Ahhh, summer in the sun!

Fun day at the zoo despite the rain!

The Fire Department sponsored a 5K Run / Walk for charity.  We talked all of the kids into doing it with us.  Joshua started out fast and did very well all the way through.  Jordan started quickly but slowed down to help his nieces.  He and Stephanie finished together and were laughing at the end too.  There were all sorts of prizes given away.  Ashley won a putter and gave it to her Papi.  It was great fun and we’re talking about doing it again next year.

Disney is putting out a new computer animated version of A Christmas Carol this fall, and they brought their train to town for the weekend.  It was a very interesting combination of the stuff surrounding the film – some of the history, some costumes, models created for filming and even a look behind the scenes at the special effects. 

Apparently the whole film is computer generated animation, but was shot with real actors acting out all of the scenes.  They did some neat motion capture stuff and the pieces they showed us look really neat.

At the end of the train tour, we each got to take our pictures and have them morph into some of the characters.

Outside the train was an inflatable theater (yes, it was a giant inflatable, air conditioned theater) where they showed a few minutes of the film in 3D.  The boys loved it – Sarah was really scared by it.  I guess we know who will go to see it when it comes out.