land of the happy

DISNEYLAND

I don't have too much to say about this because you've all been there before, and you know what it's like.  I loved it so say the least.  Here are some pictures that I took.

late night drive

it's not a disney day without seeing some of your favorite characters

we got quite wet on Grizzly Rapids 

one of my top 5

outside of the Temple of the Forbidden Eye

also one of my top 5

Chris looks like a stud in this pic, Shane... not so much.

disney graffiti 

the goodyear blimp was there for the opening of Cars Land.
Can you believe that some people don't know what the goodyear blimp is?! 

paradise pier

Coastal vacation

It's an anemone!  And you might think that I took this picture on our recent trip to the Oregon Coast, but you'd be wrong! because of course I'm months behind on blogging so this is from our June trip to Newport Coast, CA. 

We had a great time playing on the beach most every day.  Looking at tide pools, finding crabs and other little crustacean things.

When we weren't on the coast we watched some of the NBA finals, and lots of Discovery/Sci Channel shows (How it's Made, Dirty Jobs, Myth Busters)

We took an afternoon to visit the temple

I like this picture, it shows who we really are.
Steph likes to fix her hair, and I like to look at my pretty wife.

And an evening trip to Huntington Beach where we ate at Ruby's on the pier, and watched a cool street show.   I even got to be part of the show!

 

It was an amazing trip.  We were joined by some of our friends, Shane Brown, Erma Johnson, Chris Taney, and Chris Harrison.  We also took one day to go to Disneyland!!  but so much happened there that I'll write a separate post about that. :-D