Happy Thanks Giving

I snapped a shot of us before we left for church this morning.  So there we are!  We hope you all have a great Thanks Giving.

Joel and I went for a bike ride this afternoon and there were turkeys on our street when we were almost home.  Lucky them, we already got our turkey.

The Incredible Multi Tool

A friend of mine at work loaned me a really useful tool that is good for all sorts of things.  It was pretty important to him, so I will be sure to give it back, but Rachel and I photographed all of the very impressive uses of this tool.

Diaper Holder

Book Stand

Stuffed Toy Holder

Little Toy Tent Frame

Replacement hand in case Sith Lord Luke cuts off your hand.

Helps you shoot the Nerf gun at 90 degrees

Keeps the balloon from floating away.

Sends the space ship up at 90 degrees.

Space ship stand

I'm not so certain this is useful, but Rachel is really cute.

Keeps the bottle from falling over.

And best of all, it scratches my back.

Back From Vacation!

We got a hotel room with bunk beds!  Daddy was happy it was on the first floor and the van got to park right in front of the room!

Anna and Rebekah are waiting for the rides at Disney Land to open.

Still waiting for the rides to open. Rachel decides to take a picture herself.

Joel is having a good time in the stroller.

Our first ride at Disney Land was the Carousel.

See all those people coming through the castle? That's the Peter Pan line on the left within 10 minutes of the park opening.

Which one is Mr. Toad?

Check out our Start Wars shirts!

The kids wore their tie die shirts to CA Adventure.

We are on Mickey's FUN wheel and we are having fun.

Anna had so much fun, it wore her out.

But later she woke up and was very happy.

I'm the only one having fun on this ride!

Joel is smiling big inside.

Rachel is also smiling big inside.

See! There is that smile!

It pays to have a birthday so close to a Disney Land Trip

I think Rebekah's the prettiest!

We went to the beach before driving down to Lego Land.

Rachel is thinking about dipping a toe in.

We made a sand castle and decorated it.

What a pretty sunset

It's fun to stand next to a giant Lego man.

Anna, Rebekah, and 5 Lego friends.

One ride had duplos for Anna to play with while she waited.

Joel is driving all by himself!

Rachel and Rebekah are flying a helicopter!

Joel rides the jousting horse.

Rachel and Joel stand next to one of their favorite Nexo Knights.  Clay!

Joel posed for pictures while Rachel and I were on the Bionicle ride.

This is just like the tea cups! So dumb that Joel couldn't go.

Who wants ice cream?

I don't want the $800 Falcon set, I want this one!

This is one of my favorite battle scenes from all of Star Wars. And look! It's all in Legos.

That armor is too strong for blasters.

Darth Vader never knew how close Rachel was to busting up his tie fighter.

"I am your father," said my father.

Back to the beach and then time to head home.

We all made sure not to get too sandy before the trip home.