California Adventure

Our California Adventures:

My Birthday at Disneyland

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

I know we had just went to California two weeks earlier but I really wanted to celebrate my birthday at Disneyland. It wasn't to hard to convince Tim to drive another 8 hours with three small children in a cramped car, when I told him that I would get in FREE--lovely, and that it would be my birthday present--he hates, HATES, buying me presents because I'm not the typical woman--I don't like jewelry, coach bags, or any of the easy thoughtless gifts guys give woman. Our first year of marriage he bought me a gorgeous diamond ring for Christmas and I got more emotional and excited for an antenna ball he stuffed in my stocking--funny story, but it was very thoughtful and sentimental. It only took him 8 years of marriage, but I think he's finally getting the hang of it.

Spoiled rotten? Me?.........Ok.

So when we got into Disneyland they gave me this adorable button to wear letting everyone know that it was my birthday and I got the royal treatment. I think more people wished me happy birthday that day than I had in my entire life up to that point.

We had just an amazing time. It's Disneyland what more do I need to say.

AWE I showered I swear just no one wanted to sit by me

Poor Girls it builds character

Busted.....

WEE

How to keep children well behaved--

Kam, Mickey and me






Loving it..

Someones got to teach them the right way to have fun.

Fresh squeezed fun.



Tim wouldn't let us take him home....I guess we really don't need two knights in shining armor.

san diego zoo

Lions, tigers and bears. I love animals-- it's a good thing because I have a house full of them. We took the girls to the San Diego Zoo. We only had a few hours so we toured the zoo on the double Decker bus, then we rode the Ski-farri which was extremely frightening with a hyper, exploitative 1 year old. Tim took her first because we were all to fat to ride together, so we had to split up, then I took the baby on the way back. I had a death grip around her tiny little body and she cried the whole distance of the zoo. Later Tim told me that he didn't even hold her on his lap and was letting her move around and look over the edge. No wonder why she was screaming on her ride with me. I guess I'm a tad bite over protective. What a blast.

Sea World

Tim called me on Wednesday to ask me if I wanted to go to Sea World this weekend--I love surprises and California so of course I said yes, and we packed up the kids, rented an SUV, and drove 6 hours to California

The baby was amazing on the road, she did get car sick about an hour away from the hotel. I didn't even think about kids getting car sick, I guess that just another thing to add to the long long list of a mothers worries.

Our hotel was amazing we were about a block from the ocean, near the Gas Lamp District, and Sea Port Village. Tim and I stayed in this area when we were in San Diego for the GIS convention. I love San Diego.

Kiora our lovely little photographer

We completely forgot about the hour time difference because we normally go to California in the summer so we arrived at Sea World almost two hours early, I guess to look on the bright side we didn't have to pay $20.00 for parking.

The first time we went was last year but Kamryn was still a little little baby so I missed a lot of the shows changing her, or feeding her, or walking her to sleep, or going out to there car to get dry clothes for everyone, and a new pair of shoes for me because my sandal broke, so it was like going there for the first time for me.

We learned the hard way the difference between the wet zones and the soak zones, poor baby.
It was so much fun. The only sad part for me was the Journey to Atlantis ride was closed because it was still to cold, and being an adrenaline junkie I really wanted to ride that ride--I missed out the time before because the closed the ride right after Tim and Kiora got off, and the two wouldn't stop talking about how amazing it was

Sea World what a blast!

Happy New Year! Our Resolutions

Happy New Year!!!
Our resolution live, laugh, love and pursue fun with a vengeance...

We spent the day at Stillman McCormick Railroad riding the train through thousands of lights, hanging out, sipping coco, riding rides and tickling Elmo... resolution, resolved. We went last year so we might as well make it a yearly tradition. It's so much fun.