Big Bear

I love to ski. I mean I really like to ski and there are not many opportunities to go when the slopes look like this......



Or this......



Nobody there but me and my shadow. It was a great day of skiing. :)

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Wicked

Last night I got to go see the play "Wicked" with my sweet wife. Cindy and the girls had gone back when it had first come out and for the last few years they had sung the songs, explained the plot and told me everything that I had missed.

So for Christmas this year they all pooled their money and bought two tickets for the show.

First of all . . . . . My kids are AWESOME!!!

Second . . . . Cindy looked wonderful

And lastly . . . . . The play was . . . everything my kids had explained, and sang to me for all those years!!!!




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Location:The Pantages

Happiness

Being happy can be very important. What things make me happy??? A good relationship with my wife..... A healthy, loving family..... A good job with security..... A warm, home cooked meal..... A warm blanket straight from the dryer on a cold day???? On Saturday night I was able to see real happiness. It might have been fleeting for some, or a normal everyday occurrence for others, either way it was there and it was exciting to see. Let me explain....


We were waiting for what seemed like forever for the fireworks to start at Disneyland, sitting on the ground, at the end of main street, looking past the statue of Walt Disney towards Sleeping Beauty's Castle. It started out with just a few hundred people around us to what seemed like a few thousand, to being shoulder to shoulder, wall to wall people. Literally thousands. Everyone standing, staring at the fireworks display about to begin. And it did.... believe me Disney does it up right. It was amazing. And then you could look around and see the faces of my family and all. . . those . . . people and see amazement and wonder, smiles and laughter. We watched as firework after firework exploded right up to the finale.


And the finale was huge, even to the point that we lost sight of Sleeping Beauty's Castle.


And then there was quiet. I do not know who in my family noticed it first, but someone said "Dad, it's snowing!!!!!" That's when I saw happiness. True happiness. I looked around and there was not a face without a smile. Some people could not contain their happiness. The moment made you forget about the worries of the day. It made me wonder what it would be like to live in that kind of happiness and amazement every day.


Walt Disney did it right. For a moment that place is truly "The Happiest Place on Earth!!" - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

The Happiest Place On Earth

Yesterday we went to Disneyland. I cannot remember the last time that we went together as a family but for some reason all the stars aligned and Cindy and I were not working and all the kids did not have plans.


Disneyland is a awesome place and it was an awesome family outing. We find ourselves doing more and more of these kink of trips. I never would have thought that as my kids get older that they would want to hang out more and more with their parents. But they do!!! And it is fun.


This trip worked for all of us. I enjoy and love my family more and more each day.


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Location:Disneyland

This Summer

This Summer is shaping up to be a great summer!!!!

Trips planned

Dear friends are staying with us.

And to start it all off, a brand new Ronix wakeboard for 50% off.

This Summer is going to ROCK!!!!


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The Cook

Recently Jenna and I have become more adventurous when it comes to cooking dinner. We will go online and flip through recipes until we find one that we like and rush off to the store, buy the things we need, then come home and pick our way through the recipe. We are definitely not Chef Ramsey, more like Chef Boy-R-Dee. But it is fun It is a time I get to spend with one of my girls and that alone makes it all worthwhile.


This weeks meal . . . Chicken with cream of Broccoli lemon sauce and lemon slices over a bed of pasta!!!!! It was good!!!! - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Location:Home Sweet Home