Track 2008 @ Sunnycrest Elementary School

As many of you know, Hailey ran track this year for her school. It was her first year, and she seemed to have a good time. She did say she wanted to quit once when her friend quit, but being the good parent that I am I told her, "NO. You finish what you start!" In the end, she liked it. Here are some pics to recap her first, and hopefully not last, track season! GO HAILEY!

And so track ended, but the fun didn't. Hailey had her first track awards party and she won the Sunnycrest Track '08 Coaches Award for the Kindergarten/First Grade Girls. The coaches chose her for this award because she worked hard, never complained, did what she was asked, "ran hard", and showed good sportsmanship. WOW! We're so proud of her! Good Job Hailey! (Needless to say, she did get a little more excited about track after winning the trophy.....)

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FYI

For those of you who don't know, Matt, the girls, and I went to California with Matt's family. We were able to spend 8 days touring Disneyland, Disney's California Adventure, Universal Studios, The San Diego Zoo, Sea World, The Beach, and even Old Town San Diego (which we stumbled across). It was a week of fun.....and stress. We walked 'til our feet had blisters. We ate fast food to the point I can't look at another french fry without gagging. And we had so much fun. In fact, we have over 719 pics to prove how much fun we had! (And that doesn't include all the pics we need to get from the rest of the family who had cameras!) So.....I decided I'm only going to give you a small glimpse of our trip. If you want to see all the pics......you have to come to Washington to visit! :) For now, enjoy!

DISNEYLAND

Disneyland really was the happiest place on Earth. (If you leave out the fact that our feet hurt so much from walking, some of us even got blisters; there were a few tantrums by both kids and adults; we didn't get to meet any princesses....or Indiana Jones; and we were way sleep-deprived; oh yeah, and Matt and I kept getting on each others nerves for no apparent reason! Other than all that, it really was the happiest place to be!)


Kids and adults were excited to meet the Disney characters:

Mickey's Toontown was great for taking pics:

But of course, the castle was "the spot" to get a good pic. These are the best we have. We can pay $13 + shipping to buy the pic that the Disneyland photographer took of our family in front of the castle. We just may do that. Because that pic looks awesome! But for now, you'll have to look at these!

DISNEY'S CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE

Well, we had quite a lot of fun in this park. We all loved the California Screamin' roller coaster. (No pic...sorry). And we all hated The Tower of Terror. (Again...no pic). We enjoyed the Aladdin Musical Spectacular. (Almost like Broadway). And we all got soaked, literally, on the Grizzly River Run. I'm not joking...we were soaked. (Sorry. No pic.)


I guess we weren't up for taking pics this day. I don't know why. We had the cameras. But we did manage to snap a few photos of the best ride of all! The Jumpin' Jellyfish ride. (Okay, maybe if you ask Leah this would be her favorite ride.....)

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

Universal Studios was okay. The rides were a disappointment.....not as long as the ones at Disneyland. But they were okay. We made the mistake of taking a few of the younger kids on the Mummy ride. Way too scary for kids under the age of 8! I was even scared. (But I'm kind of a whimp). Matt and I got soaked on the Jurassic Park ride though, that was fun. (We are sitting in the back on your left....the boat's right. You can't see us 'cuz we're covered by water!)

We did manage to spot a few celebs while we were there. The important ones! And at the end of the day, that's all that matters, right!?

THE SAN DIEGO ZOO

Well, after spending 3 days walking around Disneyland, California Adventure, and Universal Studios, we were all way too tired to walk much around the zoo. We rode the tram. That gave us the basic tour. So we really didn't walk up close to see any of the animals. I'm glad Matt and I think alike, "If you've seen one warthog in your life, you've seen 'em all!". (We're not Zoo people). So, that should explain the lack of pics from this portion of our trip!

We did manage to make sure we took pics of our girls playing on the fake gorillas! Gotta make sure you take pics of fake animals at a zoo! :)

Don't worry. We did manage to get one photo of our kids with a real animal! A hippo. Look how gigantic that animal is! Crazy! I only wish it would have had it's mouth open! What an awesome picture that would have made.