We took Rachel to Disneyland for the first time with my Dad and Cat, who Rachel calls "Silly Goofy and Grandma Cat". We had an amazing time! We went on every ride she wanted to go on. She was great about being patient and waiting her turn in line. She loved the fireworks and the rides. She loved the tea cups, the rides and the shows. This is just one of at least 3 total posts from Disneyland. I am so excited she was able to enjoy this so much. She yelled out at the end of the day her favorite quote from the movie Tangled, " BEST DAY EVER!!!" We are so lucky to have such an amazing little girl!!

California Adventure

We were so excited to take Rachel to Disneyland for the first time. We started by taking her to California Adventure and she had a wonderful time! I couldn't believe how happy she was to wait in line and be patient to ride the rides. We went on everything!! She loved it and it was amazing!! She was picked to go up and help with the "Superheros of Tomorrow" and the Incredibles. She had fun and she loved waving to us, but she was really nervous and she got really shy, it was cute. She was able to meet Mickey and Minnie, Sully, Mr. Incredible and Frozone, Lightning McQueen and Mater and Hopper from Bugs Life. We went to the Aladdin show, a mini broadway play and watched the 3D interactive movie in Bugs Life, she loved it! She was wonderful all day and she didn't even have a nap. On the way back to the hotel she crashed!! The best part is that her little umbrella stroller that we got specifically for this trip was a little short for her so her head hung out the top!! Dad and Cat met us that night for dinner at the ESPN in Disneyland before we headed back to the World of Color at California Adventure. It was amazing and Rachel had a wonderful time, so did we!!

Phoenix, AZ

Driving to Arizona we stopped at the Continental Divide, which was really not that exciting, but memorable. We were in Phoenix, AZ for 5 days and 4 nights. Mark had meetings for work and Rachel and I spent time with my grandparents. Rachel and I drove over to Nana and Granddaddy's house and went swimming and to Peter Piper's Pizza. It was basically like a Chuck E. Cheese, but with great pizza! Rachel played all the games and won more than 730 tickets. She won the jackpot at every game she played! I have never seen anyone win so many tickets in such a short period of time. She insisted on playing the Terminator game and shooting the bad guys with the giant machine gun and going on the carousel (5 times). Rachel and I were able to spend a lot of time at the pool while Mark was in meetings. They had 3 pools and a lazy river and a water slide and we took complete advantage of it!! I took her to the Phoenix Science Museum and we spent all day there. It was a lot of fun and she was even chosen to help at one of the shows! On Saturday we were able to go to dinner wtih my grandparents in Mesa, AZ called Organ Pizza. It is an amazing place where they have the largest organ in the United States. I will try to post a video of it soon. It was pretty amazing all of the different instruments that the organ controlled! We had a great time with my grandparents. The vacation has been great so far!

WCWS 2011

From June 2-June 8 we were lucky enough to have family come to OKC for a week for the Women's College World Series. Grandma, Aunt Su and Aunt Tommi came to OKC and we had a BLAST! We watched the WCWS from behind the home plate and it was awesome! We shopped and played and goofed around and laughed and ate, it was wonderful! Aunt Su and Aunt Tommi were even able to come see Rachel at her gymnastics class! We played "dress up" at Bass Pro Shop and enjoyed goofing around while managing to not get kicked out! We made sure to go to Cheesecake Factory and get the best cheesecakes! We had so much fun just having girl time! I am so glad I was able to be a part of everything this year and that Rachel and Mark were able to come to a couple of games too!!