Sledding! Snow!

Me trying to get up after slipping in the snow!

The night we arrived in Utah they had to touch the snow.

We left for Utah the day after Christmas, so I will post the Christmas pictures when I get home, but for now we have snow, snow and more snow! The kids are in heaven and we have made snow angels and gone sledding. So much fun. We are having fun with all the cousins and grandparents. Lots more pictures and videos to come.

Disneyland Fun!

Blue Bayou
All bundled up

Bubble Snow!

Fireworks!!!!

The kids had their last day of school yesterday, so we picked them up and drove to Disneyland for an evening trip. We had reservations at the Blue Bayou and then rode a few rides and watched the fireworks and the bubble snow. We had a great time, but the misty drizzle made everything a little wet. This made for fewer crowds! We walked on Autopia! We had umbrellas, so we did our driving while staying dry. A 3 minute wait for thunder mtn. Unfortunately Indiana Jones was still 40 minutes so we passed on that. It wasn't raining the whole time either, it was probably only 30 minutes of the whole night. The fireworks at the end were amazing. Icaught a little part of it on my camera. Wasn't that cool!! 4 days until Christmas, I'd better start wrapping :)

My new car! :(

Here is a picture of the back bumper of my new car. If you look closely you can see red and white marks all along the bottom. Some one rear ended me. I was sitting at a stop light and heard a screeching noise. I looked around to see what it was and then looked in my rear view mirror and saw smoke and a car coming at me. Luckily she was almost stopped when she bumped me and I was the only one in the car. But she hit my new car! (yes, I realize if this is the worst of my problems then life is good) I thought I would cry, be upset, but I wasn't. The lady was very nice and in my head I thought "now I get a new bumper!" This made me happy because the first 2 weeks I had the car 2 different people on 2 different sides of my back bumper, scratched it as they pulled out of a parking spot while I was inside the store, leaving no note! Now that did make me cry. mad and frustrated! So yes I got rear ended, but I get a shiny new bumper this week! (notice I didn't even have my license plates yet)

Sledding in California

He has his shirt off in this picture because it got wet, after I told him to only get his feet wet. Good listening :/

We had a half day of school, the weather was beautiful, and the waves were supposed to be VERY big today, so we headed down to the beach with our sleds. Every winter they make big sand burms (?) in front of the buildings along the beach to keep the water from getting to them, but we see them as great sledding hills. (quite the opposite of Kendra's sledding) Today was perfect and in the 70's!! Happy December.

The weather outside is frightful...

We had a fun time setting up the tree last weekend. It is going to make the next month really drag for a few of our family members, especially seeing presents under the tree. Today it is really raining out and getting cold (65 :) I am sure it will turn to snow by the time it gets to Utah. Have fun!! I told my friend yesterday that I wanted to go down to Malibu on a cold day and get Hot Chocolate and pretend it was winter :) Luckily that's as close as we get. Happy Winter!

Fun week with Gma & Gpa Brodine

We had such a great week going to the beach, spending the day at Disneyland, and going to the Griffith Observatory. Gwen, Paige and Grandma got to go see Wicked on Friday for a girls outing. It was so good and we all loved it! We also had a very fun time playing the Wii. We would find Grandpa playing tennis or bowling by himself sometimes :) We are sad the party had to end. Back to our routines and school tomorrow! :)

Happy Thanksgiving

Despite a few major setbacks, we had a very nice Thanksgiving day. I ordered a Honeybaked Ham, and was going to pick up Marie Calendar pies. I usaully pick everything up on Tuesday to avoid the major crowds, but we went to Disneyland with Gma and Gpa that day so we pushed it to Wednesday morning and prepared for some lines. The first blow was when I walked up to the Honeybaked Ham store and it was totally gutted. What??? My reaction too! The sign on the door told of the nearest stores, 30 minutes north or 30 minutes south. While I was standing there at least 4 more people came by and were in the same boat. Who had we called and where were our hams. The woman at Trader Joe's said it had closed about 2 months ago! Off to Marie Calendars. Way too long of line. Grandma saves the day by making her own pumpkin pie and Paige and Seth helped. Doesn't it look great? Thank goodness for people who cook! When we got home I called the number I had for HB Ham and told them my frustration. The girl told me I could pick it up there. "Where is there, and where are you?!!" I said. Needless to say I will be calling the corporate office next week and ask who had the bright idea of forwarding the phone # to a store 30 minutes away without notifying the people ordering on the other end. But Albertson's sells a great ham! :) and it's only minutes away. Thanks to Grandma we had a wonderful meal and a pretty relaxing day.

Tomorrow we are "Off to see the Wizard" I mean Wicked. Should be fun!