Wednesday, December 24, 2008
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
We want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. We are again very late in getting out cards so know they will be closer to the New Year, so know that in the meantime you are all in our thoughts and prayers. We are very grateful to have such wonderful family and friends. Everyone we know is so spread out all over the country and yet we consider you to be close in heart. Many of you we consider family and because we can't near you for the holiday season I dedicate to you the song "I'll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams." Thank you all for being such big parts of our lives.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
We ended our vacation with a hotel stay at the Days Inn in Flagstaff, AZ on Friday night and then drove through New Mexico to come home. We arrived home at about 9:30pm last night. It was a wonderful vacation! We wouldn't have made it without my sister Jaycine planning the whole thing...you know what I mean. And a big big THANK YOU to Stefani for taking care of our house and animals while we were gone.
Well, we left Disneland with a big smile and then on Friday we went to Hunnington Beach to see a real beach with warm water and BIG sea shells. Cody was young when he was there last and so it was fun to tease him about the warm water and BIG sea shells. Hummmm...maybe he was thinking of another beach. When we were there we pretty much had the beach to ourselves, and it was very nice, just a bit chilly. We found a whole bunch of baby clams, gathered them and then watched as the dug themselves into the sand. The boys especially loved it. For lunch we stopped at an In N Out burger because we have been told so much about them and it seems that you see their shirts all over the place. We enjoyed the food and it was a faily good price. Their In N Out says it all...they were so fast.
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Here are some of our Disneyland highlights. In the picture of the Jedi training is Luke, Jessica and Nikki. Eli really wanted to do it because you could either fight Darth Mal or Darth Vader and he was so excited to try but after 3 attempts to get him selected we had to face the fact that if we spent any more time trying we would miss out on the rest of our Disney experience. He was such a good sport although we felt his disappointment. Then later, we got lost trying to find the High School Musical Performance and the girls were so looking forward to it. I couldn't handle disappointing them too. We finally made it just after it started and were able to get the kids to the front of the crowd. Just after arriving a couple of the HSM performers go into the crowd and pick 2 kids to be a part of the show. Well, Eli was chosen as the boy performer and took his place in the spotlight. So it all worked out in the end. The girls and Luke doing what Eli wanted and Eli doing what the girls wanted. Life sure is funny sometimes.
We stayed in Henderson, NV with our wonderful friends that we truely admire and adore. And should I dare say... Jesica loves (at least one handsome young man). We really miss seeing and spending time with our friends far away, but are so lucky to have you as friends. Thanks for sharing your home with us! We all had a blast and can't wait until the next time we can visit with you again.
We decided to keep a log of our travels by stopping at every state sign we came to. We end up traveling through 6 states by the time our vacation is over. As you can see we started in Colorado, went through Utah, Arizona, and Nevada before taking a rest.
Well, we left Disneland with a big smile and then on Friday we went to Hunnington Beach to see a real beach with warm water and BIG sea shells. Cody was young when he was there last and so it was fun to tease him about the warm water and BIG sea shells. Hummmm...maybe he was thinking of another beach. When we were there we pretty much had the beach to ourselves, and it was very nice, just a bit chilly. We found a whole bunch of baby clams, gathered them and then watched as the dug themselves into the sand. The boys especially loved it. For lunch we stopped at an In N Out burger because we have been told so much about them and it seems that you see their shirts all over the place. We enjoyed the food and it was a faily good price. Their In N Out says it all...they were so fast.
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Here are some of our Disneyland highlights. In the picture of the Jedi training is Luke, Jessica and Nikki. Eli really wanted to do it because you could either fight Darth Mal or Darth Vader and he was so excited to try but after 3 attempts to get him selected we had to face the fact that if we spent any more time trying we would miss out on the rest of our Disney experience. He was such a good sport although we felt his disappointment. Then later, we got lost trying to find the High School Musical Performance and the girls were so looking forward to it. I couldn't handle disappointing them too. We finally made it just after it started and were able to get the kids to the front of the crowd. Just after arriving a couple of the HSM performers go into the crowd and pick 2 kids to be a part of the show. Well, Eli was chosen as the boy performer and took his place in the spotlight. So it all worked out in the end. The girls and Luke doing what Eli wanted and Eli doing what the girls wanted. Life sure is funny sometimes.
We stayed in Henderson, NV with our wonderful friends that we truely admire and adore. And should I dare say... Jesica loves (at least one handsome young man). We really miss seeing and spending time with our friends far away, but are so lucky to have you as friends. Thanks for sharing your home with us! We all had a blast and can't wait until the next time we can visit with you again.
We decided to keep a log of our travels by stopping at every state sign we came to. We end up traveling through 6 states by the time our vacation is over. As you can see we started in Colorado, went through Utah, Arizona, and Nevada before taking a rest.
Friday, December 5, 2008
I can't believe it is the season already. This is our first fake Christmas Tree. We finally got one after years of talking about it. And, to tell you the truth it made me a bit sad to not have a real one. This is my first fake tree in my life. It will do for now, but I may have to have two eventually, with one being real. We decorated it Nov. 29, which is way early for us, but we wanted to have it up before our vacation to DISNEYLAND. We are leaving in the morning and can't wait. So, I really should get to bed. Can you say M I C K E Y M O U S E!!!
The Wait is Over
I am sure some of you have been wondering if I was ever going to update my blog. Well, here we go. This is a picture of Cody's pickup being taken off to the truck graveyard. I never liked driving it, but to watch it go was very sad, even I will miss it. The kids were really cute watching it being driven away...they wanted to know if we would see it in the next life.
Now here are some pictures from what happened to our truck and house. It was rammed into the house while we were at church two Sundays ago. In the middle is a picture of Cody and the kids for a last memorable photo opp. with the beloved truck.
Now I couldn't leave out the wonderful BYU/Airforce game picture. We had a lot of fun and the weather wasn't too bad for a Nov. game. The cougars didn't let us down and played a wonderful game. We WON - GO COUGARS!
Now here are some pictures from what happened to our truck and house. It was rammed into the house while we were at church two Sundays ago. In the middle is a picture of Cody and the kids for a last memorable photo opp. with the beloved truck.
Now I couldn't leave out the wonderful BYU/Airforce game picture. We had a lot of fun and the weather wasn't too bad for a Nov. game. The cougars didn't let us down and played a wonderful game. We WON - GO COUGARS!
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