Happy New Year!
One of my New Years Resolutions: to go back to using real dinnerware and save the paper plates for group gatherings. I went to IKEA and got some matching glasses, plates and bowls figuring that I’ll be more motivated to use “real” dishes if they aren’t the mismatched restaurant kids cups and plates I put in my hopechest in high school. I’m nervous…
Read MoreChristmas Surprise
Earlier this year, Rob and I went to a charity auction for the Boy Scouts. Our friend, and artist, Justin Kunz put up for bid a customized portrait and we were the lucky winners of his work. We got together with him and discussed what he does and the type of thing we were thinking, and left the rest to him. He agreed to include all four children in the portrait, which was so exciting to me! He came to our home and took pictures, and then he worked on it when he could squeeze it in to his busy schedule. I had not seen any of the progress on the portrait, but Rob and Justin sneakily worked together so Rob could surprise me on Christmas:
For an image of the portrait, click here.
Read MoreHoliday Disneyland For Real
In the interest of getting the most out of our annual passes this year, we have decided to celebrate everyone’s birthday at Disneyland. With Hannah we weren’t able to go until a couple weeks later, but we went for an evening and she got to pick the rides we went on and then we had dinner. Here are some pictures:
Our first stop was California Adventure to try out Toy Story Mania for the first time… and take some pictures by the giant Christmas tree.
We waited in line for a half hour to get this picture with Tinkerbell. Cute, but Pixie Hollow was a bit of a let down.
It’s a Small World reopened Christmas style and was worth the trip to Disneyland on it’s own! This ride has been closed for a while so the boats could be reworked. Apparently they were bottoming out with the growing size of Americans.
A birthday bucket can be purchased at a few of the restaraunts and inside are the mickey toy, stickers, and a little pin.
Everyone wanted to get some of the little cake that also came with the birthday bucket!
We also toured Sleeping Beauty’s castle for the first time, rode the tea cups (except for me – this is the one ride I can’t handle) and Snow White’s Scary Adventure (For some reason Hannah loves this scary kiddie ride). Fun stuff!
Read MoreRob Pulled Some Strings at Disneyland
I’m not sure how he pulled this off but I sure feel special. It must have cost him a fortune! A local news crew even came out to do a story about what he did. Take a look at the video to see what I’m talking about.
Read MoreThe Nativity with Mr. Groban
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My Dad sent me link to this video he heard about through one of his friends. It tells the story of Christ’s birth beautifully without one word of dialogue from the characters, just the music of O Holy Night by Josh Groban.
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