He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still -Lao-Tzu

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

California Craziness

Raise your hand if you too have gone on a jammed packed fun memorable vacation with your camera nearby and were just too lazy to take pictures?  Me me! 

We headed to Cali a few weeks ago for my brothers wedding and figured we would make a vacation out of it.  Thanks mom for letting us crash and create mayhem in your house for a week! 

Monday – Beach.   

Tuesday – Disneyland.  Ugh.  Crazy amounts of people.  Weaving through the streets, stood in lines for hours.  There were highlights… The Dance parade and a few rides.   The kids begged to go home after a few hours.

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This was them smiling after we agreed to cut our losses and head home early. 

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Dad and Jayce on It’s a small world.  Aww. 

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This giant marble ball was resting perfectly on a base with water so you could spin it if you really got it going. 

I want one. 

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Got back to mom’s to learn Flapjack had a tapeworm. Gag.

Wednesday – Took Flap to the vet, fixed the problem.  Swam at mom and dad’s.  Relax. 

Thursday – 6 Flags Magic Mountain.  We took Jayce and went with Shannon/Ethan and cousins. 

SO FUN. 

SO CRAZY. 

So NOT what I remember. 

When did I get so old I was afraid of roller coasters? Oh I went on them, but I didn’t like it.  Ok, it was such a rush.  I closed my eyes most of the time.  Ok, all the time.  Jayce loved the crazy rides.  We might have to make this a yearly adventure for him. 

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These two were a bit too short to ride a couple of the crazy rides so we hit jet stream 5 or 10 times and Ninja at least as many times, 4 of them without even getting off the ride in between.  Yowza. 

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We got lucky with timing and got a photo shoot in with these guys. 

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Friday/Saturday was the rehearsal dinner for the wedding and the rehearsal ceremony on the beach. And then of course the real deal.  Lainy was a flower girl along with her cousin Rylee.   You would think I would have taken a picture right?  Ah no.   Not even one.  Mother of the year award right here.  Pin it on me.  The girls did great walking down the isle, dropping pedals simultaneously and danced the night away at the reception.  Tami, you looked AMAZING.  Welcome to the fam!  You’re stuck with us now! Congrats you two, we love you!

3 comments:

  1. Wow, what a full week! Jan/Feb=the only time to go to Disneyland! Glad you had some fun family time! Welcome back.

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  2. Disneyland sucks in the summer, my kids were ready to go way before closing as well. I only took pics on our camping trip for about 10 min so I could say I did and didn't touch the camera other than that..pathetic. Sounds like it was fun and memorable, vacations rock!

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  3. WOW! What a Blast :) We just got back from Utah we went to Zions National Park that was our Vacation (my moms family reunion)

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