After Disneyland...

...we were home for about 1.5 weeks and then off to Portland.  David was in our favorite honor band - Music in May out at Pacific University.  Rob and I made a chocolate tasting event out of it at 2 shops that carry our bars.  We had a blast!!

All the while wondering when we would get the word when we could do this:

Welcome Ryan home from his first deployment.  After a 4 hour delay, we finally got to do this!
 

Funny story - due to the base requirements, you have to have proper military stickers on your vehicle to get on base.  There is a parking lot just outside the base for people to park.  So we parked our car there and crawled into Tabitha's Prius to get on base.  The 3 of us were pretty snug in the back seat once Ryan arrived but the ride to the parking lot from the airport on base was literally less than 2 minutes.  Guess who forgot we were in the back seat?  Tabitha drove right by the parking lot!!  We all laughed and said we really didn't want to go home with them.  Something we won't let her forget!

YIKES!!!! Unexpected Absence Again!

Sorry!!!  Life just went screaming (mostly fun) out of control.  Not to mention problems with BOTH computers (family room and office) that I just didn't get the chance to post.  Not that I didn't think about the blog.  In fact, I wondered if anyone really checks here any more.  I guess it really is just for me because I do print out these books.  Sort of a family journal. 

Any way, I will have a few posts to catch us up.  DISNEYLAND!!!  Very, very, fun!  But also very, very different.  It was just me, Rob and David.  Seth joined us there too for a few days.  We didn't have a car and spent our entire time near the resort.  Which really is an easy thing to do.

One of the most enjoyable parts for me was seeing all my friends. 

Danny, Elise and Anne.  I have not seen Anne since our high school graduation!  It was fabulous to see her!

Lynette

Cathy

Hayley and her sweet little girl, Madyson

Nathalie and Natasha



 

Spending a little time alone with this guy!

 

And getting to eat here!

Talk about magical!  Item crossed off the "bucket list".

And of course, making sure we saw Tinkerbell just for our little Lizzie.

Couldn't have asked for a better time.  Well, except for it to have been longer!