Monday, April 28, 2008

Sarah @ Disney Animation




Here is Sarah in the recording booth at the Disney Animation Studios on Bring Your Child To Work Day. Story Artist Mark Walton is the one in the picture helping out.



Here is the whole group... They had a bunch of kids this year! Sarah is on the fourth step up on the left.

Saturday, April 26, 2008

The Biggest Party Ever!

I had 4 parties in one day and had a ton of guests... We celebrated Sarah (10), Ben (8), Emily (4), and Brandon (3) with cake, a bounce house slide combo, lots of yummy food and friends!

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Sarah's Day at Disneyland

Here is Sarah's Birthday at Disneyland! My little girl turned 10 this year!






We had a great time! A much different experience than with Ben. Sarah spent more time shopping. She purchased a couple of pins and a lanyard.


And spent a lot of time riding rides in Fantasyland...





And her favorite ride was the Autopia. She rode it, I think, 8 times.



Happy Birthday Sarah!

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Petersen Auto Museum


Sarah, Ben, and Matt took a trip down to the Petersen Auto Museum. Matt really liked it. Sarah and Ben were not too excited about it, but they tolerated it. Here's Ben with the car from Speed Racer.


Ever seen a real Tucker? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Tucker_Sedan


They had a large exhibit form the movie "Cars". Sarah and Ben enjoyed the Cars exhibit. They just didn't enjoy looking at it as long as I did. Here's Sarah and Ben with Lightning McQueen.


Sarah with Tow Mater.


Here's some of the artwork that was on display.




It was interesting to see the John Lassiter seal of approval on some stuff.


Here we are getting ready to leave. I got a picture of Sarah and Ben in front of a 1938 REO with a long trailer. Interesting rig.


They are excited to go home!

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Ben's 8th Birthday

This year I decided to take each big kid to Disneyland on their birthday for just Mom and Kid time... This was Ben's turn. He didn't have to go to school that day and he got to do whatever he wanted at Disneyland. We rode 20+ rides... almost all rollercoasters. Matterhorn, Space Mountain, Thunder Mountain, Indiana Jones, and Splash Mountain.


Here is Ben with his Birthday Badge.


Benjamin had three helpings of cotton candy throughout the day.... yummy!


On Thunder Mountain Railroad...I think we rode this ride 6 or 7 times....


We also spent time on Pirates Lair on Tom Sawyer's Island...

Happy Birthday Ben!

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Matt's Cube Rail


Matt moved into a new cube at work and set up his trains on the top of the wall. He gets a lot of attention from it...

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Gene Autry Museum

Sarah had another school project... She has to find out about the life of a famous person and tell it to her class. She chose Gene Autry, the Singing Cowboy.


Here we are out in front with Gene...

Here are some pictures of the kids dressing up in cowboy attire with the horse...