UNIVERSAL STUDIOS!

Santa gave us all season passes to Universal Studios this year (also a computer for the kids which he forgot to leave out Christmas morning - oops - good thing he remembered to drop that off while everyone was at the Jensens)! We left for our trip on Jared's birthday and went to the park all day Monday and half of Tuesday before we had to get on the road and head back home for school. The kids loved Harry Potter World - it was rainy and drizzly just like it would have been in Englad. We tried every kind of butter beer there is, had a few actually! Tyson was obsessed with Harry Potter and had to have a cloak. He never did get one, dang it. I am to old for the rides here, all the 3D makes me sick. I rode every ride with the kids once, after that they were on their own. They rode them over and over and over again! They got a gift card to get ONE magical wand from Ollivanders...then of course when we got in there they sweet talked us into two, and then Tyson just wanted one that lit up so we walked out with 3 wands. Then Tyson just really really wanted to go back and get picked in Ollivanders so I took him back in and worked my magic and they selected Tyson to help them find the magic wand just right for him. He got to do all the magic tricks in front of everyone. Then they excused everyone and we stayed behind and they told him all about his wand and he was soooo happy....then they made me go buy it for another $50, sigh. So we now have 3 magic wands and light up one. Aye yi yi! They had the best time! We can't wait to go back again!

HOKU'S SALVATION ARMY PARTY!

Hoku had her birthday party at the Salvation Army and it was a service party! It was awesome because all the friends got to hang out together while earning their service hours! Kati and I got to help be drivers! After service for a couple of hours they all went back to Hoku's house to hang out and have dinner!