Thursday, March 26, 2009

Disneyland with the Kinneys and the Youngs







We planned our vacation to CA and just for fun asked the Kinneys to go with us (as Chad's family is from there). So due to same Spring Break and other circumstances they decided to go at the same time. We got to Disneyland with them for one day!

Ok, I really could not tell who was more excited. Liz, for getting to go to Disneyland with her brother Chris again in their 30's OR Mason, for getting to go on rides with cousin Kailey.

We were able to "fastpass" a couple rides with them and go on Indiana Jones which rocked! It was a blast! And the kids had so much fun touring the magical world of Disney together.
Here are pics of:
ALL of us (taken by a Disney cleaning staff) :-P
Kiersten and Lily trying to loot the treasure on Tom Sawyer's Island
Kids with Jesse
Kids with Woody
Mason and Kailey in line for Pirate's of the Carribean (afterwords, Kailey said "I just did not like that ride" for about an hour. Oh well. Funny girl. I am surprised she was the only one to complain. :-)
Liz, Chad, and Kiersten on the Disneyland train (this was referred to as the "Dinosaur train" due to the tunnel with after Tomorrowland that we discovered had panaramas of moving dinosaurs and narration, very cool)

Disneyland 2009 with the Youngs







I might have to do this in a couple posts and will not be posting all the pics as there were 233 to be exact. Yikes. I love my new camera that Chris got me for my birthday (early), it takes great pics. And I really did not think I took a lot until I got home and looked! So I will spare you all the super touristy ones and share the good shots of us! We rode most all of the rides over the 3 days we were at the park. Lily's favorite was the Nemo Submarine. Mason's favorite was the "crazy train" Big Thunder Mountain roller coaster. Chris and I loved the Indiana Jones ride. We also did Breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen and got good character pics there. This was funny because the idea is that Goofy made all the food, so besides typical breakfast items there were also hot dogs, chicken nuggets, peanut butter and jelly pizza, you get the point. We had such a good time and it was a much needed break. The kids are such great travelers even when we pushed them to go a little more. They loved Disneyland and Mason got teary eyed when we left. Sad to leave the "Happiest place on Earth".

Mason and Lily w/ Mickey Mouse (Lily kissed his nose and Mickey kissed Mason on head)
Mason and Lily hugging Baloo (Lily saw him and said "I am gonna hug that bear!")
Family with Pluto (this was at Goofy's kitchen)
Mason and Lily with Chip (yes, they are eating Mac'n'cheese & cupcakes for breakfast)
Tonya and Mason driving Autopia car

Day at Huntington Beach





Gotta love the beach! Our California vacation started with a little wind and rain. But we still had to go to the beach! We went to Huntington and ate lunch at Ruby's on the end of the pier. Very good fish tacos! There was a car show on main street which Mason lovede. We tried to walk in the water a bit and the incidentally the kids fell face first into the first wave we touched. Oh well. Mason got a new outfit out of the deal at the surf shop. Lesson learned: no matter how cold it is, put the kids in their swim suits at the beach.

Soccer Boy




WOW, time flies when you are having fun! I have not posted for awhile and I apologize. I love to keep this updated and have been slacking. My excuse is we have been busy! I have a little Soccer boy that I would like to show you....Mason started Littleton Lolipops soccer camp the beginning of March. It is so cool to see him "playing soccer". Enjoy.

Monday, March 2, 2009

The 2009 Starry Night Gala


This was our first year to go to the Starry Night Gala for the Brianna Badger Foundation. Please see the website to gain knowledge of the full mission of this event. Cheryl and Bill (Brianna's parents) have dedicated themselves to raising awareness of heart conditions in children and young adults. We had an amazing time! There was a silent auction--I tried for cool movie star sunglasses but we ended up with Chris' win of a growler of beer a month for a year from a local brewery. Not bad. I also tried to win several other items but lost. Oh well. And Chris would not let me bid on the trip to Cabo during the live auction. There were a couple great speakers that also have Long QT Syndrome like Brianna did. Great food, great friends, good fun for a great cause.