Family Vacation

I'm a little behind in posting, but in October we went to California for a week.  We took Addison to Disneyland for the first time and she loved it.  She is totally into the princesses so we sprung for the Bibbity Bobbity Botique.  You get a fairy godmother in training who does you all up like the princess of your choosing.  Addison went with Rapunzel and had a great time.  We then went to lunch with the Princesses.  It was great, lunch was actually good and you got one on one time with five princesses without the line!  We checked out the new cars land, but Addison's favorite part of California Adventure was the Bugs Life rides.  We loved World of Color.  It is this amazing water/movie/music show they do at night.  We had the best viewing area, right in front dead center.  It is considered a soak zone, but there wasn't a drop of water that night.  We decided to chance it because one of the workers told us the wind was blowing the right way and we would stay dry.  It was amazing!  It was fun going around Halloween because we got to see some of the villans.  Last year Addison was the Queen of Hearts for Halloween so she was excited to meet the real Queen.

After a couple of Disney days we drove down to San Diego.  We went to SeaWorld, which was awesome fun and spent a day at the beach.  We also did some shopping.  John and I were there on our honeymoon, and went to the same Cheesecake Factory for dinner.  Crazy to think of all the changes in our life in the past 8 years!  Addison was loving the kids rides again, she is turning into a brave little girl.  Love that she always wants to ride with her daddy.  Addison has decided that she wants to work at SeaWorld with the animals when she grows up.

The Greek Festival

Addison and I went to the Greek Festival last weekend. It was lots of fun and there was a ton of amazing food. I may be addicted to chocolate baklava. Addison did a pony ride and stopped by the petting zoo. The llama made her a little nervous. We definitely had fun and will go back next year.

Honestly

Why do people come to work sick? It is so annoying. I haven't accrued much sick time, so I really can't get sick. Here is my attempt at staying healthy.

4th of July

Oh yes, I am that far behind.  We went to Ely for the 4th to enjoy some cooler weather and small town fun.   We went to the duck pond which is one of Addison's favorite things to do in Ely.

We also chased a wild fire that started really close to town

We went out to Lehman Caves at Great Basin National Park and had a cool tour down there.

Ely has a couple of old trains they do rides on.  We went out to the trainyard and museum.  Next time we are going to go on the ride.

We also had a little farm visit and Addison got to run around with the goats.  

You can't have a holiday without a parade.  One float threw out popsicles, very much appreciated.  Addison scored so much candy.  She was a little timid at first, but she totally got into it.

And not to be forgotten; fireworks and sparklers!  It was a ton of fun.