McComb Family

Last week we were at Disneyland, and we had a great time!!! The kids absolutely loved it. We rented a minivan to drive down there, so the kids were set up. They had their DVD players, toys, snacks, etc. all within arm's reach. Adam kept saying how much he loved the "new car". He'll be disappointed to have to drive around in my little car again now that we're home! Here we are having arrived at our room at the Disneyland Hotel. The sliding glass doors open up to the outside with only this teeny tiny patio to stop you from falling 12 stories down. It freaked me out. I swear our room was scarier than some of the rides at Disneyland!!!

Here is Adam and I on the Buzz Lightyear ride. How he knew how to shoot the gun and what the targets were, I have no idea, but he beat me (and Briana too)!!

We ate breakfast at Goofy's kitchen. Here we are with Pluto. We also saw a few other characters who came and signed the table and visited with the kids. They also got to get up during breakfast and dance and bang on pots and pans. They thought it was great fun!
Here are Bret and Briana on the rockets across from Adam and me. We took pictures of each other! Adam thought this was a pretty good ride!
On Tuesday Briana's friend Emma and her family came to Disneyland for the day, so we met up with them. Here are Adam, Briana, Emma, and Abby.
One of our favorite movies!!!
Wednesday we took a break and spent the day at the pool. Swimming and being out in the sun can be exhausting though, so sometimes you need a little nap!
Unfortunately the first day we arrived at Disneyland was the opening of the new Nemo ride. They converted the old submarine ride to a Nemo theme and the park was absolutely packed all week!!! Monday when it opened the wait was about 5 hours. Thursday was our last day there, so we decided we better just do it. First thing when the park opened we got in line. Unfortunately everyone else had the same idea. We waited about 2 1/2 hours, but by afternoon the line was considerably shorter! Oh well, what can you do!!?! It was pretty neat. Not worth a 2 1/2 hour wait, but I'm glad we did it.
Emma's family was staying in Palm Springs at a time share and invited us over, so Friday instead of heading home like originally planned we headed over to Palm Springs. We stayed for 2 days with them and had a very nice time. Of course, it was Palm Springs, so what can you do besides sit in your air-conditioned room or be in the pool? Nothing! Needless to say, we spend most of those 2 days at the pool which included a water slide. The kids had a ball!!! Here are Bret and both kids coming down the slide.

We had a great time. One of the greatest things was having high-speed internet all week. Boy is that the life!!! I needed it to get this post up and going (instead I've spent days here at home because it keeps disconnecting, having all circuits busy, etc.). Bret and I fly out early Saturday morning for our cruise to Alaska. I've been trying to get this last vacation posted before we take off on the next trip. Look for Alaska pictures soon!!

Posted in: on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at at 5:31 PM 0 comments  

Bathing beauties!!

Here's Brie and her buddy Allen.

Sunday we head out for Disneyland. It will be the kids first time there, so needless to say, they are very excited. We'll post pictures when we get back!!!

Posted in: on Thursday, June 07, 2007 at at 7:35 PM 0 comments  

Months ago I thought we couldn't possibly get sick anymore this year. I guess I was wrong....the kids now both have chicken pox. I can't believe it!!! They had the immunization, but knowing our luck that didn't stop them from getting them anyway! Being as next week is the last week of school, Briana is very upset about having to be out of school for several days! Looking on the bright side though, we are leaving for Disneyland next weekend so it's better for them to have it now than next week!! Could you imagine!? Sorry kids, no Disneyland, you have to stay home sick with the chicken pox -- yeah I don't think so!!!!

In other news, I survived 5th Grade Camp!!! Almost two weeks ago now we took all 60 +/- 5th graders down to Fort Bragg. We stayed at Van Damme State Park (a beautiful place to camp if anyone's interested!!) and visited Glass Beach. It was great fun, and I even tried abalone for the first time. One of my students went abalone diving with his dad and not only fixed it up for all of the kids Thursday night, but also went out again Friday morning and sent each of us teachers home with our own!!! I cooked it up for the family Saturday and it turned out mighty good if I do say so myself!! I'd love to go back again, but this time with about 58 less kids!!

And.....you'll never believe this, but while I was gone, yes, the chicks got wiped out again! Thank goodness it wasn't on my watch this time!!!! So, we're now on our third batch! I told Bret we should take the hint and realize we shouldn't try raising chickens. I think the dogs are starting to think we replaced their normal dog food with chicks! Yikes!

Hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day weekend. We sure did with all kinds of fun parties and BBQs going on. Unfortunately we probably exposed people left and right! Whoops! ; )

Posted in: on Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at at 4:47 PM 0 comments  

We finally got organized enough to have a belated birthday party for Adam. Okay, it wasn't that organized....I was still calling people to invite them on Thursday!!! I did buy the invitations about a month ago, too bad they are still sitting here in the package unopened. Maybe we'll use them next year! : ) The kids had a picnic out on the driveway -- good thing it's paved now, that wouldn't have been too nice on dirt!

Then we had cake and ice cream. I made the cake and asked Adam if he wanted a yellow cake with chocolate frosting. "No! Locolate!" He definitely knows what he wants. (Not that he always gets it, I made a marble cake!)

Then we opened presents. He was a happy boy!!! Nothing like stretching a birthday into a birthmonth!! : )

Posted in: on Monday, May 14, 2007 at at 8:58 PM 1 comments  

Adam's birthday dinner was sadly interrupted by Kayla breaking into the garden area and getting all the chicks. : ( So, if anyone is looking for a new dog I think Bret has one to give away!!!



The next day or so we came home to find 6 new chicks back in the tank. Needless to say he's a little overprotective of these now. So he wasn't too happy when one of them got soaking wet and trampled by the other chicks. I came in to find it laying on the bottom of the box Briana had put them in to carry around ("Just in case we want to take them camping." Whatever that means.). I called Bret in and he took all the chicks out of the box, and I thought we'd be going out to bury the last little guy. Somehow Bret brought the thing back from death's door. He put it under the heater and blow dried its feathers. It's now running around with the other ones like nothing ever happened. Crazy! These chicks are turning out to be way too much work!!!

Posted in: on Wednesday, May 09, 2007 at at 6:01 PM 1 comments  

Today Adam turned 3 and he was a happy boy! "Me the birthday boy!!!" He brought M&M cookies to school today to share with his friends. They made him a crown to celebrate his special day. Then tonight we ended up having an unplanned "party". Here are a few pics of the big event!

Posted in: on Tuesday, May 01, 2007 at at 9:21 PM 1 comments  

The first event we had to get there in time for was the Mutton Bustin'. OMG....it was hilarious. I asked Briana if she'd like to do it next year, and she said no way, it's too dangerous. Later when the kids were close to us and she saw that many of them were smaller than her, she thought maybe she could do it! They were just adorable! The National Anthem was pretty cool as well. They pulled a big boot out into the arena and as the song was played a horse and rider carrying an American flag came up out of the top!

Posted in: on Monday, April 30, 2007 at at 7:05 PM 3 comments  

Last weekend was the Father Daughter Dance. It is put on at school by one of the local Girl Scout troops. Briana was so excited about it, and of course drug Bret there. I'm sure the dancing was fun, but mostly I heard about all the different desserts that were there!! We know where her priorities are!! : )

Here they are before they headed out! They also ordered a corsage and boutonniere which they picked up there. Very cute!!

Posted in: on Sunday, April 29, 2007 at at 8:57 PM 1 comments  

Briana's first T-ball game was rained out last week, so today was the big day!! It was also my first game as the official manager of the team!! : ) It's tiring trying to get those 5 and 6 year olds to the right spot at the right time! There was not any big excitement like somebody running the bases backwards or hitting the umpire with the bat, but the girls still had a great time. Briana did really well, and got to play in the pitchers spot (although she didn't actually pitch since they hit off the T!) so pretty much all the plays were to her. She didn't get bored like some of the girls playing outfield who never even touched the ball.



Here she is up to bat.
Running the bases.

Nice stop!

Posted in: on Saturday, April 21, 2007 at at 4:47 PM 2 comments  

Happy Easter! We hung around at home, and my parents and Barb and Tom came up for brunch. The kids had a good time hunting for eggs and luckily found all of them!!! Here are a few pics from the day as well as our new chicks we got Friday night. Let's hope these last longer than all the other ones we've gotten! ; )

Posted in: on Sunday, April 08, 2007 at at 6:56 PM 1 comments