After the play, we made the drive to Atlantic City, New
Jersey, where we spent the last day of our trip. We got to the hotel at 1 a.m.
and allowed ourselves to sleep in as late as we wanted. Good sleep and rest is
something we lacked a little bit on this trip, so sleeping in was awesome. We
were all awake around 10:30 or 11:00, so my dad looked up restaurants in the
area and found an IHOP within walking distance. We all set out (except Wilson,
who would rather skip breakfast to sleep) but never found it. Turns out IHOP no
longer exists there. So we made it to Caesar’s Palace before they closed down
the breakfast buffet. It was the breakfast of a lifetime. The entire trip, I
had eaten fairly well and not overindulged on much. I decided this was my last
day, and I was eating what I wanted (and I also knew we would only have 2 meals
anyway since we ate breakfast at lunchtime). Breakfast food is one of my
favorite things ever, so I got a little bit of everything I wanted to taste and
went back for seconds of the things I loved. It was delicious! I love food!
Post
breakfast, we went out to the boardwalk.
We weren’t expecting to walk around
much, but since we ended up pretty much walking all the way to the boardwalk
for breakfast, we decided to check it, and the beach, out. The boardwalk was so
cool! There are tons of little shops that just rock and have the coolest,
randomest things. The shops are cheap, but the food is expensive, so I guess it
balances out. We found this place that had sunglasses for 99 cents! Zach and I
got two pairs; Ben, Krista, and Wilson all got one. Krista and I got matching
sunglasses. I also got two colors of nail polish and a tube of lipstick for 50
cents each. I don’t know the quality yet, but if it’s cheap quality, I can’t be
mad because I paid a cheap price for them. It looked fairly good though.
Walking
around the boardwalk was fun, but it was hot and humid, and we were tired. So
we decided to forgo the beach and simply go back to our hotel to take a little
rest, workout, swim, and then go back to the boardwalk when it cooled down
later.
On
our way home, we made a few stops at the Tanger outlets. My dad hit up all the
athletic stores, while I went to Forever 21 with my sisters and then Van Heusen
with Ben. Van Heusen was the jackpot! They had an amazing sale there, so I got
some nice clothes for student teaching, and Ben got some shirts and a tie for
work, and we only spent half of what we saved. For the total price we paid, we
ended up spending about $15 per item of high quality dress clothes. It was an
awesome deal!
After
our workout and swimming, we made our way back to the boardwalk again. This
time, there was a wonderful sea breeze, and the atmosphere was so fun. It was
starting to get dark, so loud music was playing and lights were coming on. We
just walked around. Wilson came with us this time and had fun looking at the
shops and finding sunglasses. My mom got a cute dress. And we had the dinner of
champions. Check this out and be jealous: Mom, Krista, Emily, Ben, and I shared
a funnel cake, chicken nuggets, a giant quesadilla, mozzarella sticks, and ice
cream. Ben also had a giant slice of pizza. Yep. Delicious. I don’t regret it,
either, because now I am going home and back to my normal and (mostly) healthy
eating habits. My body will be fine.
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| After her blue-raspberry Italian ice |
We
went to bed super late and left our hotel at 4:15 to catch our flights. Hooray
for little sleep! I’m sad to end this family trip. It was an absolute blast! I
love my family so much, and I love seeing how Ben fits in with our family
chemistry. He is totally one of us. So, to my family who is reading this, I
LOVE YOU! I’m proud of Wilson and Zach for choosing to serve missions. Wilson
leaves August 1, and Zach leaves August 29. I’m going to miss them. It’s going
to be weird having them gone at the same time. That’s practically half the
family (half the biological kids, anyway). But my family will be blessed, and
they will be blessed too!
All
in all, this was a great last family vacation for two years!
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