2011 arizona california trip

So we left Arizona and headed west. Rich and Dave both had some stuff going on that day that they wouldn't be able to leave Arizona until that afternoon, so we moved Zach's carseat into our car, and Amanda and I loaded up with all the kids and we drove out to Anaheim, via San Diego so we could make a quick visit with my sister Nancy and her family. Uncle Jacob pulled out the hammock's and put them up outside and that kept the kids entertained while Nancy and Amanda and I got to visit while dinner was being made. It was a quick visit- just a couple of hours, but it was nice to let the kids see each other and they are even more excited about next years Johnson Family Reunion.

Alex was surrounded by boys... I don't think he knew what to make of it... lol!

From Nancy's house we went on to Anaheim, found our hotel and got a good night sleep and got up early for Disneyland the next day! I had to get what is becoming a traditional self portrait of Angie and I on Dumbo. :)

Alex was even all smiles. :)

Rich's parents joined us at Disneyland for the two days we were there. We had more adults than kids- a rare occurance!

Another tradition- a picture on the Carousel.

I must have been having too much fun riding rides for the remainder of the first day and the second day, because I barely took any pictures! On the second day we were at California Adventure and we saw the new water show... it was great, except for the cold weather and the fact that we were in the "splash zone" :) It was just a mist, but mist after 30 minutes can get you pretty wet!

The pictures don't do it justice! It was a really neat show!

Angie sums up how we felt at the end of our trip... Tired... we had so much fun and had such a great time that Angie fell asleep as we were getting treats on Disneyland Mainstreet at midnight our last night there... She took one sip of her choosen treat- strawberry milk, and the next thing I knew I was hearing snores... lol!

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Rocky Mountains and Idaho

We left Rich's sister and brother and their families in Keystone and headed on to Julie's family reunion in Island Park Idaho. The drive was gorgeous. I can't get enough of the views as we drove through the mountains. I was surprised at the quality of pictures I was able to get through the windshield of the car while we were speeding along at 60+ mph! (sorry for the wierd formatting of pictures... trying different options of hosting sites here! :)) Upon arrival at the cabin in Idaho we wasted no time and started the games and fun. Grandma (my mom) had some things she shouted out and everyone that fit in the group would go and sit by the fireplace for a group picture... "A" names, Born in Utah, Born east of the missisippi, etc... it ended with all the girls and all the guys taking group pictures. The next day we went on a gorgeous hike. The kids surprised us and just took off on the hike. We had to send Rich off to catch up with them instead of tagging bac...

House projects

After a few weeks of Rich working from home, we decided that we needed to do some moving around of stuff in the house. The exercise equipment needed to be taken out of the office, and we made the decision to dismantle Alex's room since it's downstairs and that would become the new exercise room. His stuff got packed up, and the room was painted and the treadmill was put into that room (which was a feat of it's own! It won't come out of that room until we move away, and maybe not even then! lol! The office got a coat of paint as well and two of the bathrooms. Now the entire house (except for closets) has been painted since we had moved in 3 years before. But then the biggest house project was thought of, and debated and decided on. We had always said that we would like to redo the kitchen in this house, and decided to tackle the project. We found cabinets online we liked and worked with a company to decide on our cabinet layout, and we ordered them....

Magical Magic Kingdom

We got to the park for the opening, and almost made it through to closing at 1am (we left about 12:30). We did take a break in the afternoon to go check into our second hotel and settle in and grab a bite of dinner. The magic kingdom is the magical park- fairy tales and wonder. The seven dwarfs train ride- we went to first- and managed to get into the line fast enough to not have an hour + wait like everyone else later in the day had. It's so fun now that the whole family can ride most of the rides together. And the parade.... So much fantasy and I love the costumes- so much fun to see! Angela was very happy with her souvenir of choice....it's hot this week!! It's just my magical park- I love it lit up late at night. :)

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