That whole family togetherness thing? I’m going on day 7 and I think it’s highly overrated. We’re in St. George, and I think we’ll let the kids swim, play a bit, then see some church history sites and head home.ÂÂ
We did have a great time at Disneyland, and there are a few things I’d like to point out before I get to posting pictures and all that fun stuff.
–No one can resist the call of the Churros. Even if you have snacks, the siren’s song that is the Churro is just too powerful, and dad will invariably cave. Even at $3 each.ÂÂ
–Going to Disneyland over “Fall break” it’s just going to be too crowded. End of story. We took 1/2 of Utah with us, and ran into several more families along the way. CROWDED, folks.
–Rain happens.  Even at the happiest place on earth. The good thing about rain, though, is that it keeps a lot of people away. Saturday was our early entry day, so even in the rain, we were there in the park at 7 am. Since there was no line for the Matterhorn (and one of the children had been complaining that we didn’t ride that one the day before), we hopped on that one first thing. The nice Disney employee squeegeed off the seats for us, but there was still a big puddle of water in the bottom of the car. So we carefully placed our feet to avoid the water, and off we went. But at the first turn, that water sloshed up over our shoes, so that everyone’s shoes and socks were sufficiently soaked. Oh well. Half of the group rode that ride again. We were also able to walk right onto every single ride in Fantasyland, since it was wet and sloshy.
–While it’s fun to be with friends, 15 people is too large of a group. It seemed like after every ride someone had to use the bathroom. But the kids loved being with cousins and friends, and it was nice to have someone to chat with while waiting for the rest of the group to go on rides that make me sick.
 –“You so totally rock!” “Dude!”
More later, when I can type in the comfort of my own home and not have children jumping on the bed behind me.
A broken, unwanted 60 something inch tv that weighs 300 pounds. It’s been in our family room for a few weeks, now, and this weekend Ryan got it working well enough (he says it’s not quite right, yet, but it looked ok to me), and so we moved the old tv out, disrupting our entertainment center. We had to take EVERYTHING out of the shelves, putting it all on the kitchen table. I’m amazed at how much stuff that thing holds. Well, with the big old tv there in the middle, that eliminates the middle section of the entertainment center. So, I spent the weekend rearranging and trying to find other homes for all the photo albums, videos, scrapbooks, and ‘stuff’ that used to occupy those shelves. I’m not quite done. But now the old tv is up in our bedroom (wa-hoo! The channels don’t end at 35–how exciting!) and that tv is going down to the basement. Poor Ryan, he had to do all the hauling, and now his back is sore.
and even John and Dad had fun. 
And Natalie enjoyed trying on her large SHOE. 
and then hitting it until it gave up the candy stash it was so cleverly hiding!
I hope it was a WONDERFUL 9th birthday for you, Natalie. You are my sweet drama queen and I can’t imagine life without you in our family!
I read this book some time ago, and then bought it at a garage sale recently, not remembering that I had already read it. Please tell me I’m not the only one who can’t remember what they have or have not already read. When I opened it up and started to read it, I thought, “wow, this is really familiar,” and then realized that yes indeed, I had already read it. And enjoyed it. So, if you haven’t read it yet, here’s your chance to snag it for free. Just leave a comment on this post by October 8th, and if I pick your name, it will come to you in the mail.
Is that crazy, or what? Hopefully your calendar doesn’t look like that, too. I guess by the time we get to October, I’m used to the weekly schedule, and I don’t feel the need to write every little thing down. I also make up a schedule and put all the weekly things on it so I can remember that on Tuesdays, for example, we have 3 piano lessons, dance lessons, volleyball practice and scouts.
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