Showing posts with label Noah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Noah. Show all posts
8/19/11
Cali Day # 3
Monday - We went to Disneyland just our family. Everyone else one got tickets for just Saturday, but I wanted to be able to do more so we had tickets for Monday too. We did more shows and things at Caifornia Adventures on Monday, but still there was so much more we could have done. Tim had that day mapped out as well, but the lines were a little longer, but still super short, like 20 minutes at the most. We saw a lot more shows which I never have really done at Disneyland, that was a lot of fun. I really need to take more pictures.
8/18/11
Cali Day # 2
Sunday - We didn't have a lot of plans. I wanted to go to the beach, but I wanted to go to a beach with a board walk.
A tennis torment was going on, so Grandma and Grandpa came over to watch it at our hotel, so Tim and I snuck out for breakfast (we should have gone shopping (: ) Then we were going to have a BBQ at the beach with turned into a BBQ at the RV Park with half the family missing because of miscommunication. After that we headed down to Newport to go to the beach with the other part of the family. Long story short, we got to the beach at about 4:00 :( but we had a lot of fun. Noah and Chloe are inseparable when they are together so they played and I played in the sand and waves with Kyra. Tim and Hanah jumped the big waves, while everyone else enjoyed the beach. Then we hit a fish taco place on the way home.
A tennis torment was going on, so Grandma and Grandpa came over to watch it at our hotel, so Tim and I snuck out for breakfast (we should have gone shopping (: ) Then we were going to have a BBQ at the beach with turned into a BBQ at the RV Park with half the family missing because of miscommunication. After that we headed down to Newport to go to the beach with the other part of the family. Long story short, we got to the beach at about 4:00 :( but we had a lot of fun. Noah and Chloe are inseparable when they are together so they played and I played in the sand and waves with Kyra. Tim and Hanah jumped the big waves, while everyone else enjoyed the beach. Then we hit a fish taco place on the way home.
This picture is dark but I had to have a picture of Grandma in her hat (and I am work and don't have photo shop to fix it)
This one is dark too, but I needed a picture of Jill and Jon in their beach attire
Bestest Cousins
I love the butt crack :)
8/17/11
Playing Ketchup
(Yes I know I spell catch up wrong)
This summer has been crazy busy. The best time to post so we will remember it, but the hardest time to find time.
Our Summer started out with a trip to Disneyland!!! We didn't plan on going on a big vacation this year it was not something we felt we could afford, however, my father in law's band he teaches was headed to Disneyland to preform so with some great help from our in laws we were able to go. The best part of the trip was all the Whitley's were able to get together, and that hasn't happened for a couple years.
Sorry to bore you with the details, but I want to remember them. On Friday we picked Grandma up and headed to the airport. Grandpa and the Rennerts left the day before in the motor home. I was happy that everything went smoothly, except for the poor lady behind me on the plane that Kyra said "Hi" to over a 100 times. :) Once we landed in Long Beach we walked across the street to get our rental car and headed to the hotel. We wanted to stay close to Disneyland at an inexpensive hotel. Tim found a great deal on Alpine Inn. It was an OK place to stay, but I don't think I would stay there again, you had to pay for ice and the air conditioning was SO loud. Once we were checked in Grandma took us to Coco's Bakery for lunch. Yum, we love Coco's Bakery. The rest of Friday was spent trying to get Kyra to take a nap (trying to being the key word), getting Grandma to the RV park they were staying at, helping Julie get to her rental car, getting groceries, and grabbing dinner.
Saturday - This was a BIG Disneyland day. Tim had a program that helped him create a plan to do Disneyland without long waits. It was amazing. I am a stress-er and hate crowds, so Disneyland + kids = A Stressed Out Ornery Mom, however, I had THE best time I have ever had at Disneyland this time. We got there about 20 minutes before the gates off and we headed off to find the rides that had been mapped out for the time. We rode about 5 or 6 rides before we headed over to listen to Dan's band play.
After we were done watching/listening to the band, the Rennert's showed up. Noah was SO excited to see Chloe that they took off running. I had my back turned, chasing Kyra, for only a couple minutes and they were gone. I started freaking out. No one was watching them. Noah and I had gone to Frontier Land before the performance to look at toys so I hoped/prayed that he had taken Chloe over there to show her something, and thankfully he did. Once we were all together again, then we were off to ride the rides, without all waits. I think we waited 10-15 minutes at the most.
Around 3:00 we left to have a BBQ at Grandpa and Grandma's motor home. It was nice to take a little break and to be able to see Jill and Jon. We ate and played there until about 5. Grandma was nice enough to keep Kyra and we headed back to Disneyland to ride the older rides. We had a blast. Noah rode Indiana Jones and loved it (after we bribed him into going on it), but my the time we got to Splash Mountain I didn't force him to ride that one. It was late and I knew he would hate the drop at the end. We had tickets to the new Star Tours that opened that day that we hadn't used and we wanted to ride that one. By this time Noah was done. He cried that he just wanted to go home. Julie sat out with him and the other kids while we went in, and in 5 minutes he was out. That was the longest line we stood in, waiting 45 minutes and I didn't think it was worth it, but the day was great!!
This summer has been crazy busy. The best time to post so we will remember it, but the hardest time to find time.
Our Summer started out with a trip to Disneyland!!! We didn't plan on going on a big vacation this year it was not something we felt we could afford, however, my father in law's band he teaches was headed to Disneyland to preform so with some great help from our in laws we were able to go. The best part of the trip was all the Whitley's were able to get together, and that hasn't happened for a couple years.
Sorry to bore you with the details, but I want to remember them. On Friday we picked Grandma up and headed to the airport. Grandpa and the Rennerts left the day before in the motor home. I was happy that everything went smoothly, except for the poor lady behind me on the plane that Kyra said "Hi" to over a 100 times. :) Once we landed in Long Beach we walked across the street to get our rental car and headed to the hotel. We wanted to stay close to Disneyland at an inexpensive hotel. Tim found a great deal on Alpine Inn. It was an OK place to stay, but I don't think I would stay there again, you had to pay for ice and the air conditioning was SO loud. Once we were checked in Grandma took us to Coco's Bakery for lunch. Yum, we love Coco's Bakery. The rest of Friday was spent trying to get Kyra to take a nap (trying to being the key word), getting Grandma to the RV park they were staying at, helping Julie get to her rental car, getting groceries, and grabbing dinner.
Saturday - This was a BIG Disneyland day. Tim had a program that helped him create a plan to do Disneyland without long waits. It was amazing. I am a stress-er and hate crowds, so Disneyland + kids = A Stressed Out Ornery Mom, however, I had THE best time I have ever had at Disneyland this time. We got there about 20 minutes before the gates off and we headed off to find the rides that had been mapped out for the time. We rode about 5 or 6 rides before we headed over to listen to Dan's band play.
After we were done watching/listening to the band, the Rennert's showed up. Noah was SO excited to see Chloe that they took off running. I had my back turned, chasing Kyra, for only a couple minutes and they were gone. I started freaking out. No one was watching them. Noah and I had gone to Frontier Land before the performance to look at toys so I hoped/prayed that he had taken Chloe over there to show her something, and thankfully he did. Once we were all together again, then we were off to ride the rides, without all waits. I think we waited 10-15 minutes at the most.
Around 3:00 we left to have a BBQ at Grandpa and Grandma's motor home. It was nice to take a little break and to be able to see Jill and Jon. We ate and played there until about 5. Grandma was nice enough to keep Kyra and we headed back to Disneyland to ride the older rides. We had a blast. Noah rode Indiana Jones and loved it (after we bribed him into going on it), but my the time we got to Splash Mountain I didn't force him to ride that one. It was late and I knew he would hate the drop at the end. We had tickets to the new Star Tours that opened that day that we hadn't used and we wanted to ride that one. By this time Noah was done. He cried that he just wanted to go home. Julie sat out with him and the other kids while we went in, and in 5 minutes he was out. That was the longest line we stood in, waiting 45 minutes and I didn't think it was worth it, but the day was great!!
Getting set up
Jon playing the drums
Trying to entertain Kyra before and during the performance (I promise she wears shoes sometimes, but she likes to take them off)
Kyra's favorite ride "It's a Small World"
Julie and Chloe
Jen (Jon's girlfriend) and Hanah
I love this picture. We were hanging out while everyone else rode Roger Rabbit
This picture is a little blurry and I think Jon looks scary, but it is the only one I have with all of them in it
I love his look in this picture
The new Ariel ride
Tim & Julie riding the roller coaster
3/29/11
Noah's Birthday
Noah turned 5 a month ago. I am awful at getting pictures up on my blog. To my defense it was my goal to scrapbook them, then post the pages, however, the software I used to scrapbook them won't let me turn the pages into a jpg so I can't post the pages. So here are the pictures
On his birthday we took him to Fudderucker's for dinner and then to Boondocks to play games.
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| Happy Birthday Boy! |
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| Playing Games |
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| Playing Games @ Boondocks |
Sweet Kyra (with an infected eye, and ear infection)
Noah's Invites
Superhero Outfits
All the Superheroes that came
Once all the superheroes arrived and put their masks and capes on, we headed to the Training Center. At the Training Center they had to slide down a building, climb through a tunnel, learn how to carry a bomb without dropping it and jump over a wall. They all did great!
Next up the Superheroes had to fight Mr Freeze. We played music and had all the kids dance. Once the music stopped the kids had to stop or they were out.
Then it was time for each Superhero to take on a bad guy. (I had balloons with names of the bad guys writen on them, then the kids had to do what they could to pop the balloon. There was candy inside)
Next up Noah opened his presents and the kids eat cupcakes and played. (Note to self 2 hours is TOO long for a birthday party, 1 1/2 hours would be prefect)
The next day we had all the family over to celebrate his birthday too.
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