Carlsbad

We are thankful once again for the jobs the Lord has given us, and we are thankful for dead presidents who gave so much for our country that we now have a vacation in their honor :)--

We booked two nights at South Carlsbad State Beach and our spot was right in front of the ocean. Our site was so big that we were able to turn the trailer sideways and have "oceanfront property" . The sunrises and sunsets were amazing! Here are the pics!

The beach was filled with colorful rocks and we even found a giant clam.


Owen liked the lifeguard stand

This was our "Biggest Loser" workout on the trip--the stairs that lead from our site to the ocean

These pictures are for Katie--we tried to get "creative"--notice the shadow?

Our site

Our happy Bird

and the happy monkey with an otter pop

and the happy parents on vacation:)

Pat ALWAYS has to get a bike picture

I guess Owen isn't the only monkey

What do you get when you give a kid a box of wood? A wooden display

Pictures with our Birdie

and the sunset

Jenna did pretty good with the pictures, except she cut Pat's head off :)

Ready for our bike ride!

The second day we went to Legoland. Brother was SO excited to see Thomas made entirely out of LEGOS

Jenna was excited about BOB--hehehaha!

We had to have a crazy tongue picture

Then it was time for the big girls to take a ride. Poor Jenna has the Mom who is CRAZY for CRAZY rides. We found this rotating arm thing that I just HAD to try (Legoland rides are pretty tame for me). The ride had 5 levels of "intensity", so of course, I talked my sweet Bird into trying Level 5--I mean how bad can it really be? OH MAN! I would tell you about it, but Jenna's version is MUCH better :)--ask her some time!

The pictures might tell the whole story :)

Owen played with the Ogre

Jenna played in the water

We saw our friends the Dickinsons

We took a funky" after the water hair picture"

Owen and Dad went on the helicopters

Jenna and Owie went on the train

And all in all--we had a BLAST!

I also had to our OUR pictures of Baby Karly's first b-day because she is so STINKIN' CUTE!!!

and she had one BEAUTIFUL Mommy!

SNOW DAY!!!

My prayer was answered even MORE gloriously than I thought! We woke up to snowflakes the size of half dollars and a snowy landscape to melt your heart. What a wonderful gift! A day off with my family--on a Friday no less! Here are the morning pictures. Owen wasn't up yet, so there are more to come!

A Date with the King!

Okay--not everyone can claim to have a 'King" for a friend, but WE can! :)

Our friend Jerry played the role of "King Coriander" in the Life House Theatre's presentation of "Cinderella" and he was "indubitably" FANTASTIC in his role!

We laughed SO hard--with you friend, not at you, well, maybe at you too a bit! :)

This is a MUST see if you have the time. It plays until February 12th I think. Our "date" started out with getting dressed up. I was going to wear jeans and my converse of course, but Char said they were gettin' "all gussied up" and we didn't want Jerry to be embarrassed by his "Po-dunk" friends, so we went along with it. :)

And what do the Waters do when they get dressed up? Take pictures --of course!:)

Take one...
(Owen had to get in on the fun too, even though he stayed home with Amy--thanks Am)

Take two...

Take three...

Take four.....
(Owen gave up on the madness)

Now, when you have a handsome king and his gorgeous queen, what do they produce?

RIGHT--3 beautiful princesses!


Princess Michaela

Princess Miah

And, Princess Malia

One BEAUTIFUL family!

Hey--who's the white girl? Oh, that is ours :)

Charlene will like this picture...

but this one is my favorite!

The girls with Cinderella

The king had to stay for awhile to sign autographs of course!

(We hope he's not getting a big head;))

The REAL fans!

This is Pat's favorite shot.

The girls got a picture with the "Fairy Godmother"

This is MY favorite picture!

Yes, we know the King.

Pat had to make sure he got a shot with Jerry to stick up on his wall at school. Maybe he thought no one would believe him--I don't know!

I had to end the night with this shot because she was all smiles--all night!

yep--she's a Daddy's girl!

Thanks for letting us share in your special night friends! We love you!