Insta Friday: November 11, 2011

We survived the Flu Plague of 2011.

Hopefully we won't see it again til 2013 :)

So we woke up Friday morning - after our 3am
flu party - vomit free, but to rain.
We still donned our festive clothes
and headed to Disneyland.

It's awesome to ride with The Girl - makes me feel good.

Guess who the flu hit at Disneyland?
Oh me.
I found sweet rest with Jose.


My parents spent their 33rd wedding anniversary
at Club 33, sans us.
At the exact moment they entered The Club,
it started to POUR!!!!!!!
We hung out in the Jack Store for about 15 minutes,
then pulled on our ponchos
and ran - or rather hobbled in pain -
to the Haunted Mansion.


After we hid under the Hungry Bear Restaurant.
My fabulous little sister took The Boy on rides,
while The Girl and I kicked on the covered dock.


Holding true to the pattern - after
6 hours of misery - I was fine for about 18 hours,
so I got to enjoy the rest of Disneyland Magic
pain and cold sweat free.

Even though sitting on the cold ground
was less than desirable,
the World of Color show was awesome
and worth the wait.


Another crazy thing about being at Disneyland that day?
We randomly ran into 3 families from our congregation
who were also there for the day.
Crazy!
And we all ended up at the Carousel at the same time.

Saturday we did soccer and The Boy
was so excited to have his Grandparents and his Aunt
there to cheer him on.

Later that evening we took them
to the Great Park for the only
ride that didn't terrify The Girl that weekend.
Weird, huh?
Little Mermaid characters, yes.
Floating 400 feet above the ground, no.


We love the FREE carousel!


Sunday our Nemesis The Flu lingered with me and
hit Will.
I only got dressed because I had to drive my
parents to LGB.
And by dressed, I mean I put yoga pants under
my night gown and a hoodie over to keep me warm.

Monday it seemed that all was well.
I even gave The Boy a haircut.


Tuesday I wanted a picture before school.
He was glad to oblige, until his Razor whacked him
in the ankle.


Will woke up feeling AWFUL, but hauled
himself into the office to get training started.
He was home 2 hours later and didn't leave
the room for almost 36 hours.

Of course I was hosting book club that night.
So amongst the cleaning and sanitizing,
I made this little cutie and decorated
for Thanksgiving.


I finished cutting them out The Boy's soccer party.
He loved his coach (so did we), the pizza and the trophy :)


Wednesday he came home with his Spirit Shirt.
He was so proud!


While the little sis was at dance class,
we played at the park.
We saw these fun looking birds,
the refused to let me get close enough to take a good picture.
We were bird detectives on WhatBird.com
and figured out they are Whimbrels.
They summer in Alaska and can winter in California.


Friday I got to see Joy's Hope,
Rags to Stitches, Little Penelope Lane, Olive Blue,
Rock A Bow and lil noodle bug in person.
I love the OC handmade/creative community.

Oregon . . . Oh, How I Love Thee

Over Labor Day weekend we shot up the state
of California to join Grandma & Grandpa A-Team
on their mission in Oregon.

They are serving as the caretakers of a YW Camp
and we wanted to visit and check out
the awesomeness that is Oregon.

Ok, so I didn't know that Oregon was so awesome
until I got there, but I fell instantly in love.
We got there Thursday night about dinner time
and G&G met us in Eugene at Carl's Jr. for dinner - Grandpa's favorite.
Then we headed back to the camp.
It was dark when we got there,
so we hung out and then went to bed.

Friday was a gorgeous day.
We visited the archery range, the confidence course,
and of course the pond!



We also hung out at the wading pond.







The Boy convinced Grandpa to take him out on the pond.


Getting back out was another matter :)


Later that evening we took The Girl to the "doll house".
She would have stayed here the entire trip if she could have.








The Boy enjoyed the rope swing.






Saturday we got up "early" and headed to Lone Pine Farms.
G&G knew that The Boy would {LOVE} this place.
Goats.
They were right :)


You could put the feed into cups and haul it up to the goats.


This guy looked like he wasn't going to wait for it to come to him!


They had a giant corn field with stalks, but no corn!
We couldn't figure out why, until we realized it was for a corn maze.


I just wanted to lay down in the gorgeous produce and die.
YUMMY!!!
We got blackberries the size of peanuts.


I'd love this water tower in my back yard . . . if I had a yard.


Makin' friends with the goats.


The Girl got brave enough to feed them herself.
She was like, "Did you see me mom?"


When we got back we put on our suits and headed to the pond.




Grandpa tried to get the zip line unlocked.


Will had to lend a hand.


Grandpa went first!


The Boy came next.


He almost had a heart attack out when he had to climb out of the
muddy bottomed pond. He kept saying - It's all muddy!
But he did the zip line 3 or 4 more times.


Will and The Girl came down next.


She told Will, "You are squeezy me too tight, Dad!"


The Boy on another trip down the line.






And another freak out about getting all muddy.


My pretty little lady.


Grandpa had to drain the pond for the season -
Oregon only lets them keep the water dammed
for so many months of the year -
so The Boy squeezed another boat ride out of Dad.


Then he played life guard in the cute tower.



Sunday we went to church and camp home and napped.
That evening we had a camp fire complete with smiles and s'mores.


And a few hot dogs . . .


Three generations of A-team men.
I love it!




I introduced G&G to Reese's Peanut Butter Cup S'mores.


The Boy loved them.


Will roasts the marshmallows just perfectly!
He's my go-to marshmallow roaster.


The Girl skipped the grahams & marshmallows
and just said - Give me the chocolate.


Heaven.


Grandma took The Girl and I on a ride around the meadow
on the Gator.


And she got one more visit to the doll house.


We miss them so much,
but are proud of them for serving the Lord and others.
I loved Oregon so much I would have stayed
there forever if Will would have let me :)
I plan on returning for Spring Break . . . Will thinks otherwise.