DISNEYLAND!!!

WHOO HOOO!!!

Today is the day! I am 93 1/2% packed. Camera's are ready, food is ready, clothes are ready, carry on's are almost ready, and spending money is ready.
Girls are up, Alyssa is off to school, the girls are getting ready, and I am on the computer. I should be getting ready for the day, but I thought I would update this one last time before vacation.

Have a great weekend!!! We will!!! :)

Tomorrow! Tomorrow!

Disneyland is tomorrow! It's only a day away......

Yippeeee!!

I got the suitcases out of the garage....

and this is what I found!

I guess I forgot to tell them that I bought them a ticket and they could ride on the airplane with the rest of the passengers. They didn't really have to ride in the suitcases! :)

My plan today is to finish up the packing and make a list of everything that we need from the store. Then tomorrow morning, I will go pick up anything that we don't have. I thought that was easier than shopping, packing, shopping again because I forgot something, repacking because I needed something I had already packed, and then shopping again because we used or lost whatever I had just packed.......

Packing once and shopping once seemed easier. We will see what happens :)

I have to remember that California also has stores. We could probably buy stuff down there!

The cats are trying to sneak in the suitcases. "Hey Molly, I think they are going to notice that you are in there!" says Merlin

In other random, unrelated news....Alexandra has been practicing jumping over her leg. I know, I know....crazy! What made her want to do that you ask....good question! Richard can do it, showed her how to do it, and asked if she could do it. Wellll.....that was all it took. Alexandra practiced and practiced. She landed on her face a couple times, she ran into the doll house that was next to her, but she kept trying and she did it! She has more misses than jumps, but she can do it! She is a determined girl. You give her a challenge and more often than not, she is all over it, and won't give up until she has succeeded!

Off to do daycare and pack some more!

Enjoy your Wednesday!!!

Happy December!!

Today is the first of December! That means that we leave for Disneyland in TWO DAYS!!!

I am super excited! It is starting to feel real now that it is December. I got the suitcases out of the garage last night. I even opened them. But that is all. They are still empty. Today I will get the summer-y clothes out and pick out a couple outfits. And find the swimming suits. And figure out spending and food money.

It is time to continue on with my day.
I have already....
Washed a load of laundry
Done a load of dishes
Change a stinky diaper
Fixed breakfast for 4 kids
Reminded the daycare moms about this week (like they could forget!)
...and this was all done before 8 am! I am not even going to post my to-do list for today!

Have a great Tuesday!!

PS. Soccer is at 6:40 at the Sportsplex tonight!! I have AWANA so I won't be there :(

I did it!

I managed to post something every day in November! I wanted to see if it was possible for me to post something each day, and I made it! :)

I am working on my "to pack" list and I am checking it twice! Any suggestions on what to pack? Any souvenier requests? :)

Here are some more pictures of Thanksgiving. It was a great time.

McKenzie got a hold of my camera...she is a little paparazzi in training! I am so proud of her :) She went around and took at least 5 picutres of each person, in rapid succession! I think everybody was seeing white flashes of light for awhile!

I was able to take a couple of pictures myself, but I think only a couple. Katherine was trying out my little camera because she is looking to buy a new one. Michael tried out both of my cameras because he was sitting next to me! :) Grandpa Bob watched most of the pictures being taken, and I think even took a couple. I think he took this one of McKenzie and Katherine.

McKenzie took this one of mom and Joyce. As I was taking pictures and looking at everybody who was here on Thanksgiving, I realized that in Feb. there will be FIVE generations! We will have to get a picture of that! (of course!)

Have a great Monday!

packing....

Well, we are not really ready to pack yet, but I will be doing lots of laundry so that we will have clean clothes to wear! :) I am sure everybody will be happy with that :)
I also have to dig out some of our summery clothes in case in gets warm. It is usually around 65 or 70 down there this time of the year, so we will be bringing at least one pair of capris.
I have been online looking at Disneyland websites. Some of them are so cool. I was able to find one with the schedule of special happenings while we are there. So we can preplan some of our special activities.
We have a ride to the airport (Lesley) and a ride home from the airport (Katherine), so that part is taken care of. I am going to have the girls pack their carry-on bags today, because they are so excited to start packing and this way they can pack and unpack to their hearts content without messing up the real packing! :)
I have to round up addresses to mail postcards to while we are down there. And bring postage.
I have to get some easy to pack snacks.
I have to make sure my cameras and phones are charged up (and bring chargers with me) and my camera cards are empty!

Wow! Lots to do! I should probably not be on the computer :)

Have a Fabulous Sunday!! :)

Saturday

What do you do when it is a stormy, rainy, windy, blustery Saturday?

You have a jammie day and bring out the doll houses!

I have to work all day today so McKenzie asked if she could play doll house.

I said "yes!"

She was soooo excited! The doll house people and furniture are kept in a bin under their bed and they can play with them anytime. The house and stable are kept in the top of their closet and they have to ask me to get it down for them.

We leave for Disneyland in 5 days!!! :)

Have a great Saturday and stay dry!

Black Friday

I didn't get up at the crack of dawn this year. I had to work from 10-6 so I thought I would get a little extra rest before shopping and working. I left about 8am and went to Target. They had a couple of things I wanted and I had a Target charge card :) I was able to get the couple of things I wanted and I only had to stand in line for about 20 min or so. After Target, I went to the Family Christian Bookstore. I remembered I had a $20 gift certificate :) plus their coupons! I got a couple of cd's for $5 for stocking stuffers. I still made it to work on time too! :)

My cameras got passed around quite a bit. I am not sure who took this one! :)

I had a great Thanksgiving yesterday! Super yummy food! Fun family! No fights broke out! :) Grandpa Bob came down yesterday for 8 days. Him and McKenzie were so funny! I think he got a huge kick out of her. She was wearing her beautiful purple Christmas dress and she kept walking by him and smiling. Or she would walk behind the couch by me and look at him and smile. They kept sneaking in hugs and smiles most of the night! Totally cute! :)

McKenzie and Grandpa Bob :)

McKenzie took my camera for a bit. She was going crazy! (She learned from the best! ) She took this one. I like it! :)

Michael and Katherine were there. Mom and Dad, Me, Alyssa, Alexandra, and McKenzie, Lesley and Derek showed up, and Joyce came after she got off of work, and Grandpa Bob came down. Richard was there for a few minutes. He came by to pick Alyssa up for a movie. They went to go see Blind Side. It was supposed to be a very good movie. It is about football and it has been sold out almost every showing! Mom and I went to go see it on Sunday, but it was sold out. We will get to see it soon, I hope.

Have a great Friday! We leave in less than 1 week!!!!