The Mighty M Family

We tried to get a picture (below) similar to the one we took in 2011 (above).  The angle is a little different but you get the idea! We just got back from our spring break in California.  Beautiful weather and barely a mist of rain.  The same can rarely be said for Washington, especially in April!

These pictures are not in order, but here are a few from our recent road trip to Red Lodge, Montana and Couer D'Alene, Idaho.   We (and I mean Mickey) drove over 2,000 miles in a week.  The weather was HOT and we had a blast! Hope you are all enjoying your summers!

Happy 4th Birthday Eli! We love you!!  We had a blast on our vacation to Hawaii – it’s going to take time to get through the hundreds of pictures I took, but I am working on it! 

We spent a long weekend on the “east side” of the state of Washington, also known as the dry, hot, desert-like side. And except for the day we left it was indeed dry, hot, and desert like.  We stopped in Leavenworth, WA on the way – a famous little town known as “your Barvarian getaway”.  We browsed the shops and had lunch and ice cream.  We spent the rest of the time in Chelan.  All we did was PLAY!  And I’m sure a year from now I will have totally forgotten ANY kids that may or may not have been a little cranky from time to time (which is a vacation must, right?).  If we go back next year maybe I will even get a picture with myself in it!

For our last full day in San Diego we decided to head back to Sea Word as we missed a few things on our first day there. We got a warm welcome at the gate. The big kids and daddy put on their parka’s and went to see how many times they could ride the Atlantis ride in an hour and 45 minutes (6).  Eli and I kept ourselves occupied.  We might have done a little shopping. And taken a ride up.  Way up! Later we all joined forces to see the Sesame Street 4D show.  It was great, but a little too much for Eli.  So darn it, dad missed the ending! Then the kids were acting lovey dovey long enough for me to snap some pics. Before we left the girls had time for one last ride. We had a BLAST on our trip.  San Diego is a huge city of over 1,000,000 people but it does not feel like it is so big.  Almost everything is a pretty quick drive and the traffic was not bad at all.  We still have lots we need to see so I imagine we wil...

When we were at LegoLand Hannah saw a ride she really wanted to go on.  I was hoping she wouldn’t meet the height requirement.  But she did.  So I relented.  It was the only ride she went on that made me really nervous.  Really, really nervous. But of course after they got off Hannah immediately said “I want to go on it again!”.  And they did.