California trip

We left for our semi annual trip to California last Wednesday and returned home yesterday. It was a pretty nice trip. My mom house is almost done with the remodel and looks pretty good. The floors and bathrooms are really nice. Her kitchen looks great with a huge island in the center. Our friends Dave and Adrianne and their two boys came with us. We flew in on Express Jet which was fairly nice. The nonstop flight was great especially since Ryleigh was in my lap for most of the trip. Dan did rescue me about half way through because I was having trouble juggling McKenna, Ryleigh, and all the food they gave us. We landed in one piece (the descent was very bumpy). We went out to dinner at Soup Plantation which is the best when you just want a simple salad and soup. I miss that here in Idaho.

Friday, we went to Disneyland which was a blast! My mom watched Ryleigh back in Irvine. She is a life saver. The kids were great and it was nice having another family there so the adults could trade off and get some roller coaster time in. Thank goodness for fast pass. McKenna was tall enough to ride the roller coasters. She rode Space Mountain and Splash Mountain. She came off of Space Mountain saying "That was the best ride ever!" She did not like Splash Mountain as much because she got a little wet. Adrianne and I were in the front half of the log and got the wettest. It did rain while we were there, but it was a good excuse to get souvenir sweaters.

Saturday was family day for us. We went to Tracie's baby shower. She is totally cute pregnant. Dan and I were able to slip away after and see Iron Man. It was pretty good. We came back to Auntie Joanna's house to find tons of family there. It was nice to see everyone with all the cute babies. We even got to play Wii for the first time. I was all over the place in Mario Kart, but I got the hang of it towards the end.

Sunday was church and lunch at Ryan's house. Dan showed Ryan how to put blinds in his windows. Ryan knew what he was doing. He just needed a little encouragement. His house is very nice. The kids enjoyed playing with Kaitlin's toys. we then went to Ray's new house that he and Catherine just bought. It is perfect for them. Dan did a walk through and it is in good condition. The backyard is really nice. i think they will enjoy it once they move in. We went to Haakido for dinner. It is a Japanese buffet with sushi and other asian cuisine. Dave even tried sushi for the first time.

Monday was Legoland which was kinda disappointing. Let's just say it is for kids between the ages of 3-8ish. Do not bring a kid under the height of 36 inches. They cannot ride on anything even with a parent. Maybe three rides. McKenna had fun, but it is nothing like Disneyland. The "roller coasters" are so slow and the lines take forever because there is only one car for the whole roller coaster. We probably won't go there again. We did make a house out of Legos.

Tuesday we flew home. It was the only sunny day on our trip. The flight home was much smoother than the flight to California. Ryleigh did decide to poop about 10 minutes into the flight. The changing tables in the small bathrooms weren't bad. I forgot to mention that during the whole trip, Dan and Dave were replacing all of my mom's light switches and outlets so they would look new and not 30 years old. They finished the downstairs but were only able to replace her switches upstairs because they ran out of time. They did run into a couple of glitches, but everything is working now. At least we haven't received a phone call yet saying differently. It is hard to get back into our daily life, but it's back to work and real life. Bummer.