Denver- End of the Midgley Adventure Blog

November 29, 2010

We left Newport Beach, CA on the 26th and drove for 8 hours to Flagstaff, AZ.  The next morning we left Flagstaff at 7a.m. and drove 12 hours (yes, I drove the RV 4 hours) to Denver, CO where we met the Woodley's at Red Lobster (Mark's sister and family).  We spent the next 2 days watching our nephews play hockey, giving all the cousins rides in the RV, going to The American Girl store, twice.......Macaira couldn't get enough of this, visiting with Aunt Julie and Deb, and having a blast with family!  The boys went to a trampoline spot called "Jump Street" and had a riot playing dodge ball.  We fly out tomorrow morning!  What an amazing adventure!  We feel so blessed to have seen so much family and so many dear friends on our month long journey!  We will never forget all of the incredible experiences we have encountered and all of the amazing memories we have made.  God has so blessed our family and we are eternally grateful!

Signing Off,
Mark, Molly, Poff, Drake and Macaira Midgley

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!  We hope you have a wonderful day with family and friends! 
God Bless you and we are so thankful you are in our lives!
Happy Thanksgiving!
:) Molly, Mark, Poff, Drake and Macaira

November 25, 2010

We spent the morning at Crystal Cove playing football with the Herrons and having a blast at the beach!  We then went back to Drew and Marty's and had our Thanksgiving feast around 3p.m.!  It was a wonderful Thanksgiving and we ended the night with another bonfire at the beach!  We have loved our 4 day visit to Newport Beach and with the Herron family!

Martys school and spa time

November 24, 2010

We girls spent today shopping and visited Marty's school.  There is some great shopping in Newport Beach! 

Fishing in Newport Beach

November 24, 2010
The boys had an amazing day today fishing in the Pacific Ocean.  Here's a little science for you.  The second picture is a rock fish and the third picture is an octopus that the rock fish had eaten and the boys pulled out of the rock fish's stomach!  

Here are the girls on our spa day and no yucky fish!  Love it!

Newport Beach and the Herrons

November 23, 2010
We are having a blast with our cousins here in Newport Beach.  Drew and Marty's house is awesome....we arrived to a wonderful chili dinner.  Our RV park here is amazing.....by far the 5 star of RV resorts.  We love swimming, exploring the beach and the Pacific Ocean, and even took a ferry to Balboa island.  We had a big bonfire last night and the kids are loving being with their cousins. 

Sea World

November 22, 2010

We all had a blast at Sea World.  The shows were wonderful.  Poff loved feeding the batrays and going on the rides while Macaira and Drake loved feeding the seals.  It was a super day!

USS Midway

November 21, 2010

Today we awoke to much rain and decided to visit the USS Midway.  The USS Midway is the longest-serving carrier in the history of the Navy.  We spent 4 hours there.  The kids and Mark rode in a WW2 aircraft simulator.  They fought the Japanese and flew upside down and all over.  Macaira rode with Poff and Drake and Mark rode together.  I opted out of this ride and photographed instead.   We met a WW2 Marine Dive Bomber Gunner.  He flew over 150 missions and was fascinating to chat with.  We returned to our RV park, the kids played dodge ball and climbed trees.  It is much cooler in CA than we planned on.  We are off to Sea World tomorrow and then to visit the Herron's!  It has all been great!