5.22.2013

The happiest place on earth


 We went to Disneyland while we were California.
It was perfect weather and not that crowded.
Our longest wait was about 20 min.
Perfect!

We started off with Space Mountain.
Liv and Rylie screamed then cried.
What a way to start the day.  :)


Splash Mountain ended about the same way.
This time they were sobbing.
Liv and Rylie were petrified and Dru was not thrilled.


The proof.
(I about broke my back trying to hold/comfort Liv down the big hill.)

This picture is obviously before we went on the ride.

It wasn't all tears and screaming...
Rylie met Tiana from the princess and the frog.
This was a highlight!



The girl's favorite ride was Matterhorn! 
 We rode this one about 5 times.





The parade was my favorite part.  Disney doesn't skimp.  It was fabulous!


If I counted the balloons correctly, this is $312.00 worth of balloons.
Disney makes a whole lot of money of stuff like this.

It was almost more fun to watch the kids faces.


FYI:  Rylie is purposely going cross-eyed. 
What a goof ball. 








The girls earned money so they could buy something special.
Dru bought more pins for her lanyard.  
She even bought one for her computer teacher at school who loves Disney.
Olivia bought a bow and arrow set from Brave.
Rylie picked a stuffed Eeyore of all things.
She is making a sad face because Eeyore is always sad.
I tried to get her to buy a minnie or something else but she was dead set on Eeyore.
The tail comes off and she is obsessed with it.
It is actually pretty cute.

5.21.2013

Newport

We went to Newport last week with my family.  We had such a great time!  Thank you mom and dad for an amazing week.  We loved spending time together in sunny California.  
{We missed you Steve & Kris and Bubba & Brittany!}

 We decided to leave Owen with Gpa and Gma Martin.  Owen is not the best traveler and we knew he would be miserable waiting in lines at Disneyland.  We dropped him off and he never looked back.  He had a fabulous week with Gpa.  Thank you, thank you, thank you for taking such great care of Owen.  He loves you! 

We first  topped in St. George to break up the long drive.  We ate, hiked and stopped at the famous Swig to try their signature sugar cookie and dirty diet coke.  They did not disappoint.  

We finally made it to the the Newport Coast Villas.  
My cute cousin Joe came to swim and say hi.  The girls LOVE him.  He was such a great sport to play with all his "fans."


We are in love with this resort!  It is so great for families.


My mom is a tether ball champion so we had to stop for a quick game. 
My mom won of course.





The resort was covered with beautiful flowers.
Megan took these gorgeous pics.














5.20.2013

What a blessing


 We have twins in our family!   Penny and Charlotte are adorable and already so different.  What a blessing they have been.  Alex and Elisabeth couldn't be better parents for these two precious babies.
We love them so much!
They blessed them in their home and family came from all over to support them.




 Alex did an incredible job giving them each a blessing. 


The grandparents

The yummy food

We had such a great time being together as a family.
We don't get to spend enough time with Aunt Rayne, Uncle Tom and Aunt Adrienne.
My kids couldn't get enough of them.