to the end, Lucia and Marcello had an earlier flight back to Brazil so we dropped them off at the airport. It was hard to say goodbye to them. This time was a little different, this family vacation allowed for us to all get a little closer. Lucia and I built a good relationship and I was sad to see her go. Marcello and I get along so well, for the first time, I am not the youngest in the family, so we can all pick on him. There were a few tears shed, and tons of hugs. Gabe and I had like 8 hours to kill before our flight left. So, we went to lunch, shopped around, and just hung out for awhile. We had a layover in Vegas, upon arriving my mother had called to inform that there was a blizzard in Utah and that our connecting flight had been delayed. By that time I just wanted to get home, and go to bed. So Gabe and I grabbed expensive airport food for dinner, and two hours later boarded the plane. Upon boarding, the lovely stewardess came on the intercom and announced that we were going to try to fly to SLC, and if the pilot felt that it was unsafe to land the plane in SLC, we were going to turn around and come back to Vegas. Great.... the one thing I kept thinking was I sure hope they brought extra Diet Coke's because I was going to need the entire can. Long and behold, we landed in 3ft of snow, took us 30 mins to taxi to the gate, waited outside in the cold for an hour to get a taxi , and then what normally is a 15 min drive from the airport to our house took an hour to get home. We arrived home just after 1 a.m. and it has taken me the entire week to catch up on sleep.
It was a much needed vacation. The next family Vacation is already in the works. Maybe Gabe and I will go back to Brazil, with a mini vacation to RIO. Maybe they will come back to Utah and then we will go somewhere new. Or maybe just maybe we will meet half way and do a cruise across the Caribbean.
No comments:
Post a Comment