It was one of the lazier days of our family vacation on Wednesday, our last full day in the LA area. So with our trips to Disneyland complete, we did our best American Idol wanna-be impression and went to Hollywood. After a quick drive up and down Hollywood Boulevard, we headed into the hills towards the famous Hollywood sign.

As an aside, it was both comical and surprising that the GPS in our van actually had “Hollywood Sign” programmed as an attraction. When we got to the suggested address, it was actually someone’s house…haha.

Here is Sean's first-ever video creation: he did the filming, the editing, and the music.

This video features Kayla singing and Jacob directing/conducting. She tackles songs like Jesus Loves Me, Wheels on the Bus, Itsy Bitsy Spider, and Twinkle, Twinkle. Watch until the end to see a special bonus song.

Gail and I took the kids to see Toy Story 3 this Thursday on our 10 year wedding anniversary. Four of the five of us were completely blown away by the show (Kayla, not Jake, slept through most of it), making it a wonderful way to spend a “lazy day” on vacation.

I was extremely impressed by the entire movie, as it was a seamless weave of action and emotion. In particular, I was struck by the number of Christian themes in the movies, whether intentional or not.

At the end of the story, when Andy was reluctantly giving Woody to Bonnie the little girl, he described Woody in this way: “He'll never give up on you... ever. He'll be there for you, no matter what.”