Much needed get away and Happy New Year!
The day after Christmas we traveled to California to visit the Call relatives. It was tons of fun having a second Christmas celebration, but what was even better was watching the kids actually play together. They have been around each other before but never actually played together. They scared each other, they tackled each other, they laughed and laughed and not one of them wanted the night to end. It was so much fun to watch and play with them. The next day we took off to Disneyland! Yippee! As we were walking up to the gates I overheard people complaining that they had stopped selling tickets for the day. I was worried it was going to be super crowded and no fun but it wasn't too bad as far as crowds go. We made the most of the day and stayed until 11:30ish pm, with the kids having SO much fun. Rachel saw some kids on TV riding the teacups so she was dying to ride the "cup ride" as she called it. We rode that several times, and we took them on the Dumbo ride. We played a lot at California Adventures, which the kids really enjoy. It was a great day with lots of fun memories. Once we got home we were still in high gear as I spent all of the 31st & 1st painting operatories at our dental office. There were four to paint and after two days only 3 were done. We had to open for patients so I started early this morning on the last room. I have high hopes for finishing tomorrow morning, but I might have to spend more time on it than I hope to. Happy New Year to me as I spent 2 of those hours on the 1st at the urgent care after successfully smashing my left pinky finger moving an x-ray head while painting. I lucked out and didn't break the bone but was told it was a crush injury with deep tissue bruising. The doctor (I'm sure his name was Dr. Doogie Howser) gave me a nice little finger splint but I gave up on that yesterday evening as I kept jamming this huge sticking out pinky finger on everything. It was nice to have a little break, and Austin met me at the urgent care for someone to talk to and moral support. Here are some pictures of our California trip.
This is Aaron in his car seat with his toys.
Ben traveling with Woody.
Food with Family! What a treat!
Grandma in her spot.
Robin, Rachel, Shane and Doug possibly talking about something scandalous...
Presents!
Some distant relative got some new underwear for Christmas.
The kids liked their new toys but they really liked wearing gift bags on their heads. Hum...
At Disneyland, the dentist in front of the disney dental office. Fun!
The twins on the teacup ride.
The animals on the circus train ride.
Austin and Rachel watching the parade.
Since Spencer and Luke took off by themselves for some big boy rides, Robin sayed with us. Here is the only picture of our group all together in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle.
Robin sometimes has an Eeyeore attitude, but she was really charming and fun the whole day at Disneyland. I am glad she stayed with us and we had so much fun.
Austin and his boys.
The boys and their favorite cars.
Aaron and I keeping warm.
Me and the girls I gave birth to.
The boys were so tired they just wanted to stay in the stroller but they didn't want to leave so we kept going.
We lucked out and found Minnie on Main Street!
The castle with snow!
Ben taking a nap the day after Disney. He loves his hat. He wears it every day, even today he wore it most of the day. He is very cute in his Mickey ears hat!
This is Aaron in his car seat with his toys.
Ben traveling with Woody.
Food with Family! What a treat!
Grandma in her spot.
Robin, Rachel, Shane and Doug possibly talking about something scandalous...
Presents!
Some distant relative got some new underwear for Christmas.
The kids liked their new toys but they really liked wearing gift bags on their heads. Hum...
At Disneyland, the dentist in front of the disney dental office. Fun!
The twins on the teacup ride.
The animals on the circus train ride.
Austin and Rachel watching the parade.
Since Spencer and Luke took off by themselves for some big boy rides, Robin sayed with us. Here is the only picture of our group all together in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle.
Robin sometimes has an Eeyeore attitude, but she was really charming and fun the whole day at Disneyland. I am glad she stayed with us and we had so much fun.
Austin and his boys.
The boys and their favorite cars.
Aaron and I keeping warm.
Me and the girls I gave birth to.
The boys were so tired they just wanted to stay in the stroller but they didn't want to leave so we kept going.
We lucked out and found Minnie on Main Street!
The castle with snow!
Ben taking a nap the day after Disney. He loves his hat. He wears it every day, even today he wore it most of the day. He is very cute in his Mickey ears hat!