Some Change Around Here

The other day I took a photo of our front yard and saw something very strange on the lawn.

If you didn't see the forsale sign then now you know that we making a big change.  We are excited and sad at the same time.  Sad that we are leaving our home but excited to start a new chapter in our life.  We have been working hard over the last several months get ready for this move.  And with Rick's job a few miles away we have decided to get closer to his work.  So here we go on another adventure!

Busy Summer

It's been an eventful summer.  We lived in San Diego all of June and most of July while Rick worked at his new company General Atomics.  Then we moved home and started working in Dugway.  Here is a picture of the aircraft hanger where I spend lots of my time.

 Here is a picture of the aircraft that I work on.  They are pretty awesome!  It makes me want to get a radio controlled aircraft and have some fun!

We just got new carpet for our bedrooms and living room.  We have had the old carpet since we moved in. It still looked pretty decent but it was time to get new stuff.  We are putting new stone tile in the entry and it looks great!

We hope to have a few more family get-togethers in the next couple of months.  It is always fun to get together and talk and play games.  Jordan is leaving this week to go back to USU for school and we will miss having him around.  He is excited to continue his studies.  Engineering is cool and awesome!

Marathon at Disneyland

We just spent two wonderful days at Disneyland!  We had the chance to be with Jared and Amelia as they were moving to Fort Lewis in the beautiful state of Washington from their home in the beautiful state of Arizona.  Jo and I are still here working in San Diego.

  

So we got up and were at the main gate by 7:30 am to check Henry into the Disney home for dogs and then we played all day long and got home at 11:30 pm.

We were getting ready to ride the Indiana Jared ride..I mean the Indiana Jones ride.  When Jared worked at the ride we called him Indiana Jared.  He also worked the Jungle Cruise and the parades and the Opera House and lead tours for Junior High students and taught Disney Traditions.  Amelia spent a lot of days inside the Disney costumes including Pluto, Buzz Lightyear, a lion ( I don't remember the name) and many other characters.  She has practically grown up at Disney.  All of her family has worked there at one time or another and her sisters still work there.  We estimated she has been there at least over a thousand times and maybe closer to two thousand.

Henry got to stay in Dog Heaven while we walked all over the parks.  He is so cute and was very good.

  I have lots of fun taking our pictures holding out the camera.  It's a guessing game and luckily most of them turn out OK!

 

   We had a blast.  It was so much fun we got up the next day and did it again, although not as early and not staying as late.  And we had our picture taken with Mickey.  Amelia's sister Amy was one of Mickey's helpers and was very nice to be a part of our picture!

Jordan's Visit

Jordan has been working in Hawaii and decided to come home early to get ready for school.  We convinced him to fly to San Diego (it wasn't hard) and stay with us for a few days.  We had a great time. 

 We went out to the Hotel Coronado to get some ice cream!

 Then we went to La Jolla beach and watched the surf and the seals on the beach.  Real lazy animals but pretty cute.

 We went for a hike and played in the surf at Torrey Pines Beach

 And then he drove one of our cars home so Jo didn't have to drive it.  Sweet!

Sea Lions and dolphins are entertaining!

I found this short video of the sea lions in their feeding cage.

And then there are the dolphins.  The show was great!

SeaWorld, Shamu, Sea Lions, Oh My!

If you are ever in San Diego you have to go to SeaWorld and see all the amazing shows.  And that is just what we did last Friday.  

  For one of the shows I was called out of the crowd to assist in the 'feats of strength'.

 They are opening a new sea turtle exhibit and we found a friend there.  It was just like watching the turtles in Nemo.

The killer whale program was great!  They had five whales that performed.  The best was the mother and her little one which followed every move it's mother made.  

 

 The sea lions and the tiny otter always put on a great show. 

 

 We also watched the feeding of the seals and sea lions (and the sea gulls).  One girl right next to me had a fish in her hand and a sea gull flew right up and took it out of her hand.  And it's wings hit me in the face!

 The funnest part of the whole trip is that we paid a little more for our ticket and got 'Premium Passport Reserved Seating' at all the big shows.  We had perfect seats!  Ha! Ha!

 

Fun with the grandchildren

Just before we left Utah to come to San Diego we went bowling with Lori and Adia and Gavin.

We had a great time.  We miss them already.