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.

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!

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!

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!

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!

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...

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...

Matt's Antique Radio Display

Matt put together a display of old radios to show off at work. Here's the case. You may recognize a few of these. Shannon made the little signs explaining each radio.

Easter Egg Hunt and the Box House

We had a neighborhood egg hunt. Each family contributed eggs which were hidden around the nieghborhood. The kids went from yard to yard looking for them. Here's some of the kids lining up to get ready to go hunt eggs.


Here's Brandon with his basket.


Once the egg hunt was done, everyone grouped together for a picture.


One of my co-workers moved recently and brought over his extra boxes. I built some box houses for the kids. by attaching boxes together and cutting windows. After hunting for eggs, the kids all played in the box houses. Here's Ben looking out the lookout. Temperatures got into the 90's during the day so they had plenty of time to play outside.

Emily Turns 4!

Here is Emily with her birthday cake and some presents... She had a good day!

Emily's First Day at Preschool

Emily was so excited to go to preschool! She didn't even look back!!




When I went to pick her up, I got a snap shot of her cubby with her artwork and backpack.


Here she is having fun hopping in the playyard.

This is what happens when I take a shower...

Two weeks ago, Brandon flooded the down stairs bathroom.... this time it was only film...