3.01.2008
we're home!
hi friends-
we're home! sitting here in my clean house. while we were gone, my brother detailed my sequoia, steamed clean my carpets and with my dads help, pulled out all our fence posts. (relocating them this spring) THANKS BROTHER!!!!! YOU ROCK!!!! IT'S ALSO BRADY'S BIRTHDAY TODAY SO IF YOU GET THE CHANCE, DROP HIM AN EMAIL AND TELL HIM 'HAPPY DAY!' :) www.bradydenbleyker.com. thanks to you too dad!
our flight home was good. we made it to the airport in the nick of time. we landed in Seattle at around noon, hit the Applebees for lunch and here we are! the boys are happy to be home! they missed Joe tremendously.(our cat, who we are sure got pregnant while we were gone. she's a tad of a tramp!:( )
i'm posting some of our last pictures from our trip.
thanks for joining us. :)
i'll do my best to be more diligent with posting day to day happenings in our home. after all, never a dull moment here! :)
trac-
we're home! sitting here in my clean house. while we were gone, my brother detailed my sequoia, steamed clean my carpets and with my dads help, pulled out all our fence posts. (relocating them this spring) THANKS BROTHER!!!!! YOU ROCK!!!! IT'S ALSO BRADY'S BIRTHDAY TODAY SO IF YOU GET THE CHANCE, DROP HIM AN EMAIL AND TELL HIM 'HAPPY DAY!' :) www.bradydenbleyker.com. thanks to you too dad!
our flight home was good. we made it to the airport in the nick of time. we landed in Seattle at around noon, hit the Applebees for lunch and here we are! the boys are happy to be home! they missed Joe tremendously.(our cat, who we are sure got pregnant while we were gone. she's a tad of a tramp!:( )
i'm posting some of our last pictures from our trip.
thanks for joining us. :)
i'll do my best to be more diligent with posting day to day happenings in our home. after all, never a dull moment here! :)
trac-
2.29.2008
last day in cali!
our last day here.....
we spent most of the day, backtracking. doing all our favorite rides one more time! since we took our own car, instead of taking the hotel shuttle, we were able to be a little more flexible. we ended our day at the Rainforest cafe for dinner and then a quick swim before heading off to bed. our flight is at 9:15 so it'll be an early morning here. i'll post pictures tomorrow since the pictures we took today, we did with rye's camera. (my cameras memory card was left in our room). so, i'll try and get those posted tomorrow night.
thanks so much for coming along on our trip with us! we loved having you here! :)
until next time....
trac- :)
we spent most of the day, backtracking. doing all our favorite rides one more time! since we took our own car, instead of taking the hotel shuttle, we were able to be a little more flexible. we ended our day at the Rainforest cafe for dinner and then a quick swim before heading off to bed. our flight is at 9:15 so it'll be an early morning here. i'll post pictures tomorrow since the pictures we took today, we did with rye's camera. (my cameras memory card was left in our room). so, i'll try and get those posted tomorrow night.
thanks so much for coming along on our trip with us! we loved having you here! :)
until next time....
trac- :)
2.28.2008
CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE
hi all-
thanks for all the emails today saying that you were checking in. sorry, i misspelled our blog address on the last email i sent out. some of you were kind enough to let me know.... but if you're reading this, you figured it out! :)
so, what did the likkels do today? only ran into 1/2 of lynden!!!! :) we saw the vanderyatch family, the teveldes, both of the roetcisocender brothers. okay, so it was only 4 families but still really cool to see familiar faces in California!
we spent most of the day at California Adventure. it's on the same grounds as Disneyland. we got there around 10 and left around 4:30. our original plan was to stay until 6:30 but the boys were ready to get back to the hotel to swim. it was a pleasant 80 degrees today. a slight breeze. perfect.
rye and sam went out to get dinner for us, max is working on homework and jack and i are sitting here watching 'that's so raven' on the Disney channel (NOTHING else on!) so i thought i would quick catch you up on our day.....
since nothing too exciting happened, i'll just post some pictures.....
i'll check back in tomorrow.......
thanks for all the emails today saying that you were checking in. sorry, i misspelled our blog address on the last email i sent out. some of you were kind enough to let me know.... but if you're reading this, you figured it out! :)
so, what did the likkels do today? only ran into 1/2 of lynden!!!! :) we saw the vanderyatch family, the teveldes, both of the roetcisocender brothers. okay, so it was only 4 families but still really cool to see familiar faces in California!
we spent most of the day at California Adventure. it's on the same grounds as Disneyland. we got there around 10 and left around 4:30. our original plan was to stay until 6:30 but the boys were ready to get back to the hotel to swim. it was a pleasant 80 degrees today. a slight breeze. perfect.
rye and sam went out to get dinner for us, max is working on homework and jack and i are sitting here watching 'that's so raven' on the Disney channel (NOTHING else on!) so i thought i would quick catch you up on our day.....
since nothing too exciting happened, i'll just post some pictures.....
i'll check back in tomorrow.......
2.27.2008
a VERY hot day at disneyland .....
hey-
another great day! so dang hot! we grip when it's raining, we grip when it's too warm! gotta say, we prefer the hot! :) we got a late start here since the park didn't open until 10. nice to sleep in a little. (just ME! :)) the embassy suites is the best for this....boys sleep in one room, us in the other! a t.v. in both rooms!!!!!! :)
we made it to the park at around 10;15 and were able to hit some of the BIG rides. sam is warming up to them a bit. jack-not so much! by 11;30, the lines were long. not too many pictures today. just too hot! :)
the highlight of the day for jack was that he was able to go to 'Jedi training academy'. he was beside himself with excitment!! he was wishing that his buddy kaiden was here with him. in fact, we ate lunch at the JEDI CAFE and he insisted that we bring kaiden the box that his lunch came in. sorry, kaiden, we took pictures instead! :)
so, not much to report! thanks for checking in. (stac, nice to hear from you! :))
we'll be checking back in tomorrow. gotta say, i'm looking forward to coming home.....just a little.
trac- :)
another great day! so dang hot! we grip when it's raining, we grip when it's too warm! gotta say, we prefer the hot! :) we got a late start here since the park didn't open until 10. nice to sleep in a little. (just ME! :)) the embassy suites is the best for this....boys sleep in one room, us in the other! a t.v. in both rooms!!!!!! :)
we made it to the park at around 10;15 and were able to hit some of the BIG rides. sam is warming up to them a bit. jack-not so much! by 11;30, the lines were long. not too many pictures today. just too hot! :)
the highlight of the day for jack was that he was able to go to 'Jedi training academy'. he was beside himself with excitment!! he was wishing that his buddy kaiden was here with him. in fact, we ate lunch at the JEDI CAFE and he insisted that we bring kaiden the box that his lunch came in. sorry, kaiden, we took pictures instead! :)
so, not much to report! thanks for checking in. (stac, nice to hear from you! :))
we'll be checking back in tomorrow. gotta say, i'm looking forward to coming home.....just a little.
trac- :)
2.26.2008
BEACH DAY!!
hi friends....
a very relaxing day here. i'm sitting inside the hotel right now as the boys all swim. a little scary with the laptop near the water.....i'm taking my chances! my batteries is running low and there are no electrical outlets in here (duh!) so this will be a quick one.....
today was spent 'tooling' around the l.a. area. my childhood friend, from Michigan, who now lives in Newport beach, was kind enough to take part of the day off and show us around. (he's an attorney here so i'm sure it was no small feat to do that. so, thanks Jim!! :) ) he brought us to Huntington beach, Newport beach, a few other beaches....showed us things we never would have found on our own. after we dropped him off, we headed to balboa beach. the kids got soaked...(their mother forgot to pack swimsuits!) the water was a little cool but they didn't seem to mind much. after all, they were playing in the ocean!!!! rye and i sat by and just watched as they took it all in! just seeing how happy they were, made this all worth it!
i'll post some pictures...i'll try and just choose a few...we took about 150! half of which were taken by the boys! :) which means half were deleted!
tomorrow we are off to Disneyland again...
we'll fill you in tomorrow on the happenings.....
a very relaxing day here. i'm sitting inside the hotel right now as the boys all swim. a little scary with the laptop near the water.....i'm taking my chances! my batteries is running low and there are no electrical outlets in here (duh!) so this will be a quick one.....
today was spent 'tooling' around the l.a. area. my childhood friend, from Michigan, who now lives in Newport beach, was kind enough to take part of the day off and show us around. (he's an attorney here so i'm sure it was no small feat to do that. so, thanks Jim!! :) ) he brought us to Huntington beach, Newport beach, a few other beaches....showed us things we never would have found on our own. after we dropped him off, we headed to balboa beach. the kids got soaked...(their mother forgot to pack swimsuits!) the water was a little cool but they didn't seem to mind much. after all, they were playing in the ocean!!!! rye and i sat by and just watched as they took it all in! just seeing how happy they were, made this all worth it!
i'll post some pictures...i'll try and just choose a few...we took about 150! half of which were taken by the boys! :) which means half were deleted!
tomorrow we are off to Disneyland again...
we'll fill you in tomorrow on the happenings.....
2.25.2008
HI FROM SUNNY CALIFORNIA!!
HALLELUIAH! WE HAVE SUN!!! TODAY WAS BEAUTIFUL!! LET'S SEE...WHERE HAVE WE BEEN THE PAST FEW DAYS? I THINK THE LAST TIME I WROTE, WE HAD JUST GOT BACK FROM SEA WORLD. WAS THAT FRIDAY OR SATURDAY? ALL THE DAYS ARE STARTING TO RUN TOGETHER....THAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE IS NO SCHEDULE TO FOLLOW! :) SUNDAY WAS A VERY UNEVENTFUL DAY... WE LEFT SAN DIEGO WITH THE INTENTION OF SPENDING THE DAY AT LEGO LAND. BUT..GET THIS....THEY CLOSED DOWN.....DUE TO RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF SOMETHING SO RIDICULOUS?? SO, AFTER A QUICK CHANGE OF PLANS, WE DECIDED TO SPEND THE REST OF THE DAY AT DISNEYLAND. SO WE LEFT THE SAN DIEGO AREA, WHICH I MIGHT ADD, IS GORGEOUS AND HEADED TOWARDS L.A. BY THE TIME WE GOT HERE, IT WAS ABOUT 1 SO WE SPENT ABOUT 5 HOURS AT THE PARK. TALK ABOUT CRAZY VILLE!!! THAT PLACE IS SO MUCH MORE MASSIVE THEN I REMEMBERED IT! RYE HAS IT PULLED UP ON GOOGLE EARTH RIGHT NOW....CAN'T BELIEVE WE THOUGHT WE'D GET THROUGH IT ALL IN JUST 3 DAYS. WE LEARNED VERY EARLY ON WHO THE DAREDEVIL IS IN THE BUNCH! ANYONE CARE TO GUESS???
ANSWER: MAX!
THE WILDER AND FASTER THE RIDE, THE BETTER. SINCE THE OTHER 2 WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH THOSE, RYE AND I TOOK TURNS TAKING HIM. OF COURSE, BOTH OF US LOVE ROLLER COASTERS! :) WE FOUND A HAPPY MEDIUM AND EVERYONE LEFT HAPPY. GRANTED WE HAD TO GO ON 'THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN' 3 TIMES!!! :)
TODAY BROUGHT LEGO LAND. WE HAD TO DRIVE BACK TO THE SAN DIEGO AREA, ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTH TO GET THERE BUT IT WAS WORTH EVERY MILE!!! THE PARK WAS AWESOME!! VERY COOL FOR YOUNGER KIDS. GLAD WE DID IT AT THIS AGE BECAUSE IT ISN'T A GREAT PLACE FOR TEENAGERS. THE BOYS WERE IN ALL THEIR GLORY!! A GOOD BALANCE OF RIDES AND ACTIVITIES. ALTHOUGH WE DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD SPEND ANOTHER DAY THERE. WE HIT ABOUT EVERYTHING THERE WAS TO DO. ALL IN ALL,IT WAS A GREAT DAY!
THE BOYS ARE ALL QUIET SO RYE AND I ARE CATCHING UP ON OUR EMAILS AND BLOGS. TOMORROW WE ARE LAYING LOW. A CHILDHOOD FRIEND OF MINE,JIM, LIVES HERE IN NEWPORT BEACH SO WE'LL BE SPENDING THE MORNING WITH HIM. HE'S GOING TO SHOW US THE LOCAL SIGHTS. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. WE WILL THEN LET THE BOYS SWIM AT THE HOTEL POOL TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WE'RE GLAD IT'S INDOORS....WE ARE ALL SPORTING A BIT OF SUNBURN! WE'RE NOT COMPLAINING! :)
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN ON US. TO 'MY GIRLS' WHO ARE LEAVING MESSAGES...A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO YOU!! I'LL BRING YOU BACK GIFTS!!!!! (only joking, don't expect anything! :))
TRAC- :)
ANSWER: MAX!
THE WILDER AND FASTER THE RIDE, THE BETTER. SINCE THE OTHER 2 WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH THOSE, RYE AND I TOOK TURNS TAKING HIM. OF COURSE, BOTH OF US LOVE ROLLER COASTERS! :) WE FOUND A HAPPY MEDIUM AND EVERYONE LEFT HAPPY. GRANTED WE HAD TO GO ON 'THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN' 3 TIMES!!! :)
TODAY BROUGHT LEGO LAND. WE HAD TO DRIVE BACK TO THE SAN DIEGO AREA, ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTH TO GET THERE BUT IT WAS WORTH EVERY MILE!!! THE PARK WAS AWESOME!! VERY COOL FOR YOUNGER KIDS. GLAD WE DID IT AT THIS AGE BECAUSE IT ISN'T A GREAT PLACE FOR TEENAGERS. THE BOYS WERE IN ALL THEIR GLORY!! A GOOD BALANCE OF RIDES AND ACTIVITIES. ALTHOUGH WE DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD SPEND ANOTHER DAY THERE. WE HIT ABOUT EVERYTHING THERE WAS TO DO. ALL IN ALL,IT WAS A GREAT DAY!
THE BOYS ARE ALL QUIET SO RYE AND I ARE CATCHING UP ON OUR EMAILS AND BLOGS. TOMORROW WE ARE LAYING LOW. A CHILDHOOD FRIEND OF MINE,JIM, LIVES HERE IN NEWPORT BEACH SO WE'LL BE SPENDING THE MORNING WITH HIM. HE'S GOING TO SHOW US THE LOCAL SIGHTS. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. WE WILL THEN LET THE BOYS SWIM AT THE HOTEL POOL TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WE'RE GLAD IT'S INDOORS....WE ARE ALL SPORTING A BIT OF SUNBURN! WE'RE NOT COMPLAINING! :)
THANKS FOR CHECKING IN ON US. TO 'MY GIRLS' WHO ARE LEAVING MESSAGES...A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO YOU!! I'LL BRING YOU BACK GIFTS!!!!! (only joking, don't expect anything! :))
TRAC- :)