Friday, April 11, 2008

Finally - pictures from our trip!

I know, it takes a while, but we've been busy getting caught up on all the stuff we missed while we were gone! Ahhh, life. I just doesn't stop. Well, I guess it does, eventually, so I guess I'd rather be busy than not have one at all. Enough philosophising...

We had a great time in Southern California! We shared a beach house with our dear friends from Sacramento, the Droubay family. Their two boys and our two oldest are great friends, which was always a bonus when I was looking for someone to watch my guys... (smile!) Upstairs was 2 bedrooms (each with two queen beds), a bathroom, kitchen, and dining and living room. Downstairs (connected by an outside stairway) was a master bedroom, a small sitting area, a bathroom, and kitchenette. We found it on www.vrbo.com (it is rental #128732, if you want to go look at some more inside shots), and it was right on the beach!

Our first full day there (Saturday)was spent on the beach. That turned out to be the boys favorite thing!

Sunday we went to the Oceanside 4th ward, then spent the day relaxing, eating spaghetti and scones, and walking the beach and the pier.

Monday was SeaWorld day! Jordan has decided he no longer likes dolphins, since they wouldn't stop splashing him at the dolphin show.

Tuesday was another beach day. We were actually planning to go to LegoLand, but because there are a bunch of water rides, and it really wasn't warm enough to be wet in an amusement park, we decided we'd stay on the beach again. The boys would get in the ocean, get cold, roll in the warm sand, warm up, and then get wet again. And when they'd get too tired of it all, we'd hose them off, put them in a warm tub, and let them play inside. Boy, they were great sleepers!!!

Wednesday was our Disneyland/California Adventure Day. The boys decided their favorite rides were California Screaming (a loop roller coaster) and Space Mountain. Who'd have thought? They either are really getting big enough to love a little more of the thrill rides, or they were trying really hard to impress their friends...

Thursday ended up being another beach day, and a wash/get ready to leave day. And Friday we came home. I've got over 100 pictures, and I'm not sure how to post them! How about a slide show?

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Jordan's Arrow of Light Ceremony


Hello, there! We're back! We had a great vacation, and we will be posting pictures throughout the week. To start with, the night before we left was Jordan's Arrow of Light Ceremony. He achieved his Arrow of Light ranking this last month (it is the award given after they have earned their Webelos rank, plus a few more achievements...) Anyway, it was really cool. The scouts had a Shoshone shaman come and perform a ceremony for Jordan and he was given a bear claw necklace. He blessed both Jordan and Aaron and me in the tradition of the Shoshone indians, that we will always know the direction we should travel. It was a good night...


Then it was home to pack for our trip to California!