Our getaway

Most couples when they finally have a getaway without their children go someplace oh I dunno fancy or extra romantic. Not us! Not saying that Disneyland is not romantic but saying Matt and I are kids at heart. Besides what better place to go than the happiest place on earth with my main squeeze:) We figured since we went to DisneyWorld for our honeymoon going to Disneyland for our first major getaway fit the bill. Is that sad that we are finally now taking a major vacation without the kiddos after 18 years of marriage?? I think it just might be. It was worth it and I hope we don't take that long to go away again. We had a fabulous time! Now I must bore you with our fun photos. (If you want to see even more boring photos you can totally check them out on facebook.)

Thanks to this man, Walt Disney, we have one of our favorite places to visit!

The night we got there we were thankful that our friends Ben and Stacy drove down to have dinner with us. It was great seeing you guys!

Main Street USA

We love you Walt and Mickey!

This is one of my all time favorite rides though I know so many do not like it. I do so there!

I will not sit near the front on Splash Mountain without a poncho ever again!

He was totally soaked!

"D" is for Disneyland!

Beautiful!

I love me some Mickey ice cream bar! Yum! So good....

Last night there. We were so exhausted!

I finally got to see my beloved Mickey Mouse!

I don't wanna go!!

We detoured through San Diego so we could stop by Oceanside. These condos hold some very fond memories for me growing up. I sure do miss going there for the summer:(

Of course we had to stop at Angelo's our favorite greasy food joint for our much loved fried zucchini and onion rings. Don't they look divine??? You know you want some:)

On a side note we want to give a shout out to June and Rich for watching our kids while we were gone. I know they can be stinkers but we sure do appreciate it. They had a total blast there and are so grateful for all the fun things you did for them. Thanks so much again!!

Riley's field trip

Last Friday:

Went on field trip.
9 kids in group.
Good kids.
Silly kids.
Funny daughter.
Cool museum.
Nuff said!

(Forgot camera. Cell phone camera. Sorry.)

Family Hiking Fun!

Sam has been asking if we could go on a hike. We finally relented and told him yes. Now when I say hike not a hike like my bro Richard hikes. I am soooo not doing those. My idea of a hike is a nice and easy trail. We looked up San Tan Regional Park and found some nice and easy trails to start. We only did one today but it was alot of fun. The kids enjoyed it and the day was absolutely BEAUTIFUL! We decided that we enjoyed it so much we will have to keep on doing them. Heck maybe one day I will actually be in shape. Bwahahahaha JK! I know I must of scared some of ya with that statement:)

Here we are getting started

Hmmmmm....What left that scat on the trail????
So pretty

Taking a break

Thank heavens Sam was there to help his poor mama out!

Love the views

Utah Bride pose for Lesa and Marcy

More pretty views

Matt and Riley wouldn't wait for self portrait time

Love it!

See....I told you Matt and Riley wouldn't wait

Here we are pulling up the rear

Sam had to have a hiking stick

Poor butterfly didn't make it

Neighborhood Christmas Party

This year our neighborhood had it's first annual Christmas party. They had a band, some face painting (courtesy of Kristina), fun crafts, firetrucks, and SANTA!!! It was a warm day and lots of people turned out. The kids seemed to have fun:)

Check out the Sexy Wrangler:)

line for face painting. Hurry Kristina!!

Riley was off having fun with her friends so only Sam got to see Santa. By the time Kristina was done with face painting everything was closed up. Bummer!

Car Show

Over Thanksgiving weekend the Car Show was in Phoenix. Kristina seems to have this weird obsession with cars lately so Matt said he would take her and her buddy Ryleigh. I took Sam and our Riley to the movies and Matt ventured out with the girls. They had loads of fun there. At one point the girls were able to go behind the ropes by the expensive cars when no one else did. They were in HEAVEN!! They even got to take a crazy jeep ride. It was loads of fun for them.

Kristina doing her best soccer mom impression while screaming at Ryleigh

Silly Matt

Taking a look inside the stretch Hummer

Inside the Transformer car

Utah Bride pose

The Hero!!