Samantha is a stick insect

And just to prove it we have taken a picture where you need to spot the difference.

The difference is Samantha is wearing sunglasses!

You are now entering the twilight zone...

Wednesday 24th July - Just after 8am yesterday we did the Tower of Terror, it is bloody awful, but a good laugh at the same time. 

As you can see from this picture, we were petrified!

Universal Studios

Friday 26th July - Hi all, we have been to universal today and have a cracking picture of us all on the mummy ride. This afternoon there was about a million (I am not exagerating) Chinese people arrived at the park and it became very busy, so we headed for the hotel pool. We are heading out tonight to Hard Rock Cafe for some well earned nose bag!

We had a fab meal at Hard Rock Cafe, I thought it might be just a gimmick type restaurant where the food is no good, I could'nt have been more wrong - it was great.  We also drank enough Bud (well Julieann did!) to get glasses to bring home.

Long beach

Thursday 25th July - We had a cool day yesterday at Long Beach, it happened to be that the the World Volleyball championships were taking place at one end of the beach. This gave Samantha and Victoria some good eye candy to observe! The sunburn is starting to take effect, my face is red and I have two white patches where my sunglasses have been. I look a bit like an inverted red and white Panda. We then moved onto LA and we are now in the Sheraton Universal hotel near the Universal Theme Park. It was quite a drive, only about thirty miles but there was at time about 7 lanes of traffic going in each direction and it was very busy. I am driving this huge 4 wheel drive monster, about the size of a transit van and keeping it between the lines is an effort. In about 30 minutes I will be hurtling around underground tunnel in the tomb of a mummy on the Mummy ride. I better go and get some breakfast before I start. 

 Sorted the picture problem out, a few pics from long beach. Can you seethe tankers out in the bay.

The magic of Disney

Tuesday 23rd July - On our first morning, we woke up still in British summer time, about half five! And headed to the disney parks, a short shuttle bus away. The kids were hyper and well before 9am and before Dad was awake enough to know what he was doing we scooted across the empire on space mountain. And yes, Dad did scream like a girl! Ride after ride we did Disney to death on Tuesday, in the park on opening at 8am and we left on the 11:45pm shuttle bus back to the hotel, absolutely knackered - this is supposed to be a holiday? 

 

Here are a couple of pics of us on the buzz lightyear ride

And there off....

And there off.... Sunday 21st July, the cases are packed, the sun tan cream is in the bag, Dad has new sunglasses and the taxi is booked for 3:45am tomorrow. See you on the other side.

"Beaneys - The Movie"

Hi All, not sure you will be able to see this but my youngest child, and you know who she is decided it would be fun to video some of the drive down the valley and into Yosemite. She obviously gets bored part way through and does some amateur dramatics. Quite funny if you can see it!