I Need To Clarify

It appears I need to clear up a few things about my previous post.

First: I love Chuck E. Cheese. It is a favorite lunch spot for Larinda, Tabitha and I. We eat breadsticks, play skeeball, and get boat loads of tickets (I am the master of the Magic Monkey Game.) Chuck E. Cheese is an excellent choice for a midweek lunch outing, especially if the adult to child ratio is 2 to 1.

Second: Those of you that know me well, know that I FONDLY refer to Disneyland as Disneyhell. It is a term of endearment. The 3 days of my life that I have spent at Disneyland when it was not packed to maximum capacity were very enjoyable.

Third: I like ethnicity. I am Norwegian, my daughter is German, and my husband is Serbian.
And if you come right down to it aren't we all really Edenese?!

Fourth: If you claim to LOVE Disneyland and are not willing to give Chuck E. Cheese a chance, you need get out of your Disney comfort zone and embrace new things. I gave Disneyland a chance!!!

Lastly: It is not the places you go, it is the people you go with that make it great.

Spring Break

WARNING: The following post may be offensive to Disney lovers.


Last year my sister, Larinda, and I took our kids to Disneyland for Spring Break. This year the pressure was on to plan a vacation equally as enjoyable. I am happy to report we accomplished the task at hand. This year we visited Ghetto-Disney,more commonly referred to as Chuck E. Cheese. Some of you may not have realized that these two companies are connected, but after careful observation the similarities cannot be ignored. Chuck E. Cheese must be the sister (OK, ugly stepsister) company of Disneyland.
Observations:

• Both have odd, pedophilish men dressed as mice, hugging small children
• Both provide an opportunity to embrace ethnic diversity
• Both offer over priced food
• Both offer quality "shows"
• Both have obviously bribed the fire marshall to overlook the maximum occupancy limitations
• Both allow strangers to touch, bump, grab and invade your personal space
• You leave both with armloads of sh** that you will never use

So the next time you need a little vacation, remember Chuck E. Cheese can fill all the same needs as Disneyland.

P.S. Colin wrote the captions

Everyone having lunch.

Colton liked the shooting games.
Tabitha like rides, not much the games.
I was doing good at skee ball.

Hadlee liked games, not like Tabitha,
but scored alot of tickets.
Tabitha did NOT want to be ignored,
she also didn't pay alot of attention.

Hershey Track Meet

On Tuesday I attended the 3rd Grade Hershey Track Meet. All the third graders from Springville and Mapleton are invited to compete. There were 7 elementary schools competing, about 700 kids. Everyone can choose 3 events, Colin chose the 100m, 200m and the Standing Long Jump. Colin is kind of a goof and not really competitive. You never know if he is going to take things serious and do his best or be like... whatever. He did a really good job and had a lot of fun.






Colin had signed up to do the softball throw. At the last minute he switched to the standing long jump because the line was shorter. As you can tell by his unique form ( shouldn't you jump out, not up) he had never practiced this event, but he jumped 60 inches which seemed pretty good to his mommy.
It was sleeting and windy and cold, a perfect day for a track meet.


Colin doing some serious stretching before the 100m semifinals.