AHHH, THIS WAS A SUPER FUN VACATION! THIS WAS A JOINT FAMILY VACATION WITH THE MARTIN FAMILY, WAY FUN. WE HAD A BLAST, THIS WAS A GREAT VACATION. THE GIANT SEQUOIA'S IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE RANCH HOUSE, THE OREGON CAVES, CRATER LAKE, (FEEDING THE CHIPMUNKS), THE OREGON COAST, "THE" RAFTING TRIP ON THE ROGUE RIVER, (I STILL SAY THERE IS A FISH IN THAT RIVER WEARING DAD'S GLASES, LIKE MR. LIMPET), AND WHO COULD FORGET SAN FRANCISCO'S; CHINA TOWN (THE IMFAMOUS LEG STICKING OUT OF A DUMPSTER, YELLOW POLICE TAPE, FLASHING LIGHTS, LADIES OF THE NIGHT, DARK ALLEY'S, SAVORY LOOKING CHARCTERS), THE TROLLEY, THE PARK, PIER 39. FUN TIMES, GOOD MEMORIES. WE LOVED GOING ON OUR FAMILY VACATIONS, WE TOOK ONE EVERY SUMMER, WE REALLY GOT TO GO SEE SOME BEAUTIFUL, NEAT, BREATH-TAKING AND WEIRD SIGHTS. WE LOOKED FORWARD TO THEM ALL YEAR LONG. WE WOULD START PLANNING FOR THE NEXT YEARS VACATION, PRACTICALLY AS SOON AS WE GOT HOME.OKAY BESIDES OF THIS BEING ONE OF OUR ALL TIME GREAT VACATIONS, AND DAD'S FAVORITE PHOTO"S, THE WONDERFUL 91X SHIRTS (THAT WAS AN AWESOME RADIO STATION). REMEMBER WE BOUGHT THOSE AT THE DELMAR FAIR THAT YEAR? I DID HAVE ANOTHER REASON FOR POSTING THIS PARTICULAR PICTURE. ON THIS FAMILY TRIP AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS, WE WOULD WEAR SIMILAR SHIRTS, SO AS TO LINK US AS A FAMILY UNIT. THIS YEAR IT WAS THE 91X SWEATSHIRTS & TEE-SHIRTS, ALSO THE SIMPSON TEE-SHIRTS, ETC..... NOW THE THOUGHT WAS TWO FOLD, 1. IT WOULD SERVE AS A ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE WERE ALL TOGETHER SHOULD WE BECOME SEPERATED,(ALSO IF SOMEONE WAS LOST, WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO TRY AND THINK WHAT THEY WERE WEARING IN A MOMENT OF PANIC). 2. I LOVED IT, I THOUGHT IT WAS CUTE, AND I WAS PROUD THAT WE WERE A FAMILY UNIT, YOU KIDS WERE ADORABLE, AND SO WELL BEHAVED, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH THE WORLD. OKAY, IT MAY SEEM SILLY, KORNY, HOKIE, LAME, WEIRD, WHAT EVER. ONE PERSONS WEIRD IS ANOTHER PERSONS CUTE.
SO IT MUST RUN IN THE FAMILY, AUNT DEBBIE CALLED ME ON THE PHONE TO SAY SHE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE TOO CUTE, TO HAVE ALL THE KIDDO'S WEAR THE SAME SHIRT ON OUR UP COMING FAMILY VACATION!
SO SORRY, SOME TRADITIONS JUST RUN TO DEEP TO STOP, NO MATTER HOW SILLY THEY MAY BE.
SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? HOW ABOUT INDULGING A COUPLE OF WILD & CRAZY GRANDMA'S.
TEN MORE DAYS TO THIS YEARS FAMILY VACATION! YEAH, WE CAN'T WAIT.
WE'RE SO EXCITED!!!!
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How do we keep doing this? I posted about the same thing! DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO! I think the shirts will be cute. I told Jason too and he said it would be cute. I know you won't dissappoint! You guys will come up with something cute and crazy. I can't wait. We are gonna have a blast!!!
AGAIN, THIS IS CRAZY! LOOK AT THE TIME WE BOTH POSTED OUR SIMILAR COMMENTS ON EACH OTHERS BLOGS.
Best vacation EVER!!! The rafting was something I will never forget, and we all know my memory. I loved when we all used to wear the same thing on our family vacations, it was just another thing that made them special and stand out. I think it would be cute for the kiddo's to wear the same shirts when we're at Sea World. How fun. I'm so excited and I just can't hide it!
Too cute! I LOVE that you got into this too! Nothing is funner than to see old pictures of all of us! I LOVE family vacations too.....so many wonderful memories! Sounds like this one takes the cake. You got to see a TON! Oh yeah, and a "leg sticking out of the dumpster"????????? What is that all about? :0
"THE IMFAMOUS LEG IN DUMPSTER"
I'LL TRY TO KEEP A LONG STORY SHORT. WHEN YOUR IN FRISCO, YOU HAVE TO RIDE THE TROLLEY, SO I WANTED THE KIDS TO SHARE IN THAT LANDMARK EXPERIENCE. WELL, WE GET ON BEING PUSHED BY A MOB OF PEOPLE, YOU COULDN'T EVEN MOVE, I HAD HOLD OF THE GIRLS AND ROBBY HAD THE BOY. WE HAD ONE REALLY OLD LADY SIT ON ONE OF THE GIRLS LAPS, "SERIOUSLY" SO I MOVED MY GIRL TO MY LAP, WE HAD PEOPLE STANDING WITH THEIR SWEATY, SMELLY, ARM PITS AND BUTTS RIGHT IN OUR FACES, IT WAS DISGUSTING. I KEPT THINKING, OK PEOPLE WILL GET OFF AT THE NEXT STOP, RIGHT?, WRONG. EVERY STOP, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WOULD GET ON, THE SMELL WAS HORIBLE. "MOST THESE PEOPLE WORKED ON THE DOCKS IN THE FISH MARKETS", NOW, YOU GET THE PICTURE. WELL THE GIRLS WERE DYING, WE JUST COULDN'T TAKE IT ANY MORE, SO I GET THE BRIGHT IDEA, NEXT STOP WE ARE GETTING OFF, WE CAN WALK BACK DOWN TO THE PIER, SOUNDS SIMPLE ENOUGH, RIGHT?, WRONG. WE GOT OFF IN "OLD CHINA TOWN" AND IT WAS RIGHT AT DUSK. "NOT A GOOD IDEA" VERY SCARY. SO WE HELD HANDS TIGHT AND WALKED FAST. THEN LO AND BEHOLD, WHILE PASSING AN ALLEY, WE SEE POLICE CARS, POLICE OFFICERS, YELLOW TAPE, THE CORNERS VEHICLE, AND NOT KIDDING WHAT LOOKED LIKE A WOMENS LEG, WITH FISH NET STOCKINGS AND A STILETTO HIGH HEEL ON, STICKING OUT OF THE DUMPSTER THEY WERE ALL STANDING AROUND, YIKES! ONE OF THE GIRLS SAYS WITH A VERY TREMBLING VOICE, "MOM, WAS THAT A REAL LEG"? SO WE HELD HANDS TIGHTER AND WALKED REAL FAST. I GUESS NOT ONE OF MY BETTER IDEAS, BUT WHO WOULD HAVE KNOW? AHHH, FUN TIMES!
SO SWEETIE, THAT'S THE LEG IN DUMPSTER STORY. HEY BY THE WAY, I CAN'T GET INTO YOUR BLOG, ANYMORE.
P.S. AS TO NOT TRAUMATIZE OUR KIDS FOR LIFE, WE QUICKLY & CONFIDENTLY SAID "WOW, THEY MUST BE FILMING A MOVIE, HOW EXCITING". THEY WERE YOUNG, THEY ALL BOUGHT IT!
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