My oh my where has the time gone?

My last real update was in the Spring after my Dad has his surgery, and now it's September, the boys are all back in school, and I finally get some time to sit at a computer!

So, the updating process will be quite lengthy as I recount all our happenings since March 2009.............

SPRING BREAK:

We went to Disneyland....and what a GREAT time we had! The day we arrived we met up with Franca and her family for dinner at Downtown Disney. One of our fav. restaurants there is Napoli. The kids were so excited to see their friends from school. The next day we met at Universal Studios. The weather was somewhat uncooperative, and we crossed our fingers that it would improve as we were just beginning our holiday. We had soooooooooo much snow this past winter, we just wanted some SUN!

Universal Studio's was fantastic. I think I left my stomach at the top of the Jurassic Park ride!

Oh my what a free fall at the end! The boys, Andy and even Franca and John went on alot of the rollercoaster rides there with The Mummy and The Simpsons Ride being their favorites.

The Studio Tour was fantastic....we had Front of the Line passes, so we didn't have to wait in line which was nice. They were filming Desperate Housewives that day. Andy's favorite attraction was the Terminator Show...one of his favorite movies.

The next day we started our 5 day passes at Disneyland. The weather was gorgeous, hot and sunny.....just what our winter skin was begging for! The boys loved being back in Disneyland.

Jacob being the youngest, and tall enough for all the rides in the park has a totally different Disneyland experience than his brothers......all they wanted to do was ride the California Screamin Roller Coaster.....in fact they all rode it 21 times in 5 days....ho hum, it got a bit boring for me around the 15th time watching....but they had so much fun it was hard not to laugh.

I think my favorite thing to do was to spend an entire morning with Jacob just in Disneyland. We got new hats, went to Minnie's House, saw Mickey, Donald, Pluto and all the gang....we even got to see the Fairy Godmother!

Soarin over California has to be one of my fav. rides. Here I am with the boys waiting in line.

We couldn't have asked for better weather. Here we were in hot sunny California(everday that week it got to 86F) and at home they were still shovelling the snow.

Michael had his 12th Birthday in Disneyland.....he got a gift card from the resort so he bought whatever he wanted...a Mr. Potato Head, a stuffed Mickey, a football, 2 t-shirts. Here he is with his Birthday hat..... HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL!

You are a wonderful boy with so much love to give. We love you and hope you had a wonderful day!

The evening of his Birthday we surprised the boys with tickets to an NHL game....their first ever! Anaheim Ducks vs. Edmonton Oilers.....and the Oilers won.There were lots of Canadian fans on hand cheering them on.

The following day we headed back home. Exhausted, but filled with lots of good memories.