Saturday, March 26, 2011

Pinewood Derby- March 2011

All three of the boys entered the Pinewood Derby this year.  I think Chris has more fun helping the boys  make their cars than anything else!


Logan's Speed Racer


Ethan's Bumblebee Speedster


Ryan's "Army guy" Tank!






Ethan with his Tigers Den


Logan with some of his Bear's Den



Go Ethan!!!



Go Logan!



Go Ryan!






Ethan took 1st Place!


Logan took 2nd Place!





Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Phoenix Zoo- Ethan's Field Trip

March, 2011

Ethan's first grade class took a field trip to the Phoenix Zoo!  We were able to see the Koala Bear Exhibit, Sting Ray Bay, and lots of other animals!  Ryan got to come along.








The Petting Zoo










Sting Ray Bay







Saturday, March 12, 2011

Disney......Spring Break!

Well, we do have Annual Passes! : )

We drove over to Anaheim on Friday after lunch.  We hung out in Downtown Disney, went to the Lego Store, and ate at the House of Blues (using coupons of course!)




Off to bed and up for an early start!  Look at these happy Disney Boys!


Ryan had this little guy "Flat Ryan" for a school project.  We had to take pictures of him on an adventure with our family!







Exploring Pirate Island








Day 2.  We spent most of the Day in California Adventure.  I didn't take many pictures! 

Ryan's favorite ride!  Tower of Terror.....


We have been trying to eat one nice sit-down meal every trip.  This time we decided to try the Blue Bayou which is a restaurant inside of Pirates of the Caribbean.  The food was delicious!  We really enjoyed the ambiance- it really felt like we were sitting outside enjoying dinner!  I almost forgot we were inside a ride.  It was a great meal and we would definitely eat here again.





 Waiting for World of Color to start!  We again watched from the Blue Bridge section.  This is my favorite place to see the show!  We have now seen it 3 times and I absolutely love this show!  I would see it again every day if I could!  It is amazing to me!



Day 3.  We started our morning in Fantasyland.  The boys hardly ever want to spend time here, but I make them!  We have to ride Peter Pan and Small World!  They are my favorites!





This was a funny popcorn maker....a Yeti!



We made signs and all 3 boys got picked for Jedi Training.  Logan and Ethan got to fight Darth Maul and Ryan fought Darth Vader.








We left around dinner time and took Chris to the airport.  He had to go back on Monday evening because he couldn't miss anymore work.  The boys and I stayed another day!  After we dropped him off at the airport, we went back to the hotel to go swimming.  They had fun in the big pool!




Day 4.  We stopped to see Alice and the Mad Hatter!  We have never met them before!




Toon Town....Ryan desperately wanted to see Mickey!





We went to dinner in DTD at Rainforest Cafe.  We ate at the bar because I didn't want to wait for 1 hour!  They had these funny bar stools.  It looks like we have tails!




Back to California Adventure for a few more rides.  We played at the Brother Bear playground and got soaked on Grizzly River Run!  We changed clothes and then took this one last picture by the "Golden Gate Bridge."  They are going to be tearing this down soon so this will be the last picture we take here!


We watched Fantasmic.....and ate ice cream!


The last ride of the night!


We headed back to Phoenix on Wednesday morning.  What a great trip!  Logan and Ethan both cried on the way back- wanting to go back to Disneyland.  They really do love it as much as their mama!  It is definitely our happy place!