Disneyland

So I know that everyone thinks I'm crazy that I go to Disneyland all the time. But we really have alot of fun. We went 2 times in May. Once for Mother's Day and once for Gary's birthday. (SO far, we have been for everyone's birthday...we'll be going in June for mine). For Gary's b'day, we went down and stayed in a hotel Monday night, so we could get there early and get back on Tuesday for Jake's baseball party. Mother's day was fairly crowded, but we had a good time. Monday night (memorial day) was fairly crowded at Adventure park, so we hit a few rides and grabbed dinner at Tortilla Jo's, then headed to the hotel, where we had an awesome view of the fireworks! (not the best hotel, but good night's sleep and clean) Tuesday am was great. We hit quite a few rides with small waits 5 minutes. Indiana was 20 minutes by the time we got there, but the highlight- Jessica was TALL enough! A first for her (might be her last for awhile, she didn't like it). We also decided to go on the Mark Twain boat, which I haven't done since I was a little kid...We were asked to come up to the captain's quarters and drive the boat- so the kids drove the boat! They had a great time. We hit all the Mountain rides (Splash, Space, Thunder, Matterhorn) and finished up the day with a nice lunch at Carnation Cafe and a little shopping (Gary had his $70 fun card from Disney for his b'day) and headed back home.

Gary's Century

So Gary has been training for a few months and finally did it! He rode his bike 100 miles. In training, he would ride to the beach (did you know that we are a bike ride from the beach?) We would drive to the beach and pick him up, usually near Ventura. For the century ride, he rode up to Ventura and down Pac Coast to Santa Monica. So we went to Santa Monica. Sorry no pics of him..I'm sure you wanted to see him in his spandex bike shorts!...here are some from the beach.

Grandpa

It seems that I can't get around to updating my blog as much as I would like, so I am going to try and give you highlights for now. At the beginning of May, Jessica went to Utah for my grandpa's funeral. Funerals are always sad, but I am happy that my grandparents have been reunited in Heaven and will have their health. My grandparents always put family and the gospel first and taught us so much. They have 5 children, 19 grand children and somewhere around 53 great- grand children...I lost count. We love you.