Thursday, April 23, 2009

Spring Break Part 2

So after a day at the pool it was of to Disneyland. Disneyland is a great place to go especially with young kids but if your an adrenaline junking and like the big fast roller coasters it is a bit of a let down after Six Flags. We had fun at Disneyland though, we hit all the classics like Space Mountain, the Matterhorn, Splash Mountain etc. And not to brag or anything but I got the High Score on the Buzz Lightyear ride. We had to practically had to pull Karrie away from the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.Just look at the excitement and joy on the faces of Mariah and Riley as we get on the "It's a Small World"ride.
The next day we went to Huntington Beach. The water was still pretty cold but Payton and Riley and Ace got in it all the way. The rest of us went in up to our knees. Ace loves the water and got mowed over by the waves a few times before he caught on and learned to get out of the way. We also flew a couple of kites I had found at the store. If we only had a beach and ocean in Utah it would be perfect.
Well after a long day at the beach we went and ate at Chilli's then headed back to the hotel. We took an air mattress and they Kids took turns sleeping on it. Micah and Riley were on it this night. All the kids got in bed and we went to sleep about 11:30-12. Well at 2 am Payton came up on my side of the bed and said "Dad I just threw up in the Bath room" she was very calm trying not to wake everyone up and I thought oh it couldn't be that bad so I went into the bathroom and yea it was that bad. She at least threw up right on a big towel that was on the floor so clean up wasn't to bad. Well she felt a little better so I put her back in bed with Mariah and gave her a garbage can just in case. Well about a 1/2 hour went by and I heard her jump from bed and run towards the bathroom she did not make it. At this point I moved Riley out of the bed with Micah and put her in with Mariah. They were next to the bathroom. Well again about a half hour after she went back to bed she was up again. She was so sick she was actually sitting on the toilet and throwing up in a garbage can at the same time. At this point I woke Micah up and told him to go get in my bed and I spent the rest of the night with Payton on the air mattress. She got sick one more time that night. I am not sure what time it was but the last time we went back to bed it was starting to get light outside. Oh I forgot about 4 am I decided to go and find her a Sprite in the vending machine. Well I took my wallet headed to the machine and I had no $1 bills or change so I had to go down to the lobby from the 10th floor and get change. I went back to the vending machine by our room put my money in and the Sprite was sold out. Now this is a huge hotel 1600 rooms so I walked to the other end of the floor and the vending machine was not working, I finally found one on the 9th floor. What a night! Well the next day she felt better but was drained. I was a bit tired myself but she wanted to go to California Adventures so off we went.

It was a fun day and we were all done by 6 p.m. We had gone on every ride we wanted to at least twice. Then on Saturday Mariah, Micah, and I went to an Angels game. We had a great time I had forgotten how much I use to love baseball when I was growing up. There is just something about a Major League game. The game went by really fast and we enjoyed some snacks. You have to have a dog at a baseball game right? Even Mariah loved the game. She was asking me questions all through the game.

Friday, April 17, 2009

Spring Break 2009 Part 1

For spring break we packed up the Acadia and headed to Southern California and yes even Ace came along.
We drove to Las Vegas the first day about six hours. And Payton and Riley headed straight to the pool.

Then the next day we drove 3 1/2 hours in to Anaheim. The next day we headed to Six Flags. Six Flags ended up being are favorite park. They have more roller coasters and bigger and faster coasters that my kids love. Riley was able to ride most of the rides there were a few she was not tall enough for. The weather was warm (85 degrees).






The Next day we decided to take a break and the girls just wanted to hit the Pool.

Friday, March 6, 2009

Day One

Well today is the first day of our trip. Since we are flying standby we decided to take the earlier flight to New York, that way if we did not get on we could try the later flight. We so lucked out, there were plenty of seats and so we got put in FIRST CLASS WOW it was so nice to have those big seats and all the space. I have never flown first class and did not realize the difference. The Big Leather Chairs we so nice I need one in front of my T.V. at home. Not only did they lay back but the foot rest moved up and down and the had a massage option built in. We also each got our own little tv with plenty of movies and tv shows to watched. I caught an episode of "The Office". and you could also play games on the tv. I also found out that while everyone in coach is eating Pretzels, had a full meal with real plates and glass. I think I could get used to first class. So day one was a success we are in NY tonight and leave for the Domincan Republic at 7 a.m. (hopefully).

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Wow 19 years!!

Karrie and I just had our 19th anniversary on the 24th. I am not sure how 19 years could go by so fast. Karrie was 19 yrs old when we started dating. Since I love to travel with Karrie and believe me I don't know anyone that likes to travel more than Karrie, I thought I would post 19 pictures of places we have loved to travel to together. In no particular order.

Lake Powell so many memories
Trip to Omaha, Iowa, Missouri (my mission) my sister was living in Omaha at the time.
Fun trip we had to Long Beach
St. Thomas one of my favorite places.
Disneyland of course!
Puerto Vallarta Mexico fun trip with my family 21 of us
Bahamas
A cruise I don't remember where we were at the time
Aruba Palm Beach might be the best sand I have found, spent the whole day in the water.
Puerto Rico another place I love to go. This Castillo El Morro
Yellowstone
Seattle, this was a work trip for me that Karrie came with and we had a lot of fun.
This is us on the World Trade Center south tower six weeks before 9/11
Xel Ha Mexico six months after we were married.
Cayman Islands Sting Ray City.

Curaco
Key West

Jamaica


St. Johns (Cinnamon Bay) OK this really is one of my favorite places

Monday, February 16, 2009

Mariah's A-Z list




Taking my inspiration from Riley's A-Z book, I thought I would make an A-Z list for each of my Birthday Girls. Since Mariah's birthday is first here is her A-Z list.
MARIAH
A- Athletic, Awesome
B- Beautiful, Bubbly, Brave
C- Caring,
D- Daring, Dedicated, Dependable
E- Excited, Enthusiastic
F- Fun, Forgiving, Fearless, Faithfull, Friend
G- Giving, Gracious
H- Happy
I- Independent
J- Junior at Viewmont
K- Kick Butt Swimmer
L- Loving, Loyal
M- Motherly, Modest
N- Nice, Needed
O- Oldest Child, Outgoing(willing to try almost anything)
P- Persistent
Q- Quick in the Water
R- Reliable
S- Sensitive, Sweetpea (Her Nickname), Strong
T- Talented, Trustworthy, True, Traveler
U- Unique
V- Viking
W-Wonderful Person, Daughter, Works Hard
X- Xciting OK so it does not really start with X but my vocabulary is limited so humor me
Y- Youthful
Z- Zest for Life
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIAH

Friday, February 13, 2009

Riley's A-Z Book

About 2 weeks ago we went to Riley's S.E.P. At her S.E.P we were given a book that Riley had made. It was her A-Z book of things she was grateful for. On every page she drew a picture and wrote what she was thankful for. I thought this should provide some good insight into Riley. So we got home and I took her book and set down to read it. I am thinking that she probably put me in the D's or the T's makes sense right? So I open the book and start thumbing through it. I get to C and she has Cat with a cute picture. So I am thinking D is next, I turn the page and there are several things under D. There is Dog makes sense, Doll OK, and dress, huh!! Where is Dad?? Well I must be under the T's. So I keep turning. I get to M's and there is Mom how cute. Then P's there is Payton how sweet. So I get to the T's and what does she have???? Just one word "Turkeys" Ouch! So I did not make it into the book, so I thought I would share some of the things that did. So here we go. a can, Elephants, Lions, Kangaroos, Jam, Ice cubes, Horses, a Goat, Monkeys, Nuts, Popcorn, Raccoons, Snakes, Utah Utes, Viewnont, Whales, X-Rays, a Yak, and the Zoo. I heard that I almost beat out the Yak, maybe next year. She is such a funny girl who loves to tease me. I love that about her.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Revolution Speed



Since I get a lot of people coming to my blog by searching for the Revolution Speed helmet, I thought I would do a follow up to the original post. Well I finally got my sample Speed helmet and I must confess I really like it. I had Micah try it on and he thought it was awesome. He has been wearing a Revolution for about 4 years. He said the helmet was really comfortable.
On Chris Cooley's blog he calls it the "Lazy Boy of football helmets" What a great compliment from someone who spends a lot of time in a helmet.

Check out the new liner system

Well the first time I took the helmet and showed it was to a little league group. I let the President take it home to try it on his son and some of the other boys. Well I got a call the next day and he said that the boys loved the helmet. So he placed an order for 225 Revolution Speed helmets. Once people put this helmet on it sells itself. Plus it has all the technology of the original Revolution. Research done by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center found a 31% reduction in concussions in players wearing the Riddell Revolution helmet.
If anyone has any questions about the helmet feel free to email me at
tcarlson@riddellsales.com