We’ve enjoyed the last couple days, but really it’s been ones of preparation for our little adventure to Disneyland. In the midst of our preparation we still had time to head out to one of our friends’ waterski lake. It was beautiful! We didn’t bring our bathing suit but that didn’t stop Jeff from jumping off the dock with all his clothes on. That had a ripple effect and soon both Reese & Carter were both swimming half-naked. When you are a kid, it isn’t really summer unless you go swimming in your underwear! All was fun until carter pooped on their brand new dock! But after that minor mishap (it can happen to anyone, right?), we watched the sunset from the water and enjoyed some great company.

Sunday morning we got up early and headed toward LA to attend Saddleback Church. This is a church of 22 000 people with the pastor Rick Warren, the author of the Purpose-Driven Life. We found out that just the night before, Saddleback hosted both John McCain & Barack Obama for a Presidential discussion on morality and leadership. You know you’re a big church when… We were impressed from the moment we arrived, from the friendly people, the trolley ride from the parking lot to the main campus, to the aquarium for the kids. The service it self was awesome & we were surprised when Michael W. Smith came out to do a number! It was great! The kids both had a blast. We honestly felt like we were at some sort of theme park, but it wasn’t cheesy.

After church we made our way to Anaheim to check into our hotel. It was fun trying to keep Reese occupied so she wouldn’t notice the Disney stuff everywhere! Thankfully she was oblivious to it all. While driving down Disney Way we again saw Michael W. Smith, this time just coming out of a restaurant. First the Queen, now Michael W. Smith! Who’s next? We’re excited for what tomorrow holds…

We also had a chance to see Chris Edwards, a really good friend of ours who was in our Youth Group, and is now touring with Continental Singers. We grabbed dinner as we caught up with our lives and let the kids play. It was great to see him and fun to see what he is involved in now.

We added some pictures of the past couple of days including Carter doing his ‘gunshow’ (he’s got pipes like his daddy), Reese curling up with Michelle while she slept to watch a show, and some pictures at our friends’ lake, including an incredible sunset.

We’re off to bed as tomorrow is going to be a long, fun day!