Home from Disneyland

We are all home and getting settled back in from our trip to Disneyland. The girls stayed with Gramma and Grampa Wright and had a wonderful time. They didn't seem like they missed us much at all. It was good for them and us!

The Saturday before we left we went to the fair in Lynden. The day was beautiful weather for enjoying cows, chickens, and bunnies. It was a fun family day.

Sunday was the big "event" at church. It went really well and the ladies seemed to be excited about the new plan. They had fun playing a game we called "Mingle Bingo" where each got a bingo card when they came in that had ladies pictures on it. When they found and got initials for five ladies in a row, they won a bingo! The speaking part for me went pretty smooth, but it is always harder than I think it will be. I had practiced a lot, so that helped.

Mike and I left the girls with Debbie on Tuesday morning so we could head to Seattle. We hit the Outlet Mall in Marysville on the way and got a bunch of fun clothes for our trip. We both got Converse hightops! Mike's are bright red and mine are bright orange with butterflies on them. We wore them into Disneyland and everyone thought our shoes were cool! After shopping there we went to Ikea. We found loft beds we want to get for Kelby and Tegan so we can split them out to their own rooms. For dinner we went to Outback Steakhouse down by the airport. We stayed at a hotel there that night because we had to leave at 6:05 am the next morning!

We woke up at 3:30 to get ready to go. Obviously we were pretty tired out by midnight that night! Our hotel by Disneyland was nice. We walked in that first day, but opted for the shuttle the rest of the time. The pictures will be better to illustrate our fun time there, but Mike is still copying them off the camera. I'll post them soon.

A highlight was our dinner on Thursday. It was our actual anniversary. Mike had made a reservation at the Blue Bayou...the restaurant inside the Pirates of the Carribean ride. We had eaten lunch there when we were in Disneyland for our honeymoon, so it was pretty special. It is a pricey place to eat, but the food was fantastic. When we got in there I saw a guy that looked like David Hasselhoff. Guess what! It was him. I even got a picture...while we were trying to decide if it was him or not. He seemed to be a nice guy. He let some people get their picture with him as he was leaving.

We rode lots of rides, saw lots of shows, and ate lots of yummy food. We thought that without the kids we wouldn't need to go back to the room to take naps, but we did...maybe even more so because we could go through the parks so much faster.

Now that we are home I've found that I didn't appreciate part of being away...the not having to cook, plan meals, do laundry, or clean. Now it is time to get back to that real life. I'm glad to have gotten a break. The girls have just one more week of summer so I hope the weather is good so we can go to the church pool everyday! I think I have some more school supplies and clothes to get this week too.

Don't worry...a plethera of pictures will be coming soon!