Disneyland 2012!

 Day 2 was Disneyland. The boys in the Tarzan tree house.

 We totally splurged and went to the Blue Bayou restaurant. It was so stinking delicious!

 Waiting for the Pirates ride.

 Waiting for the Splash Mountain ride.

 This was Ben's first "real" ride. After the first little dip in the log he asked if it was over and if we could get off. Poor kid, we still had a really big drop, and when I told him he started crying, but there was no where to go. After that ride, we learned our lesson and he stuck to the little kid rides.

 Kerry, Sam, Katelyn, Alex and I got to go on Space Mountain while Steve took the little ones to Toon Town. This was my first time on this ride, so much fun!

 Ben and Lily got their faces painted with Uncle Steve.

 Toon Town.

 Waiting in yet another line:)

Ben drove me around, he was a good little driver.

We had so much fun, and can't wait for next time! 

Disneyland 2012! California adventure

My sister and her family were going to Disneyland, and we, very last minute, decided to join them, I'm talking maybe 2 days in advance. It was so much fun! We stayed in the same hotel, and had breakfast every morning in the hotel restaurant, which was surprisingly super yummy!

The boys did bring down weapons to breakfast every day, and right before we caught the shuttle I had to run them up to our room before we went to Dland!

 This shuttle was wonderful.

 The first day we went to California Adventure.

 Waiting in line. The nice thing about going on little kid rides is that the lines were practically nothing.

 I love these kids!

 I have a lot of pictures of Benjamin and me because I was always his ride partners. I have a lot of pictures of all of the other kids' back of their heads, but I won't bore you with them. I love how in Dland you get away with wearing crazy hats.

 Can you believe you have to wait in line to say hi to a character? Lines, lines, lines!

 We are so blessed to have been able to hop down to Disneyland for a quick vacation. We had such a great time, and with some really great company.

Horseback Riding

 The kids are taking horseback riding lessons. Last year Katelyn took horseback while Alex took archery, but this year they are both taking horseback; it sure makes it easier on the taxi cab driver.

 This is Katelyn's favorite horse Sunny, she rode him last year and started off with him this year, but then she was forced to switch with her brother because Sunny is a better horse for first time riders.

 This is Alex brushing Billy.

 Katelyn riding Billy. She said that Billy is really stubborn.

 Benjamin keeping himself entertained during the lesson.

 Alex riding Sunny.

They are both doing a great job riding. 

Family Pictures 2012

Right now my family lives all over the globe. My parents live in Aruba, my sister lives in New Zealand, my other sister lives in Utah, my brother lives in Idaho, and we live in California. But my nephew, Sam, just got baptized and we all went to Utah for it. Since we were actually all there, we had to get some family pictures done. It was such a great visit!