San Diego Temple

Sarah and I visited the San Diego when I first met Sarah's grandparents. As most people do we fell in love with this Temple, it is a stunning building. We decided to take some pictures of us there for our Spring/Easter pics. We are very grateful to the missionary who took time to show Adrianna pictures of the inside of the temple and who took the picture of us above.

San Diego

After staying most of our vacation with family we enjoyed some time to ourselves in San Diego.  We stayed on Shelter Island on the San Diego Harbor overlooking the bay and the city.  We enjoyed a day at Sea World, another at the Zoo, we spent some time at the San Diego temple, and we relaxed near the hotel. It was refreshing to be so close to the ocean again.

Newport Beach

While in California we were able to visit with some friends Sarah grew up with. We met up with them at the Fashion Circle mall in Newport Beach. We had a lot of fun visiting at the mall enjoying the different fountains and enjoying each other’s company. The mall even had a store especially for me, unfortunately it was all women's clothing. After we'd had our fun around the fountains, we headed down to the ocean to enjoy the sunset at the beach. The girls loved playing in the sand and enjoying the waves on the beach. We couldn't have picked a nicer place or more beatiful weather to catch up with old friends.

Disneyland Day 1 Highlights

I have been experimenting with some slide show programs. I found that Picasa throws together a pretty descent slide show movie in a couple of clicks that took me an hour to create in Photoshop Elements. That is an hour spent looking at cute pics of my girls while they sleep, so I guess I cannot complain. Anyway, here are some pictures from our first day at Disneyland. We had a great time mostly riding the rides in Fantasy Land like the Tea Cups, Alice in Wonderland, etc. Adrianna especially loved the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, which ended up being her favorite ride. We ended the day visiting with Pooh and his friends Tigger and Eeyore where we got some cute pictures of the girls (primarily Adrianna as Alicia didn't want to have anything to do with any of the characters!)

V is for Vacation

We recently returned from a 2 week vacation to California.  We decided to drive so that we could visit family in Arizona along the way.  We had a wonderful time visiting family, going to Disneyland, staying in San Diego, enjoying the coast and the beach and beautiful spring weather.  Now I have about 1500 pictures to go through and blog posts to make which is a bit of a daunting task.  I hope to get some of our favorite pictures up soon.

 

How to eat a S'More

During our vacation in New Mexico we made S'Mores and Alicia showed us the proper way to enjoy them! All over your hands and face!

Return Trip

October 6th, 2008

Rather than come back via I-25 we chose to enjoy the fall scenery in the mountains North of Sante Fe.  We stopped for a quick rest near Taos and enjoyed the scenery on this Bridge over the Rio Grand Gorge.  Sarah refused to come out with us as she is not fond of heights, especially being 600 ft above the river on a pretty narrow (2 lane) bridge.  Even Adrianna freaked out a bit as a semi drove across the bridge and had the whole structure vibrating.

Sarah did get out at a nearby rest area and she took these wonderful pictures of some sunflowers there. It really was a nice fall drive along the Rio Grand. Though we didn't get any pictures the trees along La Veta pass outside of Walsenburg were spectacular.

Balloon Fiesta Sampling

Just thought I would share with everyone a sampling of some of the ballooons at the fiesta. This is one of the most photographed events in the world. I can see why between Tracey, Sarah & myself; I have over 300 pictures to sort through. The event is going on all week, so if you want to take a 6 hour weekend drive to see the sky filled with hundreds amazing balloons it is worth the drive. I think my favorite is the upside down pyramid, we didn't get a great picture of it but I love the shape. Leave me a comment about which is your favorite.

Balloon Fiesta

We made a quick family weekend trip to Albuquerque for Adrianna's Got Day (Oct 5th). We came to visit our close friends who moved here from the Springs last year and to see the Balloon Fiesta. The balloon festival was amazing, we went for the opening day mass ascension. It is increadible to see that many balloons and spectators. The kids were just in awe during the entire launch. They had a lot of fun balloons from cathedrals, to stage coaches, to bumble bees, lady bugs, and even robots. It is a sight I would recommend to anyone to see.

All packed up and ready to go!

November, 24th 2007

After a few wonderful days in Tucson we packed up the car in order to head back home. Alicia was so tired that when I set her down in the booster seat to pack up the cooler she crashed, and crashed hard. To be that flexible and relaxed must be a wonderful thing.

On our way back we stopped in Phoenix where we were able to spend some time with Adrianna's first adoptive family. They live in Arizona now, and we had a wonderful time visiting with them and seeing how their children have grown. Adrianna had a lot of fun playing with the kids. We love them dearly and are so glad we have been able to remain in touch.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving trip, the weather was great, the company & hospitality was excellent, and the food was delicious, what more could you want.