Friday, February 6, 2009

VACATION

Our first long family vacation. We took 10 days and headed to California. These pictures are in reverse chronological order.

We attended Landmark Confernce in Stockton, CA. It was amazing to worship with 6,000 fellow believers. The children did great and we loved it. It was a great blessing!

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We had lunch at The Elephant Bar Restaurant one afternoon. It was great food and a fun environment. The children all got hot fundge sundaes with their meals. They thougth that was pretty neat-o!



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Before heading to Stockton for the confernce, we spent a few days with Jeff's sister, Mindi and her family in Lake Isabella. We went to a pizza fun house (like Chuckee Cheese) and the children had a blast playing. On the dinasour ride, a parent had to ride with their children, so Nick and Jeff got a special treat! :)









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At Nick and Mindi's, we decorated Valentine cookies. The children had a good time getting messy and loved to eat their creations.










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Jared and Nick played Wii. Jared loved this game. On Wii Fit, Jared ran for 20 minutes! I gotta get this for home!





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On our way to Lake Isabella, we took a very short stay in Las Vegas. We attended The Tournament of Kings show. You had to eat your meal with your hands (no utensils). Jared loved the game hen and the "dragon blood" soup (tomato soup). It was a great show.






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The Belagio Fountain with music was a great short show.



We stopped for a picture of the Eifel Tower.


We HAD to stop at M&M World!

We rode the monorail from our hotel to the Shark Reef Aquarium. I don't know which was more fun for the children, the ride or the aquarium.



Sunday, February 1, 2009

BIRTHDAYS

In addition to celebrating Elizabeth Joy arriving, we celebrated Jared turning 5 and Emily turning 3. Jared had a party at Hop2It (a bounce house place) and Emily had a princess party (details in previous blog).






FAMILY

Cousin Owen, Emily, Jared, Katie, Cousin Morgan, Cousin Ally
(we miss you Tristan, Ethan and Madison!)