Trip Genesis

A little over two years ago, we went to Disneyland with Kathryn’s family for Adams homecoming.  You can see the pics from that trip here: http://kandldesign.com/2014/06/08/disneyland/.  It was on Memorial Day weekend and was the craziest busy day at Disneyland ever.  Two years before that, we went with my family to Disneyland.  This was before kids.  After each trip we’ve basically made the pledge to wait at least 5 years before going again.  So far we’re 0 for 2.   Back around Thanksgiving 2016 Josie and her family were planning a February 2017 Disneyland trip…and we all got suckered into coming and calling it a Moore Family reunion.  Following are some of the highlight pics and vids.

Kathryn wrote this little summary of the trip:

We loved this Disneyland trip because of the fun times with cousins, aunts and uncles, and grandma and grandpa that happened while we were there!  Getting to see the excitement in the girls’ eyes as we entered Disneyland was a total treat. They loved everything about it. It was also a joyous moment was when both Ashley and Eliza zonked out hard in the stroller after having too much fun at Disneyland!  The Disneyland light parade and a hot churro was magical.  Larry and I enjoyed our line-less ride on Splash mountain just before closing time. Ashley and Eliza loved their morning in California Adventure riding the carousel, toy story, and Ariel rides with Grandma Julie and Grandpa Ray. Outside of Ariel’s grotto, the toy story army men drove up and put on a show where Larry was called out as the Tom Cruise Action Figure and got to lead the chant/dance!  That was a very proud moment for us!  Then Eliza wore Kathryn’s big sunglasses and was pleased to look like a little Audrey Hepburn. Having everyone together at the beach was a big highlight too.

Disneyland

Character Love

Newport Beach

Following a long standing Hawker family tradition, we kicked off Christmas with a Christmas Carole at the Hale Center Theater.  It was a great performance.  Interestingly, this was the last time ever seeing the play at this theater. They are building a new one in Draper and the West Valley one is being shut down.  So, in a way, this was the end of an era.  I’m sure the play will be fantastic in the new theater too.

We got a chance to go to Temple Square and spend some time there.  We walked around and saw both Visitor’s Centers.  I haven’t been in them for a while.  The South Visitor’s Center has a fantastic model of the temple.  It’s definitely worth stopping by and looking at if you’ve never seen it.

Readings of the Grinch Who Stole Christmas were frequent and popular.

On Christmas Eve, we got in some rounds at Top Golf with the gang.

We certainly awoke to a white Christmas!  Check out the back yard.  It took quite a bit of digging, but were were able to make it out to Church for special Christmas Sunday program with Elder Ballard and David Archuleta.

We also had a great time talking with Sam.  It was so fun to see him.  Wont’ be too long until he’s home.

Christmas afternoon and it’s finally time to open presents!  I doubt we’ll ever get away with stalling this long again.

Some Family Fun in the snow 🙂

Kathryn played a gig one of the nights, so I went out and had some fun with the girls at Micky Ds.

 

December is always a very busy month, and has lots of adventures.  These are some of them in between by birthday and Christmas.

Kathryn put together a violin studio service activity where they went and played for a couple of rest homes around town.  They did a great job and it was great to see all the hard work they’ve put in.  Kathryn has been teaching the boy in the green shirt for 4 years now.  He has turned into quite the violinist.

Snowy adventures up at the cabin.

Chilling by the fire eating popcorn.

Mega carmel popcorn operation for neighbor gifts.
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Kathryn is the greatest!  Can’t believe I had to kiss my 20’s goodbye!