CALI 2011

ON FEB 11, WE ALL FLEW OUT TO CALI. WE LANDED AND GOT OUR RENTAL CAR. THEN WE HEADED TO THE BREA HOUSE TO GET SOME THINGS. THEN IT WAS OFF TO THE DESERT HOUSE TO CLEAN FOR THE NEXT PERSON THAT WAS GOING TO RENT IT. OF COURSE AROUND 10:30 11:00, WE HAD TO STOP TO GET IN N OUT. WE GET TO THE DESERT HOUSE THEN IT WAS OFF TO BED. AROUND 8AM, THEN INTERNET AND THE CABLE GUY ALL SHOW UP TO FIX THE INTERNET AND THE CABLE. AROUND 12:15, WE DROVE TO ONTARIO TO PICK UP MY GRANDPARENTS AND OF COURSE GET IN N OUT. WHEN WE GOT HOME, THE BOYS DIDNT EVEN UNLOAD THE CAR. IT WAS HEAD TO THE TV TO WATCH THE BYU BASKETBALL GAME. I WENT OVER TO THE HUDSONS TO VISIT WITH THEM. THEN IT WAS DINNER AT A BBQ PLACE. SUNDAY WAS CHURCH AND THAT EVENING, MY CRAZY UNCLE ALBERT AND MY AUNT PAT ARRIVED. WE THEN HEADED TO MY AUNT KARENS DESERT HOUSE, BECAUSE THE LADY THAT WAS RENTING WAS ARRIVING THE NEXT DAY. THE WARDS LEFT FOR VEGAS AND EVERYONE ELSE STAYED. FRIDAY-SUNDAY WE STAYED AT MY AUNT KARENS DESERT HOUSE. SUNDAY-TUESDAY WE STAYED AT THE HOTEL. MONDAY, MY MOM AND I WENT TO RENT A CAR AND THEN IT WAS OFF TO GINAS. AFTER THAT, MY MOM GOT A SHAMROCK SHAKE AND I GOT YOGURTLAND. THEN IT WAS TO IN N OUT FOR LUNCH. WE THEN HEADED TO THE BREA HOUSE. CARLY WAS NAPPING (SAD) AND WE HUNG OUT FOR AWHILE SINCE MY DAD WAS AT WORK. WHILE CARLY WAS SLEEPING, THE HILLS BROUGHT OVER A PINK KITCHEN SET FOR CARLY.

VEGAS 2011

WE ALL LEFT FOR VEGAS THE AFTERNOON OF VALENTINES DAY. MY DAD HAD A CONVENTION THERE AT THE BELAGIO AND SINCE MARS WAS PAYING FOR THE HOTEL, MY MOM AND I TAGGED ALONG! WE CHECKED IN AND GOT SETTLED INTO OUR ROOM, THEN IT WAS OFF TO THE NOODLES RESTAURANT FOR DINNER. AFTER DINNER, WE WENT OUT ON THE STRIP. THEY HAD A WATER SHOW, SO WE WATCHED THAT THEN IT WAS BACK TO THE HOTEL. THE NEXT DAY, MY MOM WENT TO THE TEMPLE. SINCE SHED LEFT ALL OF HER CHARGING CORDS AT MY AUNTS DESERT HOUSE, SHE HAD NO CAMERA AND NO PHONE. WELL SHE USED MINE. SHE GOT BACK TO THE HOTEL, AND SHE ASKED THE FRONT DESK IF THEY COULD CHARGE HER PHONE. THEY SAID THEY WOULD, SO SHE PUT IT IN A ROOM TO CHARGE WHILE HER AND I WENT TO PLANET HOLLYWOOD FOR LUNCH. THEN WE WALKED TO M&MS WORLD. I HAD MY CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW SHIRT ON THAT MY FRIEND AARON GAVE ME. SOMEONE SAID THAT THERE WAS SOMEONE DRESSED AS CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW, SO WE WALKED TOWARDS THE M&MS WORLD. I OF COURSE SPOTTED HIM OUT. I WALKED TO WHERE HE WAS AN MY MOM STAYED BEHIND. I HAD MY ARMS CROSSED AT FIRST, BUT WHEN ONCE I LOWERED MY ARMS, CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW COMMENTED ON MY SHIRT ALOT. THIS GUY IN THE BACKGROUND HAD A MICROPHONE ON. HE SAID, "YOU HAVE THE SHIRT, NOW YOU HAVE TO TAKE A PICTURE!" SO I DID. WHAT I DIDNT NOTICE TILL AFTER I TOOK A PICTURE WITH HIM THE 1ST TIME WAS THAT HE HAD A BABY SNAKE WRAPPED AROUND THE WRIST THAT WAS AROUND MY SHOULDERS!!!!!! MY MOM SAID SHE DIDNT GET THE PICTURE THE 1ST TIME, SO I ASKED IF I COULD GET ANOTHER PICTURE WITH HIM. HE KEPT COMMENTING ON MY SHIRT AND THEN ASKED ME WHERE I GOT IT. WE LEFT WHERE HE WAS AND HEADED TO THE M&MS STORE. THEY HAD THE M&MS RACE CAR IN THERE AND I WANTED A PICTURE WITH IT. WE LEFT THE STORE AND HEADED TO MGM GRAND FOR SOME TV SHOW THING. THAT WAS A WAIST OF OUR TIME. WE THEN HEADED BACK TO THE HOTEL. I NOTICED TWO JAPANESE GUYS DRESSED AS MICHAEL JACKSON, SO I GOT MY PICTURE TAKEN WITH THEM. JAMIE GOT THERE THAT NIGHT. THE NEXT DAY, WE GOT UP AND MET OUR COUSINS AT THE AIRPORT SO WE COULD PICK THEM UP AND TAKE THEM TO THEIR HOTEL. WE THEN MET HER SON PAUL FOR BREAKFAST. JAMIE LEFT THURSDAY MORNING AND WE LEFT EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

A DAY OR RATHER 6 HOURS IN NYC

WE GIRLS HEADED INTO NYC FOR 6 HOURS. ONLY ENOUGH TIME FOR JAMIE TO GO INTO JUICY AND ME TO HAVE A SHORT POINTLESS TRIP INTO AMERICAN GIRL. THEN IT WAS OFF TO OUR BROADWAY SHOWS. I WENT ALONE TO SEE THE JERSEY BOYS WHICH BASICALLY IS A STORY ABOUT Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. HOW THEY GOT TOGETHER AND WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH AS A GROUP. Jersey Boys is a musical biography of the Four Seasons—the rise, the tough times and personal clashes, and the ultimate triumph of a group of friends whose music became symbolic of a generation. Far from a mere tribute concert (though it does include numbers from the popular Four Seasons songbook), Jersey Boys gets to the heart of the relationships at the center of the group—with a special focus on frontman Frankie Valli, the small kid with the big falsetto. In addition to following the quartet’s coming of age as performers, the core of the show is how an allegiance to a code of honor learned in the streets of their native New Jersey got them through a multitude of challenges: gambling debts, Mafia threats and family disasters. Jersey Boys is a glimpse at the people behind a sound that has managed to endure for over four decades in the hearts of the public.

BECAUSE I WAS OUT BEFORE MY MOM, I HAD TO FIND MY WAY BACK TO TIMES SQUARE ALONE AND IN THE DARK. I MADE IT THOUGH. I HEADED TO MCDONALDS FOR DINNER AND THEN HEADED TO MARRIOTT HOTEL TO MEET MY MOM AN SISTER. THEY WENT TO SEE WEST SIDE STORY. THEN IT WAS A TRIP BACK HOME TO ANDOVER

I KNOW IVE SAID IVE MOVED TO FACEBOOK, BUT ITS BEING A PAIN UPLOADING NEW PIX

jamie ward and janelle ward. thanks aunt karen for our christmas presents (minus the doll)

joni and mick ward. "thanks grandma C for our presents." in their case, "thanks mom for our christmas presents"

FINALLY captured us jumping

failed attempt

failed attempt again

again getting ready to jump

getting ready to jump

trying to capture us jumping off the fireplace in our shoes

whats with the matching theme? the girls in their matching shoes from grandma C

the ward 6 all in their matching PJ's boys in long sleeved blue shirts and girls in long sleeved red shirts

us kids in our matching PJ's. were now downstairs, so lets open presents! dad in the background filming

and now nicole ward joins the group to wait to go downstairs.

the ward children in their christmas PJ's waiting paitently to go downstairs

reading the story about the birth of christ before we go downstairs to open presents

chillin inside marrott hotel.

donny & marie. i was born in the EXACT same hospital as donny's wife had thier 1st born son

where's waldo? ward style

find us in times square

joni ward "going potty" in charmin's world

"going potty" in charmin's world

inside poptart world

YUMMY poptarts cherry! in pop tart world

ward family inside M&Ms world taking a break

nicole ward inside M&Ms world getting her mood color

inside macys in NYC

macys window again

because the streets of NYC are ALWAYS crowded unless its new years, i always hold onto my dads arm to prevent from getting lost in the crowds

macys window