Disneyland Pictures 2010

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Disney Pics 2010

Just some more Disneyland pictures to share.

M-I-C-K-E-Y Mouse May 2010

Family vacations are great! We took our whole family to Disneyland in May this year. It was Nic's time to go where he could have his own memories. I took him and the kids back when he was about 8 months old, so obviously he didn't remember much from that trip. We had a lot of fun, Lucy flew in to Salt Lake on Tuesday the 18th and we took off in the car that day for California. The car ride went really well, even with Lucy and sometimes Nic asking "are we there yet" about 100 times. We spent 4 days in the two parks, and one the 1st day the kids got the chance to get their picture with Mickey Mouse, it was a great way to start off the fun. Nic was a little nervous about going on Pirates and some of the other rides, but after the first time around he was definitely up for a second turn on all of them, even the Haunted Mansion. All the kids got to enjoy going on Grizzly Bear rapids in California Adventure, and it became on of the favorite rides for all of them of the trip. They could not wait to see who would get soaked on the ride. We were also able to take time and get the kids profiles done on Main Street, I can not believe how great the are and how the really do look like the kids. Between Jon and Nic, the wanted to get a fast pass option for the corn dog line, I think it was the favorite meal in the park. Not to scare anyone to badly, but I got to sing with the Disney Dapper Dan's on the first day and I became an honorary member of the group. It was a fun experience, and the rest of the trip when ever we would see them singing some place, Nic would always say "Mom there are your friends". Oh the memories of Disney.. we can not wait to go back, although we might have to make the next time be Disney Hong Kong!

Home Sweet China??

Yes Yes, China will become our new home base in August of 2010. Are we excited YES.. Are we scared YES.. do we (I mean Darcy) like change NO, but we will make it a great experience. Jon has received an awesome opportunity to go to Beijing China for Goldman Sacs for a few years and work. With this Syd, Stock and Nic will also get the opportunity to go to a great bilingual school and get a great education plus come home speaking Mandarin Chinese. And yes, I Darcy, get a great opportunity to shake up my world again, this time in a good way. Jon and I got to visit Beijing on May 1st for a week to look for housing and schools, and I also think it was Jon's way to get the shock factor out of the way for me. If you can believe it, I actually found some good food to eat, so I might not starve after all. I am concerned about one thing, and that is surviving the driving in China. In China everyone feels they have the right of way at all times, and things like traffic signals seem to be a suggestion to the Chinese drivers and Chinese pedestrians for that matter. It was awesome seeing some of the sites of China in between looking at schools and apartments, and I think we will make the most of our few years there and have great stories and memories to share. We will get back home to SLC for summers and Christmas time... But, we do want visitors while we are there, all are invited.

Soccer

Wow it has been a while since we did a post.. Soccer started in April for all 3 kids in Utah and Lucy did a soccer basics camp in Washington. Syd, Stock and Nic had 8 games each this year and loved it, even playing in the cold weather. It started out by chance, then I had to make it happen for all 3 kids, but they all had the #5 jersey on their teams this year. And they thought that was pretty cool. Syd is our go getter and aggressive, with her size you would think she might hold back going up against the bigger kids and boys, but she isn't. She hustles both on offense and defense. Stock is our most improved this year, especially from his first year of soccer, were he just wanted to be friends with all the players and going after the ball didn't matter. This year was different, he is a great hustler and an awesome goalie, it might be his niche in soccer. This year was Nic's first year for soccer, and he was not going to be out shined by anyone. He made two goals on the Saturday game that Grampa came from Wyoming to watch. And according to Grampa he definitely has the fist pump down and can really celebrate scoring, he is not my shy son at all. He would come out of the pack holding up is fingers in the #1 sign and giving high fives. I believe he is my first child at that stage in sports who knew if he really won or lost in the game, because he definitely keeps track of the goals. Soccer rocked our world this Spring!