Have I mentioned...

How much Antony loves Star Wars. I had to publish a single post for the Star Wars activities while we were at Disneyland.

The only good thing about the rain was, instead of the Jedi training academy show the kids got to meet the characters.
First the Jedi's.
Than Darth Maul.

And finally Darth Vader and the stormtroopers.

Of course we went on the ride!

Did I mention Antony went on it 11 times in 4 days!

It was new this year. And a lot of fun. Antony was even the Rebel spy twice!

Up next was the Jedi training academy.

Luckily Anthony was picked the first time we went.

The kids practiced their moves.

Darth Vader and Darth Maul showed up tried talking the kids into joining the dark side.

They all got a chance to fight either Darth Maul or Darth Vader.

At the end they all become Jedi's.

Here is the video of Anthony fighting Darth Maul.

Disneyland

We were lucky enough to get to take the kids to Disneyland this year.

Grabbing some breakfast before our early morning flight.

Waiting so patiently for the plane.
I chose to go in October for a couple of reasons. 1. The fun decorations they would have up for Halloween. 2. Not as many crowds. 3. Great weather.
Reason one did not disappoint. However reason three, did not work in my benefit the entire time.

Day one it rained and rained. However we spent $30 on ponchos and made the best of it.

We of course met Mickey and Friends.

It was fun to see some of the characters in their costumes.

Above are a few of the random characters we found through out the parks.

We spent one morning doing the Mickey's toontown morning madness. That was fun.

The kids enjoyed Toontown. Everything was their size.

Jackson loved watching the playhouse Disney show.

We made a stop at the Lego store. Anthony was in Heaven!

That Darth Vader was there 4 years ago when we took Anthony.

And of course you can't go to Disneyland without riding some rides. Some favorites included Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, Star Tours, Teacups, and Splash mountain. Least favorites included The haunted mansion and Tower of Terror.

I am so thankful for the opportunity that I get to take my kids on vacation and have them experience so much.

My thoughts excatly

Dear Retail Stores,
Can we P L E A S E celebrate Thanksgiving before Christmas?

Your how old!?!?!

That's right Shane is 30! I thought that was a big enough milestone that I should throw him a surprise birthday party.. Poker style.

We have some great friends that helped celebrate.
Let the games begin.

$10 buy in, and 2 tables to start.

We finally moved down to one table..

Winner Winner!

Trever came in 2nd winning $20 and Jontue walked way with $80.

Jackson even tried his hand at poker.

Who brought the rat?

I am pretty sure Jackson found a new friend. Chaz played basketball with him for a while and Jackson enjoyed every minute of it.

Food was a huge hit.

Thanks everyone for coming out and celebrating such a milestone. It was a good time.

Our Halloween

Halloween was so fun this year.

The afternoon started waiting patiently for Anthony's costume parade at school.
There he is! They were so quick getting those kids in and out, whole school took 20 minutes. Blink you would have missed him.

After the parade, our little Darth Vader needed a nap.

Now for the best part of the night! All set and ready to go!

Trick or Treat!

Jackson loved it. After pretty much every house he would come running and saying "candy candy". So amazed everyone kept giving him candy. Anthony informed us after about an hour he had enough candy, and would wait with us while the rest went for more.

We made a stop at grandpas. Look who we ran across. First cousins picture.

Lets not forget, Halloween also happens to be Shane's birthday. So after all that fun, we came home sang happy birthday and had a piece a cake that the kids were proud of making.

And proud of eating.

Once in bed, I dumped out the candy to look at the loot!