DISNEYLAND PHOTO BOOK!

I found a coupon for a free photo book from MixBook.com, and I decided to make it of my Disneyland trips.  What a fun way to relive the memories and not have all the work of actually scrapbooking!

There ended up being a couple issues with the coupon code, and apparently the company sent out the coupon to only a few of their close associates.  The coupon went viral, and they received MANY more coupons than expected.  I e-mailed them, and they were very quick to respond.  They also gave me a temporary code for a free book.

Thanks Mixbook.com
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!!

This year for our birthday, (for those of you who don't know, Andy and I have the same birthday,) we decided that we would take a trip out East and visit some friends in New York and visit my brother in New Jersey. We flew out Wednesday, late, then early Thursday morning we borrowed Brice's car and drove up to the city. Our friends were so gracious to let us stay at their place in the city for the night and then we drove back to Eric's on Friday. We had a super fun time just being in the city and especially seeing our friends! I also always enjoy catching up with Eric and Brice, and just chillin with them!

In NYC, we decided to park near our old apartment and actually found a good parking spot near Central Park on 88th St. Then we decided we would take off and get some lunch at Dean's. Deans Pizza is amazing!! YUMMY!! After lunch at Deans, Andy and I separated, then he called me and told me that he got a hold of the family that I used to nanny for would love to see us, but we had to leave RIGHT then.


Those kids are SOOO big, and adorable!! We had a great time playing and talking to all of them. Andy went out on the balcony and took a pic of the city!! The view is amazing from their apartment After seeing Cecile and the kids, we ran off to meet up with our friends!! Tyson and Amanda ordered Chinese for dinner and we had A TON of fun!! Thanks Tyson and Amanda for hanging out with us and letting us stay. We found out that they are expecting another baby, (congrats!!) and Owen, (the 2 year old) was SUPER cute the whole time!! In the morning we walked Amanda and Owen to the subway on their way to work and then headed off to Times Square.

After returning back to Eric's house we had a great weekend with fabulous food, wonderful company and a lot of Rock Band!! Andy loved the Rock Band drums so much that Eric decided to get Andy a set of his own for his birthday. He also shipped me a microphone to go with it.

Eric's room mate, Brice, has a birthday on October 3rd, so we went out and celebrated his birthday at McCormick and Schmick's then celebrated ours at Flemings. The food was fabulous at both, and we all had a really great time. Thanks Eric for everything!!


When we arrived in Phoenix our friends, Tommy and Alisha, came to the airport to pick us up and gave us a movie on BluRay, then when we got home, we found that they had also cleaned our house and decorated it for our birthday, and had a cake ready for us!! It was SO awesome!! Thanks guys, you are amazing!!

THANKS EVERYONE FOR MAKING OUR BIRTHDAYS AMAZING!!

DISNEYLAND... AGAIN!

This last weekend, we decided to go to Disneyland... again! This time we thought it would be super fun to go with our friends, Tommy and Alisha. The trip began Friday, when everyone left work a little early and we drove to California. On the way there we drove past the wind farm and just HAD to take pictures. :) Also, on our way there, we had an amazing sunset that we drove away into, it was beautiful! That night we ate dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and then watched the fireworks from our hotel.






The next morning we got up early and walked over to Disneyland!! Out front we found some beautiful rose gardens, I had never noticed them before. The first ride we went on was, of course, Buzz Lightyear, and then off to Star Tours, Space Mountain, Autopia and Finding Nemo. What a great start! When Finding Nemo was over it was definitely PAST time to find a CORN DOG! (I absolutely LOVE LOVE Disneyland's corn dogs!) After corn dogs, we were right back at it! It was SUPER hot and humid this time, but we still had a really great time! We made it the WHOLE day, and ended up leaving around 11:45 pm, and we didn't even rest to see the fireworks! :)

On Sunday, we ended up going to breakfast at Knott's Berry Farms for brunch, and then walking around Downtown Disney before starting the drive home. Along the drive we found an outlet mall, and stopped for a little while for a nice little break. It turned out to be a great, fun weekend!!

THANKS GUYS FOR SUCH A FUN WEEKEND!!

A QUICK TRIP!!

For a little while now, Andy has been having the Disneyland itch. He has been trying to talk our friends into the idea, and then finally decided that we were going, and that was that. We were both super excited and then talked to our friends Tonya and David, and they said that they would love to come too!! Hooray, trip planned!! :)

Since everyone had to work on Friday, we decided that we would make it a QUICK trip and would leave Saturday morning, and then come home after we left the park on Sunday night. Tonya had never been to Disneyland and David had gone once when he was about 12. We were going to have SO MUCH FUN!!


Everyone was in and the car was ready to go Saturday morning at 8:45. Off we went. On the way we drove through this really cool windmill farm, and I tried to take some pictures as we drove. Later on we stopped at McDonalds in Indio for lunch, and had a nice stretch, and then checked into our hotel about 2:30. Saturday night we decided that we would appease me and go to H&M and Pinkberry then head to dinner and hang out in Downtown Disney for fireworks and then retire to bed early for an early start. Everything went great until we tried to go to Downtown Disney and David had a pocketknife in his pocket and a creepy Disney security guard came up to him and said, you have a knife in your right pocket, we do not allow knifes in the park. It was TOTALLY CRAZY!! David never took the knife out of his pocket, HOW DID THEY KNOW?!? Well that was a good giggle and we decided to return to the car. On the way back, the fireworks started and so we watched them where we were.


Sunday morning we were able to get up and get Tonya and David's tickets and be in the park by 8:15!! WAY TO GO!! We had a super great day! The best ride ended up being Autopia (the little cars on a track,) and we didn't even ride it! After standing in line for about 10 min, they came over the loud speaker and said that the ride had technical difficulties and they would not be able to open the ride for 1/2 hour or so. As we were watching to see what to do, people kept staying in line in front of us but everyone behind us went out the back. We started to leave and then a park employee told us to stay and get a "remit" ticket. Not knowing what a remit ticket was we were really skeptical, and then we found out it would let you skip the line on any attraction in either park except Toy Story Mania. Then, to make it even better, a guy told us to split up and then we could get 2 for our group!! AWESOME!! We ended up using one for Splash Mountain and bypassed that 50 min line, and then right before we were about to leave David started talking about Alice in Wonderland and I asked him if he wanted to go on the Alice in Wonderland ride. We tried to use our second remit ticket for it, the guy let us on and then told us to keep it and use it on Peter Pan. I think he thought we were crazy for using such a valuable thing for Alice in Wonderland. When we were finished we used it for Peter Pan. Right before the fireworks Tonya and David made a detour through Tomorrowland where they were able to make their very own light sabers!! They were HILARIOUS!!


The fireworks were good, but we listened to some not so great advice and sat right behind a tree for the fireworks.... oh well. It was still fun. After the fireworks we headed home. It was A LONG NIGHT! We finally got home about 5:00 am, and were ALL exhausted!!

Thanks guys for such a great QUICK trip!!

Food, Fun & Fireworks!!

For the 4th of July weekend, Andy and I thought we could use a little break from the heat, and a fun weekend with friends. We were thinking we could go camping, but came to the agreement of going to my dad's cabin by Bryce Canyon instead of dealing with the crowds and inconveniences of real camping.


We got the weekend started early by having Tommy and Alisha sleep over on Thursday night, so we could wake up and leave at 3 am. It was EARLY!! On the way we stopped at Denny's in Flagstaff, and then continued up to the cabin. Friday turned out to be kind of a lazy day, we made tinfoil dinners when we got there and then everyone took a nap! It was nice. Later that night we cooked hot dogs and Smores over the campfire, played games and watched Men In Black II. What a fun start.

Saturday, we had a 4th of July barbecue and then went into Kanab for festivities and fireworks. We wanted to go to some of the shops and play in town for a while, but a lot of the shops were closed, and it started to rain, HARD! There was a fun movie set museum that we went and had played in. We decided to go eat at a little Mexican restaurant in Kanab for dinner and then go to Pipe Springs. Pipe Springs ended up being closed, but we took some pictures on the way as well as found some cheap gas.

Off to the fireworks!! The fireworks are set off every year right in front of some beautiful red cliffs beside a great park that has been sponsored by Stampin Up. The cushioning for the volleyball court and playground were cut up rubber stamps. It was SOOO cool! Alisha and I took some great pictures in the park, and we all had a really fun time. Because of all the rain the clouds were awesome all weekend, perfect for pictures. The fireworks were AMAZING!!

On Sunday, we were able to sleep in a little bit, and then my dad made some super yummy Corned Beef Hash. THANKS DADDY!! We helped clean up a little and then drove home. It was a great weekend, but I think we were all glad to be home!!

Thanks guys for a super fun 4th!!