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Disneyland!

betsy — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:12:00 +0000

We have had a whirlwind 2 weeks! Another memorable visit to the Magic Kingdom (this time was extra special because Holly & Shane came too); Kelly’s graduation from Biola; visiting friends in Huntington Beach; home for about 40 hours (in which we had Aliza and Audrey stay with us for about 30 of those hours); then off to Eugene for a few days for Grandpa Art’s memorial service. Whew… just writing all of that makes me tired! We had a great time but are all really glad to be home and back to our routines.

Check out more pictures here!

Oregon Coast Trip

betsy — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:15:26 +0000

Oregon Coast Trip 2009 from Betsy Watters on Vimeo.

our anniversary weekend

betsy — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:23:35 +0000

A beautiful drive down Chuckanut, dinner at The Rhododendron Cafe, Cat Stevens on the ipod, a scenic drive, LaConner, The Wild Iris, yummy cookies, chocolates and champagne, watched Goodwill Hunting, delicious breakfast, antique stores and boutiques, lunch at the Calico Cupboard, more antique stores and boutiques, reading, dinner at El Gitano, watched Pride and Prejudice, another delicious breakfast, fresh fruit from the market, take out lunch from Calico Cupboard, scenic drive, Jars of Clay on the ipod, Deception Pass, Rosario Beach, reading, sunburn, and then home. Here are some of our self-portraits from the weekend…

Romeo Must Die Bringing Up Bobby divx

We had a fantastic time! I can hardly imagine how much the next decade will hold for us. We talked a lot about the challenges and joys the next 10 years could possibly bring. We are excited and also feel the need to prepare– especially for those teenage years.

Thank you so much Cam for planning this weekend away for us!

Million Dollar Baby psp Man on the Moon dvd

ready, set, fly…

betsy — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:50:48 +0000

We bought our plane tickets for our D’land trip in May! We are very excited!

Birds of America divx

Pluto’s Fledgling rip

Money Talks trailer The Lady Vanishes dvdrip

The Wingless Bird release

going back!

betsy — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:13:09 +0000

Looking through our Disneyland pictures the other night (trying to find a picture of Kelly and the boys) reminded me of how much fun we had! It was such a great trip, full of so many wonderful memories! And we get to go do it all again this May (our Christmas gift from Mike and Terri– Thank you!). We will be going with Cam’s parents, Kelly, Cory and cousin Katie. Cam’s grandparents will also be in California while we are there.

We will be leaving May 24th and returning May 31st. This time we have City Passes so we will spend 3 days in Disneyland, go to the San Diego Zoo, Universal Studios, and Sea World. Cam will celebrate his 30th birthday while we are in California.

We are all very excited. 95 days to go!

Extremities hd

Seattle

betsy — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:01:24 +0000

We’re off to Seattle to see a play at the Seattle Children’s Theatre — the BFG, one of our FAVORITE Roald Dahl books! We’ll also be visiting the Woodland Park Zoo, spending the day with the Rollos, having dinner and watching the Office with Holly and Shane and visiting/having a sleep-over at Seth and Beth’s.

Hopefully I’ll get some good pictures at the zoo!

UPDATE: No zoo trip this time. It was pouring rain so we went to the Seattle Science Center instead. We had a great trip although no good pictures to share.

A Simple Plan video

We're on our way!

betsy — Sun, 20 May 2007 04:12:41 +0000

Yipee!! I can’t believe we leave in the morning! This is our very first family vacation (that isn’t camping or with other people) and we’re all really excited. Gotta get back to packing but I wanted to say, we are hoping to update our blog daily with pictures, stories and videos so check in and see what we’re up to.

California here we come!

10 days!

betsy — Wed, 09 May 2007 22:25:45 +0000

This is my collection of Disneyland scrapbook materials. I think I will wait until after our trip to put the book together. I like the vintage Disney ephemera- I’d like to find more stuff like that. I am getting more excited with each passing day! It occurred to me the other day that I will be flying home alone with the boys!! That kinda freaks me out. I have never flown by myself, much less had to be responsible for other people. I am sure it will be fine and the boys will be awesome.

Cam is getting excited for his road trip with Kelly. I think he’s putting together a soundtrack. I am hoping that Cam has remembered where he grew up in California more fondly than he ought to have and he’ll get over his pining- or the reverse could happen and it will increase his desire to want to live there again someday. I bet they will have a lot of stories when they get home.

It will be so nice for us to get away and get a chance to focus on having fun with our little family. We (Cam and I) sometimes struggle with the playing/having fun part of parenting. We are both oldest kids and play doesn’t come really naturally to either of us. The climate of our house is a bit too serious at times. I’m so glad that the boys (Caleb in particular) continue to teach us how to be silly. It seems that sometimes it takes removing all the everyday distractions to recognize where your true priorities are. I feel like our kids are growing up so fast and we sometimes take for granted how much time we have with them. They love us now and think we are great (especially when we make fools of ourselves for the sake of having fun). They actually want to hang out with us- in a few short years they likely will be embarrassed by everything about us (just like our poor parents had to endure). So, my hope and prayer is that this trip would be #1 a blast, #2 an opportunity to examine our priorities and #3 create wonderful memories– something we can praise and thank God for.

17 days–tickets in hand!

betsy — Wed, 02 May 2007 23:08:16 +0000

We picked up our tickets at AAA today- it’s so exciting! We are looking forward to the sunshine and warm weather, and well, DISNEYLAND. Sean and Caleb both insist that we are going to go on California Screamin’ for our very first ride. I guess it will be good to get the scariest one out of the way first- or it could backfire and they will be so traumatized by it that they won’t want to go on another thing! We really don’t have much of an agenda for our time in the park. We would like to see and do pretty much everything but I think with 5 days that won’t be a problem.

We are kind of worried about leaving Sam (the dog). He typically doesn’t handle us being gone very well. He’s a little neurotic. Last time we left for an extended period of time he chewed a few things up- including the tip of his tail. Fortunately, Heather is going to be staying here with him and I know he’ll love that– she’ll spoil him!The Spirit download

download Caesar and Cleopatra

20 days to go!

betsy — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:32:16 +0000

We are counting down the days now til’ we leave for Disneyland!

Mickey Mouse is literally all over our house right now!

We are all getting really excited!

Art = serious stuff for Caleb and Sean

Great teamwork boys!

The Four Musketeers ipod

Who Done It? movie

Titan A.E.