Christmas Vacation

I tried to do a good post...but...The amount of things crammed into these last couple of weeks became too overwhelming......so.....my AWEOSME post of our vacation basically flopped. But, the pictures were sure fun to look through :). Let's see if I can capture the stories/moments that will keep coming up as "remember when" for the next few years.

1. Flying the friendly and rule-laden skies.

K...so this picture is stupid....but....The morning after Christmas...We got up at 4:00am to hit the snowy roads by 5:00am. Note to self to remember that the economy parking is pretty much sold out during the holidays. We managed to slide and skid our way through the slushy snow and miraculously found a spot. But then, have you ever tried to wheel your luggage through the snow/slush???....doesn't work! This was Derrick's first time flying. What an adventure for him. He did great!

LOOK at that miracle!!! We got on the plane and discovered the SUN!!! We haven't seen this bright round thing for a few weeks now! Our trip down was smooth sailing but our return flight was a little different. We were delayed for 2 hours because of computer problems. Derrick had picked up some throw-up flu bug somewhere and so was entertaining us with running to the bathroom and asking every 5 minutes if he needed to throw up. Then, when we finally landed at home, we came to a dead stop on the runway and didn't move. The captain came on to tell us that we didn't have any steering so we would have to wait for someone to come and tow us. HOLY COW!! All in all....it sure beat driving 18 hours!!!

2. The Land of the Legos

This place is a definite place to go BEFORE your child turns 10. Not a lot of pre-teen and teen stuff to do. Although, as an adult, we were fascinated by the things made from legos! They created the most awesome models...and all from Legos!!

Nate just barely met the cut-off age for this ride. Just look at those LEGS!!! I don't see why Bob and I couldn't have fit into that thing . HA!! So, this is a sad moment....he is now officially 2 inches taller than me.

This is just one of those precious father-son pictures...awwww.... Then onto the crack-up side of the picture...Who do you think is heavier??

Amanda was a trooper. She has that talent of finding fun with everything...plus she's just so dang cute!:)

3. The Homestead and Bob's Fun Family

It's the entire crew!! We haven't been "ALL" together for 8 or so years now. We celebrated Bob's Dad's 65th and Brian's birthdays plus the remodeling/room addition of the homstead. It was a good "prep" for Derrick. This summer he gets to meet my entire family which is a bit bigger (and younger kids). I think we figured the poor kid has something like 64 cousins between the two families....good luck with all those names :)

5. The happiest place on earth....DISNEYLAND!

OH MY!!! I pulled the ole bait and switch routine....not quite the picture you were thinking of :)

I had serious problems picking out just one or two pictures....so, check out the 51 picture slide show below...if you even have that much time to waste :). The highlight was that we were there on New Year's Eve. It was officially the busiest day of the year. They sold out at 1:00pm and had around 75,000 people there. We had a BLAST!!! If you are planning on going to Disneyland during a busy time like Spring Break or the summer....CALL ME!!! I found this awesome website called ridemax.com We used it and were able to ride ALL the rides with very little waiting...even on the busiest day!