Disneyland

The sun is obviously a little too bright for Paige in these pictures...

A fun filled day at Disneyland. Emily's moral compass had been thrown off a little because she knew she was missing school, but we weren't up to fighting the weekend crowds and her worry quickly melted away as she went on rides and ate a Mickey shaped pretzel. The lights and fireworks were spectacular and they even had bubble "snow". Paige went on her first real roller coaster (Space Mountain). She didn't want to admit that it was actually fun, so she just said that it was REALLY fast! Jack was thrilled that almost everywhere in the park, you could see a train going by.

Thanksgiving Week Camping at the Beach

Happy Thanksgiving! We spent the week at Del Mar beach on Camp Pendleton. We had a lot fun even though it got cold sometimes. Lots of family, friends, games, campfires, and food!




Jack and Mia Helping with the dishes.



There must have been some huge paintball battle before we got to the beach. These had been raked up with a tractor.

Now this isn't something you see all the time. I guess they need to move the lifeguard towers around. Jack loved watching...

Marine Corps Birthday Ball 2007

Emily's 8th B-Day Party

Fear Factor Fun!
The kids had to pull gummi worms out of jell-o with their teeth for a relay.
Here, Chris is explaining how he obtained some chocolate covered flies (raisins) that the kids had to eat.
These kids are eating "pig snot" (green cool-whip) to get to the eyeball gum and blow a bubble. They were actually gagging until they figured out that it didn't really taste bad.
These buckets are filled with spaghetti, sardines, rabbit food pellets and other disgusting stuff that the kids had to dig in to find eyeballs and plastic bug while blindfolded. It really stank!

Gymnastics

Paige is the one hanging upside down like Spidey.

Here she is swinging like a monkey.

And this is her rolling like a tumble weed...