Sunday, December 31, 2023

Week in Review-Christmas!

Christmas was great! Ashlyn got these cute pickle ornaments from her friend because she likes to tease her about not liking pickles! HA! Luckily, I love pickles so I'll allow it.

We got to meet up with Becca and her family in San Diego and went down memory lane with some pictures she found. Here she is with tiny Jacob a few days after he was born...
This picture we decided truly shows how small he was! He's got a huge blanket covering his tiny body, but look at his head, so tiny!
This was at Becca's BYU graduation....
Cute Haley wearing Aunt Becca's graduation cap!
Abby with her cousin Jude...
Saying goodbye to grandpa in San Diego...



This is proof that I was there on Christmas morning, super tired as normal. Ha....

Grandma was there too...
And Grandpa!

We went on a hike on Christmas day, it was a beautiful day!

We went to SeaWorld while we were in San Diego, it was so tough wheeling Rick around in his wheelchair but it was fun...we got to see the Orca Show....





We also saw the dolphin show and they had these interesting whales do tricks...





My sister went up to Washington to see our parents, look at how cute!

We played lots of games with the grandparents...
We went to some parks and practiced with the wheelchair before SeaWorld...









The kids got pjs for Christmas Eve...




Abby got a water bottle from Haley...
Pretty Ash got a new curling iron and sweater..
We made it to the top of the mountain on Christmas Day....










Our hotel in San Diego was across from Costco, very convenient!













Notice all of these people sitting in the disabled seating? Yeah, I had to stand even though I was with a disabled person. Ugh, people are so frustrating!







One of the coolest parts of the park was the shark experience, seeing sharks swim on top of you was so cool!!






Oh and our neighbors went too! It was so fun having the Weidmans there! Ash and Emilie and Jacob went on the scariest roller coasters together, and I discovered that roller coasters terrify me now. Who knew?!






Cute Abby!

Do I look tired? Pushing around a wheelchair all around a huge amusement park is not for the faint of heart!
Worth it so that Rick could be there though! He had a great time seeing all of the shows!


Trooper of the day...
Abby surprised me and did really well on the roller coasters! She was super brave, she had been super anxious about going to the park and all of the unexpectedness of the day. She's constantly surprising me with what she's anxious about and then being so brave through it all...

The sea lion and otter show stole the show for all of the kids, they loved it!







We made lots of fun memories!

We ended the day at PF. Changs, we were all exhausted but it was yummy. First time going to San Diego and not going to the beach, but we had a great time. 


We got invited to a Taylor Swift party last night, Abby was in heaven with her friends, singing and eating and making bracelets...


My nephew Trevor did an amazing job on his homecoming talk today, he's inspiring to listen. His testimony is so solid! He's quite the guy! Brady did a great job on the youth talk too, it was so fun to listen to both of them....
Cute Carrie's family...

Weidman's with their adopted Abby, Emilie and Ashlyn were off riding roller coasters!

Jacob Weidman...
It was a great time with lots of fun people!