We're back!

We were chosen as the family (11 of us) to open the park on Tuesday. It was alot of fun, and we were allowed to enter 5 minutes early to take some pictures before the masses were allowed in. Waiting at the rope drop on Friday, September 16th

All of the kids with Aladdin at Goofy's Kitchen. We all had a great time together here.
We had the most wonderful time ever!! The 50th celebration they were having was awesome. Not only did things go as planned, but ALOT of luck made it better than we expected, and I expect alot. I was not sure how smooth things would be with so much family going with us, but it was actually a great thing. My cousin Paige and her family went along with us and my mom and sister, (14 in all) and the kids did so good all together. They actually kept each other entertained and our kids did not want to do much unless their kids were with us. And Paige has enough enthusiasm to make anything more fun.


It was wonderful seeing the Adams' new house, and seeing Charles and Stephanie after so long. We are glad they had a great trip to Las Vegas! Our kids really enjoyed their pets! :)

We're going to Disneyland!

Well, the day has come and we are on our way. I have all the laundry done, just need to pack it now....
We did have a change in plans, and instead of going down through Las Vegas and back up through Utah, we are going down through Utah and back up through Las Vegas. We will get to see Charles and Stephanie while they are coming back through southern Utah, and even get down to Anaheim a day early to unwind a little first.

Courtney's birthday and first day of school

Here are some more recent pics of the kids. Courtney on her birthday (Aug.17) with Chase. She didn't want traditional cake. It had to be cheesecake. Plain.
Hayley and Chase:
Courtney's first day of school. She is starting 4th grade...She is my only one left in elementary school for the time being. They are growing up just too fast!

Thanks for the idea everyone!!

These blogs are such a good idea because for those of us that don't see each other that often, it is a way to see how everyone is doing, and see how big the kids are growing! So we will copy everyone and start our own too.

Our pictures right NOW will be a little older because due to a computer failure or virus (not sure which) we lost our most current pictures. Thank goodness, there was not much on our most recent memory stick. We had everything else on back up. Moral: be sure to backup pictures on a cd, or dvd as soon as possible, we had no idea we would lose everything so suddenly. We were lucky we did not lose more. But I wanted to post at least some pictures....I will probably delete them as we get more current pics up!

Some of Michelle's Chile pics:

The 2 pictures below are Valparaiso and Vina del Mar, two port cities right on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. They were one of my most favorite cities that we saw.

Some of the most beautiful country in the world is in Chile...I was constantly amazed at how beautiful the scenery was. This is in Lampa, Chile.