Disneyland

Well, here are our pictures from our Disneyland trip. We have been doing back to back vacationing, I just haven't had the time! some of these pictures are ones that my sister in-law took, she takes great pictures!! It was a super busy time, but we still had fun! We were able to do things and shows we had never gotten the chance to do before. A very memorable time! A bug's land in California Adventure was perfect for the kiddos. Delia especially loved playing in the water, she is somehow fascinated with it! she is my very own little mermaid! We watched the fireworks show almost every night, and the Fantasmic summer show on the water twice!! it was so cool. Delia got to dance with Mary poppins and burt!! A talking garbage can followed me around...pretty creepy! we ate dole whips after standing in line for 20 mins. Went on pirates of the caribbean 6 times (I never get tired of that ride)we saw the electrical parade where Delia blew Alice in wonderland a kiss!! and so much more!! There are lots of pictures, enjoy!



mommy and Delia on the dumbo ride at 11:30 at night because
the line was too long for it any other time (we still had to wait 30 min)!!
Delia loved this one too!

Everybody go surfin'.....

Surfin' USA!

Delia and daddy in front of the honey pots outside of the

Winnie the Pooh ride...Delia loved it!

Delia on the carousel

Delia showing us her "see food" while eating dinner

at Mimi's Cafe!!

Our family picture with our shirts that dad made for everyone.

Delia resisting daddy taking her from the sprinklers

Delia in her swim suit this time playing in the water

Delia with grandpa and CHIP

Delia, daddy and Daisy the cow!

Awwww.."I wuv u sheepy!" This picture is so funny Delia has

to give every animal and baby LOVES..it's really cute!

Delia and mommy on Flick's box ride

Delia all tuckered out after a day full of play!

Delia with her new kitty waiting for the Electrical parade to start

our fam in front of small world at night

Delia walking on a barrel bridge

sitting pretty

Delia hanging out on Tom Sawyer Island..it was a pretty cool place

Delia and Ian

I guess he could never let go of his sunken treasure so he sunk with it!

delia sitting on her "booty" hehehe!

Delia with cousin Ian sharing the treasure!

The Pirate ship!

Delia Doing her happy dance because the boat is coming our

way..she was so excited!!

Delia and cousin Ian with the best view on the boat!

Delia secretly wishing she could make a dive into the water..*sigh*

Delia, again trying to get closer to the water...goodness this

child LOVES the water!

Delia and Christian on the ride "It's a small world" which we

went on 6 times!!

Delia looking at Ariel and probably thinking "man, she gets to

swim in the water all day! No fair!"

Delia on the Pirates if the Caribbean ride

Delia Giving cousin Ian a hug while in line for pirates

Delia, Christian, Grandma Gayle, and Aunt Heather in the

Tarzan Treehouse

Delia pointing to the Animals on the "Jungle Cruise"

Delia with aunt Heather!

Family Pictures

I absolutely LOVE this picture!!!

No Doubt Christian Loves his daughter!!

A special thanks to my good friend Shani who took these for us! She did such a fabulous job! We have never had such beautiful pictures taken of us..they are so crisp and clear! Delia was such a good sport, especially since it was getting close to her bedtime! She is so photogenic and LOVES getting her pictures taken! These will definately be cherished for years to come.

Our trip to Mississippi...and Tornado weather!

Delia walking to the Lake with Grandpa.



Delia getting ready to get in the water...you can clearly see there is a storm coming!



look at that beautiful face!




Braving the cold water....

Then the strom hits us like a ton of bricks...

not just any strom..a tornado! Well luckily it didn't hit us directly, in a town about 2miles away. Wheww. but it was much darker than the pictures are showing.

Still baring down on us...

continues....

Wil it ever stop?

Safe with Grandpa.

The storm hit faster than I have ever experienced! The wind was blowing 60 mph. Trees were falling down. The rain was blowing sideways, so we were all drenched. We were right in the middle of a fish fry and three pans had boiling oil in them. You could harly see anything right in front of you because the wind was blowing so hard. Nobody expected this. Apparently this part of MS doesn't get weather this severe. It was so scary, but exhilerating at the same time.

The Delia Generation

This is a picture of Delia with her great, great Aunt Carolyn, and her daughter, Delia...who was also named after her grandmother which is my Delia's great, great grandmother. Hope that made sense. So Delia is the thrid generation of Delia in the family..kind of neat. What is also weird is that all the boy and girl names that I like for our future children are also family names..hmmm ;) It was nice to be able to see people we hadn't the last time we went and learn a little more about the whole family lineup and where everyone fits. George, my father-in-law, has done SO much geneology work and was able to share all that he found, plus some old pictures of family members and get some more information to continue his work. It was so much better than last time. We first went to the Anderson family reunion we were first in dental school, about 5 years ago, and both of us went into it blindly...we had really never met anybody. Since we had met these people before it was easier to be comfortable around them. We had a blast.

Vicksburg, MS Military Park



Delia in front of a smaller cannon.

With daddy in front of the cannons.

Delia attempting to pick up an object....

...not realizing it is a 12 lb. cannon shot, is trying to pick it up...too funny!

Delia with the Confederate boys!

Christian and Delia wearing confederate army hats!

Delia in an old Coca-Cola barrel at the Coca-Cola Museum where it was first bottled!

Delia striking a pose!

The seige at Vicksburg, MS was one of the biggest and quite possibly the deciding battle for the end of the civil war! Because it is on the river, President Lincoln thought it was the best chance to hinder the south and it's Confederate Army. For six weeks it raged on in hot and extremely humid conditions. We were able to hear a cannon shot and it was so loud the shock wave literally knocked the wind out of everyone and all we could do was drop our jaws in awe. that was one of there smallest Cannons, weighing only 2000 lbs total and they went up to a whopping 25, 000 lbs. Incredible I couldn't believe it...then the actors told us to imagine 100 of those going off at once! I'm sure it was awful to have to be subjected to all that! Throughout the park, they have a bunch of memorials of all the infintries that faught in the siege..mainly the states of Illinois and Indiana. 16 miles of land were the fighting took place. All of the Union soldiers are barried inside the park..and of course the Conderates, outside the park. Interesting. It was so much fun!

For the Love of Pineapple and a New Fashion Statement

So 2 discoveries were made in one day, a new fashion statement and long lost love, pinapple! I say this because Delia likes fruit, but will only eat them pureed she refuses to eat them any other way except pinapple. I gave her her first taste the other day and she absolutely loves it! Now why is it her "long lost love" because that was the top thing I craved while pregnant with her. I was never a big fan of pinapple until she came along and now I still love it.

As for the new fashion statement. Delia found daddy's mask in the garage and decided to wear it a "different" way..yep that's what you see, she is wearing it on her behind! It was sooooo funny! I even took a video of her dancing with it on. She thought she was pretty cool! I can't wait to show this to her when she is sixteen and say "see nobody cares what you wear!"...yeah right! ;)