Living the Life Of Natalie

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Disney Land February 2012!

I went to Disney Land again! It was magical! We met up with my Auntie Cindy and Uncle Win for the first two days, with some friends on half of the second day and half the third, and with my Uncle Danny, and cousins Demi and Ian! We all had so much fun together! I was a little depressed that both Matterhorn and Grizzly were closed, but Grizzly is back on March 10th, and Matterhorn is sometime in June. Here's a few pictures:

Cinderella and Me!

Mitch, Ian, Nate, Demi, Tiffany, and me!

Dale, Nate, Mitch, and me!

Tiffany and Cinderella!

Tower of Terror!!!

I'm in the back right corner, trying to smile for the picture. I think I'm finally beginning to enjoy this ride; it took long enough! My dad is next to me, Tiffany is next to him, then Nate, then our friend Sarah, our friend Sophie, and Mitch. In front of me is our friend Laurie, next to her is Danny, then our friend Olivia. In the front right corner is Demi, next to her is Ian, and then finally Mel! I don't know the rest of the people! ;-)

Me in line for Astro Blasters in front of Buzz!

Dale, Win, and Tiffany!

That was my weekend-get-away Disney Land trip! Now I just can't wait to go again!!!

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Christmas 2011

Merry Christmas! This was a wonderful Christmas for my family and me! We spent a wonderful Christmas Eve at my dad's where we ate a delicious dinner, opened presents from Mel and my dad and each other, and enjoyed each other's company. The next morning we opened Santa's gift to us and our stocking presents! At 9:00 A.M. my mom came and we drove to Mill Creek! There we opened Santa's other presents and presents from my mom and from each other. The rest of the day we hung around the house and ate a wonderful lunch together. One by one people left, but they all stayed for a long time! I received some great gifts from everybody! Every gift was thoughtful and I love each and every one. From Mark I got a gorgeous jewelry box, Carly and Scott got me a beautiful necklace with the letter N on it and two pairs of earrings, Kimberly gave me a "groovy" lava lamp, and Tiffany got me some charms for my necklace and some candy! Carly's parents, Hal and Liz, gave me a very warm hat a gloves! Mom's gifts to me included a fleece blanket, a calendar, and a laptop! To the family she got us a Wii! From Mel and my dad I received a Sonicare Toothbrush, some navy blue toms, some Uggs, and a charm for my necklace! The charm was a Space Needle! That was my Christmas and would like to thank everybody for everything and for making it so merry!

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Hawaiian Vacation 2011

I know I should have posted about this about five months ago, but for some reason I never did, so I'm doing it now. I sadly didn't take any pictures, but that was because I was busy enjoying it! When we first got there, we had to rent a car, so instead of the usual minivan, we went big and got a suburban, then went to check out the house! It was awesome! The house was cool, but the backyard was a private beach, and had a coconut tree! Sadly, none of the coconuts were ready yet so we never had one. Then we immediately drove over to subway to have some lunch. It was delicious! Then we went to food land to get some supplies for dinner! Once we were back at the house, us kids went boogie boarding in the water, but it was a little bit rocky so we had to wear water socks, but it was a good thing we did because our ankles got a little bit cut up, but not very much. On day two, we went paddle boarding! It was fun, but I was always in the back of the group, and Tiffany rode on one of the instructor's boards, and at the end, she made him pick her a coconut! Paddle Boarding is where you have a surf board type thing, and you stand up and push yourself like in a canoe, but with a longer paddle. For lunch we had Mexican food, and we walked through some of the little shops, and Tiffany got a hula girl outfit, and guess which part she was most excited about? The coconut bra. We had also gone to the Dole Plantation where we went through the biggest permanent maze in the world, and afterwards had some Dole Whips! On the third day, we went snorkeling with dolphins. Well, actually we just saw some dolphins while we were on the boat, and the snorkeled with just some regular fish in a coral reef. It was tons of fun! The rest of the day we just hung around boogie boarding. Upon day four of our arrival we just hung around boogie boarding and playing in the surf. We went shopping around the city Honolulu after having dinner in the city. I had eaten steak and french fries. We were BARELY able to park because we couldn't find any parking spots, and all the parking garages were too short and so we almost scraped the roof of the parking garage that we did park in. Mitch's shoes ended up breaking, so we had to buy him some new flip flops at the ABC store that were several sizes too big. On day five we went swimming with turtles with Carly and Scott because they had landed the night before. We got soaked on the boat and had a lot of fun with the turtles. Carly was the last one to come out of the water, we had to call her name to get her to come back on the boat when it was time to head back to shore! The guy who drove the boat had goggles that were perscription goggles so I could see better underwater! When we came back we went boogie boarding with Carly and Scott! They took pictures with their water-proof camera and got a little cut up on their ankles. Afterwards we all showered and got ready for their dinner rehearsal! The next day, day six, it was Scott and Carly's wedding day! It was a wonderful beautiful wedding! Afterwards was the dinner at the laua place! On our last day we walked around and shopped in Waikiki! The next day we flew home. I was sad to be leaving, but it felt good to be going home again. Well, that was my Hawaiian vacation, sorry it took so long to post!

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Carly and Scott's Wedding

Carly and Scott are married! I can't believe it! It was actually a beautiful ceremony, but the guy who performed it, Cap'n Howey, was weird but funny. He wore this weird shirt and a skirt thing. It was like a thin blanket type thing that you wrap around your legs to make a skirt. Other than that, it was awesome! Carly wore a really cute strapless dress, it was knee length, was poofy and flowy below the waist, but above the waist was tighter, and the top had some flowers on it! Scott just wore some pants rolled up and a dress shirt with out a tie or bow, not tucked in, and rolled up sleeves so that it was a 3/4 sleeve. During the ceremony Cap'n Howey blew a conch shell three times, the first two times short, but the third time lasted like two minutes! Cap'n Howey was old and bald so it was crazy that he was able to do that! Afterwards we all went to a lau (loo-ow) I'm not sure if that's how you spell it but all well! Scott got to go on stage and hula, and so did all the girls, we got to watch them take out a roasted pig out of one of those big hole things, and watch actual hulas! During the wedding rehersal we mostly just ate, had a toast, and everyone said some sweet and funny things, and hung out and talked! I didn't take any photos, so Dad and Tiffany lent me theirs! Thank you!

Scott and Carly at their dinner rehersal

Mitch and me at the dinner rehersal

Me walking in at the dinner rehersal

Kimberly, Nate, Me, Mitch, and Tiffany on our porch before the wedding

Me on the porch before the wedding

Me at the wedding

Kimberly, Nate, me, Mitch, and Tiffany at the wedding

Carly and Scott kissing

Scott kissing the bride!

Tiffany and me after the ceremony

Tiffany's camera now

Nate at the wedding

Mitch at the wedding

Carly in her dress!

Carly and Tiffany!

Carly and Scott before the ceremony

Carly and Scott kissing

Carly and Scott kissing but not zoomed in

That's all the pictures! Congrats Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald!

Saturday, July 30, 2011

DisneyLand Trip With Mom 2011

I WENT TO DISENYLAND!!!! YAY! My mom took Tiffany and me to DisneyLand and it was wonderful! I had actually planned the whole thing on my laptop, my mom just gave me her credit card information and days that she had off work, my dad told me what tickets to buy and how to check-in and when, and my aunt melinda reccomended a hotel! Other than that, it was all me! We flew there the night of the 13th of July after my mom got home, was in DisneyLand the 14th through the 16th, celebrated Mom's birthday in DisneyLand, hung out at the hotel the 17th, and flew home the morning of the 18th! It was wonderful! What was also great, was that my mom hadn't been for about 5 years, and was the 2nd time she had gone and not needed a stroller! We went on all the rides, except for Grizzly and the minnie rollercoaster in toon town because Tiffany chickened out. I would have gone on the rides alone, but I don't like going single rider, that's why I only went on Screamin' once. The guy sitting next to me looked over at me and rolled his eyes when I screamed for fun. The new rides were AWESOME! The Ariel one was a cute combination of Alice and Haunted, Goofy's Flying School was tons of fun, and the new Star Tours was amazing. I loved the new Star Tours, how you go to a different place every time, the rebel spy that's completely by random is someone in the stimulation thing, and I'm not going to tell you the rest because you should find out for yourself! I got some cute Minnies Ears, Tiffany a classic Mickey Ears hat, and Mom got some Mickey and Minnies mugs. Anyway, here's some of the pictures I took of my adventure.