Home Again

Cinderella's Castle decked out for Christmas !
All of them sporting their new hats.
Real orange bushes
Splash Mountain one of our favorites

And a super great time was had by all !! But unfortunately its back to reality and home again.

Christmas day we got up and saw what Santa brought and then we were off to California Adventure where we spent most of the day. The day was kind of rainy, so again not a lot of people. We loved Soarin Over California, Tower of Terror, and California Screamin, that's one of the best roller coasters I have ever been on. Towards the evening it really started to rain hard and got quite cold so we went back to the Hotel had Christmas dinner and played games and cards until bed time.

Saturday we had an early entry pass so we went and caught some of the smaller rides that are not worth standing in line for an hour for, but are still fun to see. We spent some time in toon town where every one kind of spread out and I found myself alone. I decided to go see Mickey's house and on the way out 2 Disney workers were standing there handing out dream passes which is a fast pass to all the major rides in both parks on a cute souvenir lanyard. The park was very busy so it made it nice because with my dream pass and getting fast passes we had enough for the kids to ride twice with not much waiting. We caught the Disney Christmas Fantasy Parade that evening. It was fabulous!! By the end of the day I can honestly say we were all very exhausted. I think we were all glad that the next day was Sunday and we could sleep in !! In fact Briley asked her dad that morning " are we going to Disneyland today?" he told her no and her reaction was ''Yeah !!! "

Sunday we slept in and then spent the afternoon at Huntington Beach. The kids had never seen the ocean. They had a lot of fun playing in it. That evening we headed back for Vegas. What a nightmare !! between accidents and construction the 4 hour drive turned into a 7 hour marathon but we finally made it.
We arrived home Monday night about 11:00. We were blessed to be able to go and to have such a great time and make lasting memories as a family. We wish everyone a Happy New Year !!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all from Disneyland California !! We are having great fun !! It's kind of rainy and a little chilly, but nothing compared to the inches of snow at home and certainly not enough to keep us out of the park. It's been a real different Christmas ! We arrived yesterday about 3:00 and spent the afternoon at Disneyland. Much to our surprise the park was almost empty, we literally ran from one ride to the next with very little or no waiting. We ended Christmas Eve with fireworks set to Christmas music overlooking the water and Cinderella's Castle. The fireworks ended with snow storm (in the form of bubbles) falling down from the lamp posts. I have to say that was a first ! Fireworks on Christmas eve. It was awesome! Today we have been to California Adventure for most of the day. It is raining quite hard so we have come back to the hotel for a break and a bite of Christmas dinner. We wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and hope everyone has had a great day !!

Which one is Goofy

My Lunchroom Funny

We make an Italian sandwich called Stromboli which consists of Ham, Mozzarella cheese, & Italian spices.
One little girl came to the lunch counter with her sandwich in hand and said to my co worker, "um excuse me, can I have another sandwich mine has leaves in it". It was all she could do to keep from laughing as she explained to her it was the spices we put in it. She seemed happy with the explanation, went back to her seat and ate her sandwich leaves and all.

Say a prayer

Rick with Charli

My brother Ricky had a serious accident yesterday. While helping his brother-in-law repair a piece of equipment his foot became caught in the track of a cat tractor. It broke his heal bone and severed 3/4 of the way through the Achilles tendon shredding it, and took most of the skin from one side of the foot. After a 3 hour surgery they were able to repair most of the damage. They are worried about the skin dying around the heal where they had to try to stretch the skin back around it, because of not much blood flow to that area. They are also worried about infection. If you would please remember him in your prayer that all will heal well and he will have the use of his foot. Thank you everyone.

The Mermaid

Mckendrie's Relay Team

We spent this past Friday & Saturday at McKendrie's swim meet. My brother Ricky and his family were able to come to the meet and were kind enough let us stay the night with them. Thanks again for the hospitality!!

I got quite a kick out of my niece Charlie, We were all watching McKendrie swim when she turned to her mom and said " is she a mermaid?" Her mom told her to ask McKendrie, so after she was done with her event Charli and I went down to meet her and ask her if she was a mermaid. She told her she was a half mermaid and that her legs come back when she gets out of the water. She told me "take my picture with that half Mermaid."

It's so amazing to me how the mind of a three year old works !! To her, anything is possible, and she really could have been a Mermaid. I wonder what things we could do if we thought like a three year old sometimes.

Happy Halloween

It was a dark and scary night ( ok so its still day, just go with me here.)...

Briley set out trick or treating and.....

Lost her head !!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Time to update

Holy Cow ! it's been a long time since I posted !! life became real interesting and fun between work, very active children in High School and middle school and a college student husband. I never thought I would say it but I'll be glad when McKendrie gets a drivers license! It seems all I do is run from one thing to the next, mach 20 with my hair on fire. From Ball games, to swim team practice & meets, band, orchestra, and chorus practices & concerts, to music lessons, McKendrie is in a drumline and they did a routine with garbage cans.

parent teacher conference and my mom in the hospital. She is doing much better after spending a week in the hospital with a bowel obstruction. Meanwhile in between we gave our kitchen a makeover, (Not that it needed it or anything) Just because it had orange , yellow & brown carpet from the 60's, bright red vinyl counter tops, and a stove that was down to one unit that worked on the top, and an oven that liked to eat heating elements every 6 months or so. Any way here are some before and afters that will help you get a better picture.

Before

During construction

After

Before

After

Just a little improvment don't you think !!

We had a great time a week and a half ago camping & Deer Hunting with my Parents, my 2 brother's and their families, my uncle and cousin & family. Unfortunately the only deer we found in the forest was my 2 little nephew deers.

Mack with Carter & Jaron

Playin games with grandma
Briley met a new cousin
Mom & Dad hangin out

I will try to get back on the stick and post regularly again. Just a funny from school to end with. (after all this is lunch lady chronicles) We had hat day for red ribbon week last week. one of the kids had on a coon skin cap. My boss said to him " you have a Daniel Boon hat , did you kill the coon thats on it? " He looked at her with a disgusted look and said " No Daniel did " It was like duh lady who did you think. Kids make my job great !!

I've Been Tagged

Ok so here are the rules



1. Link the person who tagged you.

2. Mention the rules on your blog.

3. Tell 6 unspectacular quirks you posses.

4. Tag 6 following bloggers by linking them.

5. Leave a comment on each of the blogs, letting them know they have been tagged.





Quirk #1- I hate anything on my kitchen cupboards ! (that does not mean their isn't stuff there, It just really bugs me when it is there.)



2. I don't share my drink with anyone. If someone take a drink out of mine I'm done with it.



3. When I am going to sleep I wiggle both my fingers and toes back and forth and count 1,2,3,4,5,

until I finally fall to sleep.



4. I either sing or hum when I am sleepy. Its embarrassing because I catch myself doing it no matter where I am.



5. I can't brush my teeth without gagging, and it is out of the question for anyone else to be brushing when I am. ( Makes it kind of tricky with only one bathroom.)



and finally #6. I don't like anybody to tell me anything about book's or movies before I read or see them.



I don't know if I have 6 people to tag but here goes what I have.

Cozy

Carrie

I am going to post this and when I get the other addresses I know I will edit.

A Weekend Getaway

What a wonderful weekend !!! Sunday was my birthday. My sweet, wonderful, awesome, husband surprised me with a weekend getaway to Deer Valley Music Festival. It stars the Utah Symphony along with a featured guest which happened to be the Mormon Tabernacle Choir that night. It was fabulous !!! The setting is so beautiful, right up on the mountainside under the stars of the Deer Valley Ski Resort. We had a picnic dinner on our blanket and then enjoyed the concert. We spent the night in Park City. A little alone time away from the kids was just what the doctored ordered. ( Thanks Grandma W.) We did a little shopping the next day and headed for home. It was awesome! it certainly filled up my little cup helping me gear up for Monday.
Sunday we went to church and then basically lounged for the rest of the day enjoying the Olympics.
Today, a different story ! The Kids and I headed back to school this morning. They both came home pleased about their new classes in new school's , so what more can you ask for. Hopefully it will be a great year for all of us.

Leo Ford Family Underground Reunion

Our Family reunion was held this past weekend in Seattle. Sure wish we could have made it there, but due to high prices, lack of funds and other various reasons we were forced to make alternative plans.
We ended with many of our other family members that couldn't go to the real reunion, up Oak City Canyon for a campout.
Talking around the fire one night this was dubbed the underground reunion. Anyway we had such a good time it was just fun and relaxing.

Grandma, My Mom, and Aunt Ann

Briley on the 4 wheeler

2 monkey's up the tree

Mom, Dad, My Grandma, Aunts and Uncle chillin at camp

Time keeps on ticking !!

Time before school starts again is ticking away very quickly !! Where has the summer gone !!

I spent most of Monday & Tuesday cleaning up the trailer and doing the laundry from our camping trip. That's the bad part of camping ! Whats leftover.

Wednesday was spent mostly on getting kids where they needed to go and planning for and upcoming camping trip/family reunion this coming weekend.

Birthday girl Sarah with McKendrie

Thursday, our Niece Sarah turned 16. Time is definitely ticking there. Just yesterday she was a little girl !! The girls and I went shopping for candy bars and poster board and made her a candy bar poster, then after the girls finished with swim team went to lunch with her, her mom and grandma's. It's great spending time just having a little girls bonding fun. That night we got together with Russ's Mom, Aunt, Brother and his wife and his sister and went to see Momma Mia. Have you seen it ? The premise of it wasn't real morally great , and Peirce Brosnan can't carrry a tune, but I thought the Movie was fantastic ! I am a huge Abba fan anyway and like Russ's mom said, " you leave the movie feeling just happy" !!

Friday, 10:30 to 12:30 at night, Russ, and I ( I don't know in an attempt to relive our teenage years or something, ) took the girls to the book release party for Breaking Dawn the last book in the Twilight series. (Really great books if you haven't read them !! ) They showed old vampire movies outside on the side of the building next to the book store, had all kinds of food and drawings. Russ won a book and McKendrie won a free Internet access pass for a month.

We topped of the week with Russ's company party last night. They took us to a Bar-B-Que and an Owlz Baseball game, they are a double A professional team in this area. We had a great time and enjoyed spending the evening together as a family.

Now the mourning begins as I spend my last free week before school starts. Time keeps on ticking.

Wright Family Camp Out

The Wright family headed (is that a word ?) for the hills this past weekend for a Wright family camp out. A Grand time was had by all at the ponderosa!! (not the ranch, our camping spot. ) Sure wish we all could of been there. We camped,

we ate,

we sat around the fire and played games,

some rode Matt's motor bike, and shot the bows.

While Grandpa took a much deserved nap with his princess pillow.

We hiked, played clean the camp,

and did some monkeying around.

We even got rained on a few times. Luckily just enough to settle the dust and bring out that wonderful smell of the mountains.

While Russ was putting in the awning on our trailer getting ready to go home, our niece Ashley was standing there with him. When the awning came down it was hiding 2 days of rain and it all came pouring down on Ashley. Poor little thing was drenched, and in shock thinking what in the world just happened !!

Unfortunately all good things must come to an end, and were left with dirty faces, dirty laundry, but awesome memories. Anyway I hope we can make this a tradition, including the out of state family if they happen to be coming for a visit!!