Seal Beach Clean Up

It was a beautiful and sunny morning at Seal Beach. Our friend co-sponsered the Kids Save the Beach clean up day and we couldn't pass up the opportunity to go down for a few hours before family came into town for Thanksgiving. In addition to a lot of styrofoam and other trash this is what we found:

"Slick" the Seal was there cheering us on. We enjoyed a lunch at Ruby's and made it home with enough time to get ready for Grandma and Grandpa to arrive. What a nice day.

Disneyland in November

Early November is one of the slowest times of year to visit Disneyland, so my sister's family came out then instead of at Thanksgiving. After spending some time on the Beach in San Clemente (where they surfed and boogey boarded, etc) we all went to Disneyland.

My sister and niece!

The little cousins had fun together!

Guess who is now tall enough to ride Splash Mountain and loves it!

Guess who was too tired to even open his eyes again after he fell asleep at 6:00pm!

Meeting Mickey at Traveltown

Traveltown Railroad Museum is one of our favorite places to play. This time was extra cool because we got to meet Mickey Mouse.

There was a lot of waving.

And even more of this.

Yoda at Halloween

Here is Yoda training with his green lightsabers, practicing his Force-push and showing what goes into Yoda Stew.

Now for the real deal! This time a red lightsaber on Halloween Night.

We gathered with cousins in Southern Utah and had a huge trick-or-treat party. What fun!

Grandma's Birthday

I am a few months behind, but here goes.

For my mom's birthday in September my brother's daughters came down to visit. They got off the plane and came straight to Disneyland where we were waiting. It was my mom's birthday, but she ended up treating us all to a fabulous day!

The rest of the weekend the V-girls spent on the beach with Grandma. What a blessing to have such a beautiful playground so close!

And before they got back on the plane, we had a little birthday celebration.

Happy Birthday Mom!