My wife and I went down to Los Angeles to gather with my side of the family for meals and gift giving (okay, and receiving). But before that, we went to see the largest nativity play in the world. It was amazing! Real camels. Real horses. Six angels (they weren’t real, but they soared above the audience). Beautiful singing. And the most brilliant, spectacular ending. Very moving.
On Christmas Eve we went to Disneyland, which turned out to be the best time to go because the lines were extremely short. 15 minutes for Space Mountain?!?!? My favorite moment came when we spotted an actor playing Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean. My wife is a Johnny Depp freak, so I wanted to get a picture of her with the look-a-like. At first, she didn’t want to waste valuable ride-time standing in line (the guy was taking a long time with each person). But he was doing an amazing impersonation and we couldn’t stop watching him. Of course, when it was our turn…and even though it wasn’t really Johnny…my wife started blushing. After chatting with him and posing for the camera, JoanMarie said, “That was so fun!” At that, I rolled my eyes. It’s not like it was a Scarlett Johansson look-a-like or anything.
With time for one or two more rides, we hopped on Astro Blasters, a new ride we’d never heard of. Basically, it’s a Buzz Lightyear shooting gallery. The car moves through different rooms and you shoot as many targets as possible, competing with the person sitting next to you. When the ride was over, my wife and I were close to tied (I was up just a tad) so we went on one more time. Did I mention JoanMarie is extremely competitive and I don’t have a competitive bone in my body? As you can tell from the photo taken during the ride, she definitely got the hang of things the second time around.
So what was my favorite gift? A baseball cap from my parents with the logo of my new publisher.- Jay
2 comments:
The last time we were at Disney, they were just starting to build the Buzz Lightyear ride. It looks like we definitely need to take Luke down there soon! Maybe Joan Marie can give me some shooting tips!?
-Robin
p.s. Love the hat.
p.p.s. After seeing that picture, I would've blushed at the Johnny Depp impersonator, too.
Hubby and I are both very competitive, which is why we had to give up Scrabble games for the sake of our marriage.
Penguins are very in this year. Hooray for Penguin! And the cap is a much better idea than the gift of a razor and a bill.
Happy New Year.
Could you check my website and tell me if it's down? It's not working right for me, and I think my web guy must be on vacation or something (the nerve!).
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