California Adventure Day 2

On day 2 we went to California Adventure. The wait was really long for the Toy Story ride, so the kids and I went on the carousal a couple of times. Then after we joined Rob and my Dad in line Guinevere said she had to go to the restroom. Thank heavens for cell phones. By the time we got back they were already grabbing there glasses to get on the ride. I thought we were going to miss the ride, and I was really bummed, but a really nice cast member let Guinevere and I wait right where the people get on the rides for the rest of the family, and we were all able to go. It was worth the wait in line.

London had been talking about going on the Ferris wheel for days, but I figured once she saw how high up it took you that she would not want to go anymore. London and Jacob still wanted to ride it, so I sent Rob with them while my Dad and I took Joseph and Guinevere on the carousal two more times. Other then those two rides lines were pretty short and quick. We were able to go on all the rides that we wanted, catch the Aladdin show, and the talk to Crush the turtle. While we were in the show for Crush they let some of the children ask Crush questions. Jacob raised his had and they brought the microphone to him. Crush "Hey little dude whats your question." Jacob "My favorite color is blue." Crush after a slight pause "Ummm, True. Your favorite color is blue right?" Jacob "Yes." Crush "I love these true false questions I always have a 5o/50 chance of getting them right." It was much funnier in person.

I am sure once we get pictures from my Dad's camera that we will have lots more good pictures but due to height Rob had to ride all the rides with Joseph me with Guinevere and London and Jacob together. My Dad stayed on the ground and took pictures of us. We stayed extra late and watch World of Color. It was a great water show. However our view was not the best and I ended up holding Guinevere either in my arms or up on my shoulders for the whole show. I think the show last like 30 min. My mom and sister traded off with Joseph, and my dad had Jacob up on his shoulders. Rob got lucky and just stood London on the stroller seat, and she was tall enough to see. On the 40 min ride back to my Aunts house that night all 4 kids fell asleep.


California

Disneyland Day 1

We started the day with an early character breakfast. London Jacob and Joseph loved it. Guinevere was ok if all she had to do was watch the other kids with the characters, if I actually tried to get her close to them she freaked out. I was a little disappointed that you had to go stand in line outside to see Minni Mouse, and it was her breakfast, but other then that it was great.






We discovered that if the characters looked like people, and not furry animals that Guinevere was ok getting near them, she even liked when we got over to see Tinkerbell. We let all the kids pick a hat out. They ended up being a huge hassle because most of the time they did not want to keep them on there heads, and I ended up holding them all. Needless to say we did not let them bring there hats to days 2 and 3 at the parks.

We stayed and watched the parade and then headed home on the first night. The kids were pretty tired, but I think they enjoyed themselves.

Mount Mingus

Every wonder what you would get if you pointed your camera at a dark spot in the night sky? I had, and I was very surprised just how many stars my camera picked up. These were taken from the top of Mount Mingus, a few hours after sunset. All these stars could not be seen by the naked eye. I even caught a shooting star!

For those other camera enthusiasts here is the technical data: I used my 50mm lens with the aperture set at 1.4 to capture as much light as possible. I set the ISO at 2000 with a shutter speed of 30 seconds.


I took this next picture with the same settings, however it was of the adjacent mountain ridge. The light pollution from the small town of Cottonwood at the foot of the mountain is very noticeable. However, it was interesting to see how there was just enough light to give the red rocks color in the photo.

Another weekend, another skirt

Okay, so this skirt took two weekends. I sized down the pieces from Jennifer's skirt and made a few adjustments to allow for growing.


London enjoyed looking just like her mother.

The Hunt

Looking high

Looking low

On the move!

Showing off the treasure!

The hunt was a great success!

London 6 year old pictures

Since we have a nice camera we have decided to start taking the kids birthday pictures ourselves. It was a team effort from Rob and I. We brought all four of the kids to the temple grounds to get pictures of the girls and just have a nice family outing. The temperature was great, but it was a bit too sunny for some of the shots I wanted.

Rainy Day Project

It was a rainy day. Time to get my mind off of accounting for the weekend. So off the fabric store we went. Jennifer and I found some nice brown material with an embroidered floral pattern that would be perfect for a long skirt. Jennifer was in need of a skirt after losing a few dress sizes, and at six feet tall, long skirts are hard to find. I used a skirt Jennifer recently bought as a model for my project.




-Rob