The Stockings were Hung (and finished!)

Oh what a great Christmas we had! We had such a fun trip to Disneyland and San Diego! We spent 3 days at Disney, then off to San Diego to Sea World and the San Diego Zoo, and my favorite...the OCEAN!! We walked for miles and miles and came home happy and totally exhausted! While at Disney, Larry and I celebrated our 35th anniversary with a special dinner at the Blue Bayou Restaurant (the one that you pass while riding the boats through the Pirates of the Caribbean...our favorite ride!). What a special night! Then off to San Diego and Sea World and a nice long walk along the ocean. What special memories!

35 happy years together! Katie and Dickson surprised us with reservations made for us at the restaurant. What a great Disney adventure!

The lights at Disney are always so spectacular! The lines were long, but so worth the wait. The boys loved the roller coasters and of course, one of the favorites...Splash Mountain!


No, that's not any of us surfing...just a cool shot I captured as we wandered along the shore that day. Maybe someday! LOL! I could wander along the ocean for days!

We've had so much fun with Dickson's family here from Indonesia and making Christmas extra special for them. The kids were so excited to see the stockings with their names on them when they came down Christmas morning...so worth all the work that went into them! Here's a picture of a couple of them...
And we made 14 of them in all!

I'm off to play with some of the new "toys" I received right before we left from the new mini catalog coming out in just a few days! You're going to love it!! I want it all!! I'll share some pictures with you tomorrow on some sneak peaks from it....until then,
Happy Stampin'!
Lauri

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