Blue Skies

I am still working on my skiing. Sometimes I am discouraged by my lack of progress and other times I feel like I am getting better and maybe my kids will hang with me on the slopes.

The other day I went with my friend Rene during the day.  We found beautiful blue skies.   A great day for skiing! 

 

Double Date

We went out on a double date with our friends, Dan & Jen. It was quite a miracle to find an evening where we both didn't have something going on. But we are also at the stage where we don't have to find babysitters to get away.

We went to the Social Forum House in Bellevue where they have food a miniature golf course.  We ate some dinner then played 9 rounds of golf.   

 

Brad and Dan tied for the best score and Jen and I were behind them.  

 

Stilts

When I'm not traveling or skiing I do get to sub at the kid's school.   (I actually have to say no to them quite a bit).   The other day I was the PE teacher so I snapped this picture of Darby walking on stilts. 

 

Action Shot

 I love this action shot another parent took of Darby playing basketball.   

Ethan's party

Ollie was invited to Ethan's birthday party. This involved a night away near Leavenworth at their family cabin.  As you can tell from the pictures I was sent, they had a great time playing in the snow and hanging out with each other.   (And I'm thankful for Ollie's broncos sweatshirt because it is easy to see him). 

 

Dad Time

While I was visiting the happiest place on earth, Brad was managing all the things at home.  The kids are at school most of the day and they are pretty independent but it is still quite a lot coordinating all the practices and activities.   

They had a great time, especially when Brad took them to Fatburger after basketball. 

Some pictures of the kids sleeping. 

 

Em-Eye-See, Kay-EE-Why

The next morning we woke up early again to get their for early entry. We rode Space Mountain 3 times, then went to Matterhorn and Big Thunder Mountain before getting our breakfast and Starbucks. We went on the Jungle Cruise and listened to all the silly puns and jokes.

We went on the Storybook Land ride and while we were waiting I noticed the line for pictures with Mickey.  I couldn't resist.  The line wasn't very long so we waited and got our pictures with Mickey, Donald and Goofy.   

After Disneyland we went back over to California Adventure.  We went on a few more rides, including the Radiator Springs Racers and the Incredicoaster.....so much fun!!!   While we were there Nicole texted that her and Luca decided to go to Disneyland for the day.   We met them at the Mater ride and went on with them.   

After Mater we went to the Pixar Pier and rode the carousel.  Sarah wasn't too excited about the idea so we decided to go in the line with the stationary buckets and I'm so glad we chose those because it still felt a little wobbly.  

 The whole trip was wonderful!   It has given me Disney fever and I'm jealous of Nicole who has an annual pass and can go way more often than me.  But I am very thankful for this fun trip and memory I had with Sarah.  

Dinner

After our morning/afternoon at Disneyland we went back to the hotel to rest. (We also decided to get the Park Hopper pass so we could go back over to California Adventure. We still aren't sure why we didn't buy it to begin with). We took a little rest and then met up with Jim, Nicole, Mia and Luca. They drove all the way up from their house (45-60 minute drive with traffic) to meet us. It was so special.

After dinner we went back over to California Adventure.  We were going to go on the Guardians of the Galaxy again but sort of chickened out at the last minute.  Now we are kicking ourselves.  We did go on Webslingers again and more time in Cars land.  It was another awesome day! 

Disneyland

After our first day at California Adventure we went back to the hotel and got into bed. We needed to get ready for an early morning. We woke up and walked over to get in 30 minutes early.   It was great!  We rode space mountain twice, the matterhorn once, walked past the Rise of the Resistance (line was too long) and hopped on Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. 

Then we took a little break to grab some Starbucks then had fun riding on some of the other smaller rides.   It was Magical.