The many faces of Seth

Super Fun Trip

We had a great trip to Southern California.  It's been a while since we went to Disneyland.  So went down Wednesday night and staying in a hotel across the street from Disneyland.  Thursday we went to Disneyland.  We had a great day.  Seth and Ruby were so excited about it.  Ruby wore her princess Belle dress and loved to point out when other girls had princess things on too.  Seth loved the Buzz lightyear ride. We went on that 3 times in a row.  He also loved going on whatever he was tall enough for.  He thought Splash Mountain was great. Danny, Rachel and Aaron were so fun to go with too.  They loved the Matterhorn, Splash Mountain and Indiana Jones. We were sad that Space mountain was closed the day we were there.

The next day we got to go to Magic Mountain with Ryan and Venessa and their kids and Grandma Zonda and Grandpa Cliff. That was so fun too.  It was so much less crowded there.  The only time we had to wait more that 5 minutes for a ride was when it stopped working.  There wasn't much for Ruby to ride there, but Seth was 42 inches and that is the cutoff for lots of the medium roller coasters.  He was up for everything.  He even went on the Ninja with me.  I think that's a pretty good size roller coaster.  I thought he'd freak out a little but he loved it. Danny Rachel and Aaron were so excited to get to do some major roller coasters. They loved Goliath.  It had a huge drop and went so fast.  It was fun watching them psyche themselves up to go on it.

Saturday morning there was a kids fishing day at Castaic Lake right by Ryan's house.  I stayed home with Ruby and everyone else went.  They had a great time.  Danny especially loves fishing.  Sadly, they didn't catch anything.  When they came back we went over to Emma Wood state beach by Ventura.  We were worried it would be too cold, but it was great.  A little too cold for serious boogie boarding, but perfect for playing in the sand and splashing in the water.  There were lots of little crabs in the sand that were fun to play with.  And Ryan brought his fishing pole and let Danny fish a little.  He caught 2 fish! I think they were called Surf Perch.  He was pretty proud.

Easter

Everyone came to our house for Easter and to celebrate Grandpa Cliff's 60th birthday.  We had a great time.  The weather was great.  We had a big celebration day for Grandpa. We got into teams and played tetherball, baseball, basketball, four square and jumped on the trampoline. We had cake and ice cream and played a trivia game about Grandpa and watched a movie Casey made about his life. We dyed easter eggs and went to the ward Easter party. It was even warm enough to get in the pool one day. 

Ruby fell down the stairs and got a black eye.

Danny is 11

What makes you happy: Playing basketball with Dad and Aaron
Favorite food: Funeral potatoes
Favorite thing to do: basketball
Favorite TV show:
What are you really good at: basketball

Favorite Movie: Wreck it Ralph

Favorite color:  pink
Favorite song: Gangnam Style

Best friend: CJ

What do you and your mom do together: Talk

What do you and your dad do together: Play basketball

Favorite sport: basketball

Favorite place to go: to see family

Favorite animal: Sea Hare

Favorite Book: Percy Jackson

What do you want me to be when you grow up: Marine Bioligist

Danny turned 11.  He invited a few friends to go to laser tag. And he gets to go to 11-yr-old scouts now and he's loving that.  He's almost done with elementary school.  He got to go to SeaCamp in San Diego for three days. His gate teacher was just telling me the other day how impressed she is with Danny and how well he's doing.  He's so fun to talk with and he's a great big brother and friend.  We're so proud of him.