Family pics in Disneyland

Here we are hangin' loose in Disneyland. This was at breakfast with the Disney characters




I told Wesley the hippos from the Jungle Safari would get him if he wasn't a good boy, so he sat with mom.....he still got nervous when the hippos jumped out of the water right next to the boat!


Here we gooooooooo!!! This was the fastest little roller coaster I'd ever seen! Kid's were flying out left and right, wheel bearings were falling off; it was crazy! Cammy and Wesley had no idea what they were getting into....but Wesley still wanted to go again and again!


Dylan, Grace and Tyler thought it would be cool to get their faces painted. Unfortunately the sweet paint jobs only lasted until they had an itchy nose, or accidently wiped their faces. But they were still pretty neat. The boys got spiders, and Grace got a butterfly....


I'm not exactly sure where this picture was taken, but it was definitely in Disneyland....or somewhere close.


We were so lucky we got to go into Tarzan's ACTUAL tree house! We even saw the leopard's footprints when it tried to get baby Tarzan. At the bottom there was a rope you could climb, and Dylan almost made it to the top.....with hardly any help!

More good times in Disneyland!!

Sisters! Camille and Faith didn't realize that a gigantic butterfly almost landed on them while they were getting their picture taken!!!



We found a really cool place we could leave the kids while we went on the 'big kid' rides.....ha ha! This was in the Roger Rabbit fun house, and eventhough it might look like those aren't real bars....well, they are. These kids are tough!

More characters!!

This is little bear. Poor guy could 'bear'ly hold the pens with his mangled claws! It was comical to watch. Here are Gracie, Wesley, Tyler and Dylan. You'll notice that Nathan is not in the pictures.....he was a little camera shy.....and in Burlington. We left him with Grandma and Grandpa, but don't tell him that!



Goofy stopped by one morning for breakfast! The kids were really excited, and they got to play a game with him and Pluto. However, later in the day while we were in the park, we saw Goofy again, but he was too cool for school and acted like he didn't even remember us.....argh! Here is Wesley getting his book signed while Emily and Tyler wait in line.


We were lucky enough to see Mr. Incredible and his supersonic speedy son, Dash.....oh wait! That's Dylan! He's really fast too. We were lucky because we got there right when they started signing autographs, so we didn't have to wait in line. It was....well....incredible!


Finally! Of course for the rat we had to wait in a 40 minute line! He has his own little house and helpers moving people right on through....not very personable, but at least we got the autographs! Tyler, Grace, Wesley, Emily and Dylan (face paint pictures are forth coming).

Disney characters

Every morning we would go to a 'Character Breakfast" where random Disney characters would show up to say hi and sign autographs. All the kids got autograph books, so that was a big deal....to get each characters' Herbie Hancock. They were so worried about getting the signatures, they sometimes didn't enjoy being with the characters. Pluto was funny because "he" had to use his nose to write on. Wesley wasn't too sure what to think about it, but he sure thought it was cool after "he" left. I say "he" because his handwriting was too good for a boy dog.


Rafiki (sp) even scared me! They couldn't hold the pens very well, and sometimes it was very awkward for the to sign the little books, but the kids sure had a blast meeting so many of the Disney characters. They would come right by the table and they would just get swarmed....needless to say, there was not a lot of eating going on!


Chip (or Dale) was flying solo, but that didn't stop him from signing all the autograph books. They would never talk! But they smiled the whole time! It would be hard to be so happy all day, but they probably get free food and shelter.

Our trip to Disney Land

We drove from Wyoming in Cammy's father's motor home....we got into Anaheim pretty late, and the kids were really tired. But right when we were going into the hotel they saw this statue of Mickey and all of the sudden there were no more sleepy eyes! It was a good start to a very fun trip!

Reflections of Christ

I found this on our friends Mike and Amy's blog (thanks you two), and I just love it! I hope you enjoy as well...

For many years, the Mesa (Arizona) Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has had exhibits on the temple grounds during the Easter season. This year, there was also a 'Reflections of Christ' photography exhibit in the Mesa Temple Visitor's Center. The photographer was given permission to photograph pageant cast members for the exhibit. They traveled to various locations in Arizona that the photographer thought looked like the places in Israel where these events took place and recreated the scenes. The photographer worked with a few others to put together a 5-minute slideshow which includes every image from the exhibit and set it to the hymn ' Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing.'Just remember when you're watching the video that these are photographs -- they aren't paintings. You can expand the video to fill the screen by clicking the icon in the lower right (left of the volume control).
http://mabrystudios.typepad.com/reflections_of_christ/2008/03/reflections-sli.html

Sledding fun at Honda

Brandon and the boys (Wes 2, Dylan 4)


Enjoying the once-a-year snow storm


Wesley's one-legged snow angel