What I Learned in Newport

1. Morgan can outshop all of my sisters
2. My sister's like to prove Morgan wrong
3. There are starfish on Newport beaches. If you look on the rocks.
4. Buzz Lightyear guns are really great. Especially if there are 4 or 5 going off at the same time. Good times.
5. No matter how many times the dishes were done and the kitchen was cleaned up, there were always empty bottles in the sink.
6. Aaron looks like Mr. Incredible
7. When a child is in the same room as you, you are responsible for that child.
8. My sisters can't drive or park.
9. Liz is a Princess
10. A princess that gives good foot rubs
11. Tracie likes to be the boss
12. Kate does NOT like Disneyland
13. Kate can scream REALLY loud
14. Jenn HATES Disneyland
15. That I will never take Kate on another ride at Disneyland
16. Every grandkid ADORED Papa
17. Max likes to wrestle.
18. Spencer does not like to wrestle.
19. Max and Spence are good T.V. buddies
20. Jenn is Wonder Woman for handling 2 kids with no husband.
21. Tracie and Aaron were great at helping with Johnny.
22. Papa likes to invite naked girls to play beach volley ball with all of our husbands
23. Mom still reads the Ensign while she does her hair
24. Jenn's spaghetti is the best
25. Cleaning up Jenn's spaghetti dishes is NOT the best
26. Tracie and Aaron collect sitcoms. Many.
27. That I can quote any T.V. show and Tracie and Aaron will know which episode I'm talking about and laugh with me.
28. Morgan always pushes me 2 hours past my limit at Disneyland
29. Going to Disneyland 4 times in 2 weeks is 2 times too many.
30. I text faster than mom.
31. Liz stinks.
32. Mom is a good wrestler.
33. Max learned to speak better after hanging around Kate and Spencer.
34. Kate learned "Go away" from Max.
35. Tracie can run as fast as I can
36. Max can run even faster.
37. Max has a tendency to wander off...
38. Nicole Zundel is an excellent picture taker.
39. Looking at Costco cupcakes made me gain weight.
40. Pushing a stroller while running is a LOT more work than just running.
41. My family is a great example by going to church while on vacation.
42. Kate is a great older sister
43. That I am the only punctual one in my family.
44. That this is annoying to others.
45. That when my family says dinner at 5, they really mean 6.
46. Morgan gets lots of headaches
47. Not to pack seashells (I learned that in La Jolla, actually)
48. Sand gets into all sorts of "crevices"
49. My sisters and I should open a Bookstore/Bakery on Balboa Island
50. That my sisters are really excited for me to have a girl
51. Codye likes drives to the airport.
52. Bill doesn't really know his way around the airports in Newport.
53. Jenn packs a lot. and DOES do a lot of laundry.
54. Kate is good at sharing ice cream with her cousins
55. Mom really won't wear her swimming suit. Even for the grandkids.
56. Jenn didn't know how to clean out the tubs after filling them with sand.
57. Someone in the Norton family did not know how to put down the toilet seat.
58. Johnny does not sleep well at night outside of his own bed.
59. That Kate wakes up asking "where's Max?"
60. That Zurg is enemy #1 amongst the tots and wouldn't stand a chance if he ever wandered into our beach house.
61. Mom likes sunning, Law and Order, and watching the grandkids. In that order.