Sand Storm

We thought we would enjoy the great spring weather on Saturday so we loaded up the trailer and bikes and headed to Little Sahara. What a mistake that was. Let's just say that miles of sand and gusting wind don't mix well. Saturday the temperature was beautiful and we had a little wind when we arrived, but by mid-afternoon the wind was blowing harder and made it miserable to ride. We had sand in our eyes and teeth and that was with helmets and goggles on. We thought we would ride out the night in hopes that the storm would roll in, bring some rain and wet everthing down good. Much to our dismay, the wind was still there in the morning. Now it was blowing harder and getting colder. The kids tried to ride in the morning, but couldn't see far enough in front of them to be safe. Don decided that we were packing it all up and going home. Needless to say, us and a couple of other trailers were the only ones that were crazy enough to try and ride it out.

I told my kids that this trip reminded me of a book we have at home that is called Sand. In part it says, "Sand is in my toes. Sand is in my shirt. So much sand!" Don added to the story with "Sand is in places I didn't even think it could get!"

As Grandma B. always says, "It's just another adventure!"

New Addition to the Yei posterity

Donald's brother Doug and his girlfriend had a baby boy on March 15th. He weighed in at 7lbs. 50z. and was 20 inches long. He looks like all the other Yei boys. Not quite sure what to think of the name, but then again this is Doug we are talking about. His text message said the baby's name is Kayoshi (yoshi) Bradjamin Yei. I'm sure now you are laughing because Don, David and I were. Not sure if they are calling him Yoshi and if the middle name is a misspelling and it's suppose to be Benjamin. I told Don he would have to call him and get the pronunciation of it. Baby and mom are doing great. Grandpa Kay would be proud that he has such great posterity - 6 boys to carry on the family name!

There is possibility that David will be headed back to Iraq in April. It is a voluntary activiation. If not enough members volunteer than they will start picking men to go. Please keep him in your prayers. We really need him to stay here to be with his kids right now.

Disneyland

A few weeks ago Aly and I took a much needed vacation to Disneyland! We had so much fun despite the down pour of rain for 3 days. Local news said it was the most rain they had received in over a year. Go figure!

The first comical thing that happened to us was our flight. We flew into Long Beach which is the first time either of us had been to this airport. When the plane landed we were sure we were in some small country. In order for us to exit the plan we had to walk down a ramp (in the rain) and onto the tarmack. Then trek thru puddles of water to get to the "so-called" terminal (which wasn't any bigger than my home. The next thing that made us laugh was the baggage claim. This sits outside the terminal with a canvas over the carousel. Now if the weather was great this wouldn't have been such a big deal, but remember it is down pouring and cold.

By the time we made it to our hotel, we both had to change shoes and socks (drainage in California is not great. Lots of BIG puddles!)

Disneyland was fun. Aly and I spent three days wearing our heavy coats and blue rain ponchos! We were quite the beauty queens. After the first day we didn't even bother doing our hair. Because of the rain, lines were short and most things we walked right on to.

Our favorite ride was the new Toy Story ride at California Adventure! It was fabulous and worth the 40 minute wait. It is similar to the Buzz Light Year ride at Disneyland, but in 3-D. Aly and I would get off and get back in line. We were sure we could better our score each time. It became quite competative and funny.

The craziest thing we did was ride Screamin California 5 times in a row!!!! It was awesome! We acutally rode it like 9 times during the three days there. No line, it was great!

When we went back to the Long Beach Airport, we had to take a picture. We were still laughing about our arrival, but it just got better. We went into the area where you check in. It was about the same length as an isle at Walmart and about that wide and that included the "food court." After we checked in our bags we had to walk outside and wait in line to go thru security. Good thing they have canvas tarps over this area. Once thru security, we were back in the so-called terminal. There are only 4 gates and not enough space or chairs to support the number of people flying. Once again we had to walk outside and up a ramp (this one was covered) to get back onto our plane. We took some great pictures and had a good laugh!

All in all the trip was very enjoyable and good R & R. Now we all need to plan on going in 2012 because by then all the new rides will be done and opened in California Adventure. It is getting a major overhall with 3 (it might have been 4) rides.

Suprised!

I recently started working and I'm gone from home until 5:30 on some nights. Last night I came home to Darek cooking Spagetti for dinner. I was sooo surprised, yet so proud! He had also helped Rachel and Becca count out 100 Starbursts for Rachel's 100th day of school party.

The great thing about it was that he had stepped up to the plate in being a responsible teenager, which I so knew he was capable of doing. I love ya, Darek and thanks for being such a great big brother and son!!!!!

First Post

Well after reading my sister, Karen's blog, I decided that if she can create something that cute then so can I. I also thought it would be nice to keep our family and friends posted on what is going on in our life throughout the year rather then just at Christmas time. So hopefully you will all find this enjoyable and sometimes even amusing.

I'll try to do my best at keeping it updated. Sometimes my life can be crazy.