San Diego

After Disneyland we went down to San Diego to spend a few days relaxing. We stayed at the Dana on Mission Bay and I LOVED it there! We had the bay right by us and rented a jet ski for the day. We had such a great time taking turns on it with the kids. They loved it! We loved being at the beach and the kids talked about how much they have missed the beach:( We went to Old Town in San Diego and Parker and Matt went on a tour of the Whaley House. It is the number one active ghost haunted house. Parker is all into ghost hunting so I let him take my camera in and he snapped away. After they were done, we went to a restaurant across the street. While going through his pics, Parker found something in one. Turns out he caught a pic of a ghost in it! We took the camera back across the street and showed it to the people working. They were very excited and had us show other visitors. Parker was excited that he became an instant celebrity:)

After all that fun we headed back to Utah. Yay for the snow???:)

Disneyland Part 2

What's better than getting your pictures with a princess? Not much for my little girls. They kept reminding me over and over that they needed to meet the princesses. So the boys ditched us and that's what we did. Again we were so lucky that the lines were so small, and we only had to wait for 15 minutes to meet them. Did you see the pics of Tay driving on my previous post? SCARY!!! What's scarier? Being in the car with Parker while he was driving. I had whiplash from that kid:) I nominate Matt as the parent that teaches our kids to drive! We really loved being there for 3 days. I don't think I would go any less than that. It really gave us the chance to pace ourselves and really enjoy everything we saw. I was also proud of my kids for earning this trip. We did the "Give a day get a day" deal that Disneyland had at the beginning of the year. As a family we made 5 blankets for a Charity. All 3 kids worked really hard on the blankets and Matt and I are really proud of them.

California Vacation Part 1

We went to the most magical place on earth and loved it!! Matt was able to take a week vacation from work for the first time in 2 years and we had a blast on a family road trip! We started out driving down on Halloween Morning at 6:00 a.m. Look at the kids, don't they look like they are having fun in the car?:) They were so good! Thank goodness for modern day technology. Who does road trips without GPS, car movies, and ipod touches? Disneyland still had their Halloween decorations up which was cool to see. Right when we walked into the park there was Pluto! The kids had their autograph books all ready to get signed. We had alot of fun going on rides, one of my favorites is the Nightmare Before Christmas! Stay tuned for more posts and pics!

Fall Family Time

What do you do when it's raining outside? Skip your idea of going to a corn maze and pumpkin patch and instead go bowling, eat doughnuts and chocolate milk, and decorate pumpkins.

My little bro and his wife with their soon to be baby are moving out of state, so we are trying to spend as much time as we can together:) I am going to miss that kid, but I am so excited for all the new things they will get to see and do!















Liked-Seeing my mom happy. She has been sick for a long time and today was a really good day for her.
Didn't like- Matt missing out on the fun:(

11 Amazing Years

Today marks the 11th Anniversary for Matt and I. It's scary to think that it has been that long, because it sure seems to have flown by. I love everything about Matt. He is one amazing guy that I am in awe with at how I landed him. It's crazy to think that a night of dragging Utah's Infamous State Street hooked me up with that guy! Yes, you read that right! I met a returned missionary on State St!! Brahaha!! He has given me everything I could have ever wanted and so much more. Here's to at least 60 more fab years together babe!!

Talent

I love seeing what people are talented in. Some have one or two things they are amazing at. Some excel in many things. Matt is one of those. Things come naturally to him. I love it! I tease him about it, but if anything I am jealous and in awe of what he can do. We had an amazing photo session with a lady who has a talent for photography. Check out her blog for proof! www.wish-photography.blogspot.com

Matt printed out pictures of the kids and wanted to draw them. It's been a few years since he has done any drawings, but look what he did! He drew this during Conference yesterday (which I loved listening to!). The boy has talent. This picture is of Oakley. He is going to do Taylor next, and then Parker. I wish I could draw half as good as he can:)