Honu House

First I wanted to wish everyone who reads this a very Happy (belated) Thanksgiving! I personally have so many things to be thankful for this year... My health My family Two new wonderful additions to our family...one we are still waiting to come home, but she's in our hearts already! Last and certainly not least...My wonderful husband - Lou, I love you so much! Secondly, I didn't realize how appropriate it was when I changed our background yesterday to the snowmen. When I left work yesterday (actually today) it was snowing! Merry Winter! I'm not sure I'm ready for it, but if I were at home with a nice cup of tea, a good book or movie and snuggled under the blanket, it would be wonderful and beautiful!

Mom and I took part of our annual tradition of bell ringing for the Salvation Army last week. Weather wasn't too bad, a little cold, but mom made us some hot cider and the two hours outside of HyVee went quickly. We did better this year than last year! Our totals for the last two years are listed below. Each year we've donated two hours! 2007 -- $26.40 2008 -- $28.43 Thanks for a fun night Mom!!! Hopefully we can do better next year and aim for $35.00 in our two hour time frame! Remember...you can still donate to the Salvation Army -- click on my Red Kettle on the Right!

There is a new post about our Disney experience...just look below the Characters....

We saw many characters while walking around the parks...some we decided to skip on, as the lines were 30-45 min long! Others we got lucky and just walked right up to and took pictures with! Here are the ones we got photos with! Rafiki Goofy Donald Duck Anastasia, Lady Tremaine, and Drizella Stitch Buzz Lightyear Jasmine & Aladdin Pluto Mickey Mouse

Friday -- Downtown Disney and Epcot After doing some shopping, Mary Jo and I met up with Lou and had lunch at the new T Rex Cafe in Downtown Disney. We then continued to spend some time in downtown walking around. Kevin...I took the picture below for you. Unfortunately Disney doesn't sell it, otherwise I would have purchased it for you. I thought you'd get a kick out of it. All the elements are Disney Characters! It's great!!!! After walking around Downtown, we decided to head to Epcot for a little while. I think we got through about half of the park...but we were really focusing on riding rides and making it back to the theater to see Night Ranger. After the 45min show, we walked around a little bit more and then watched the fireworks show. What a stunning performance. Denfinately worth hanging around Epcot until closing (10:00pm). Here is a shot of Spaceship Earth at night! Saturday -- Magic Kingdom We made it to Magic Kingdom today and the weather was wonderful!...

This goes out to all the Utzigs out there...Check out the new blog I've started to track the information about the 2009 reunion! http://utzigfamilyreunion.blogspot.com/

Last night was so much fun!!! Mom and I have a 6-year tradition of supporting the KAT Country CanFest for the Omaha Food Bank. This year yet again lived up to the past performances! The table of ladies next to us, kept us laughing so hard our stomachs were hurting by the end of the night. This year the performers included: Chad Lee, Jeremy McComb, Josh Gracin, Jake Owen, and Eric Church! Below are some pictures. I asked one of the gals at the table next to us -- the crazy fun table -- to send me some of her pictures since they were coming out so much better than mine of the 5 guys on stage! I'll post those pix as soon as I have them! Over the years, mom and I have seen the following people at KAT Can Fest: Craig Morgan, Joe Diffie, Billy Dean (x2), Jimmy Wayne, Mark Chesnutt, Collin Raye, Catherine Britt, Blue County, Ty Herndon, Sarah Buxton, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Rhett Akins, Carolina Rain, Lee Brice, Hal Ketchum, Chad Lee, Jeremy McComb, Josh Gracin, Jake Owen, and Eric Church !...