Disneyland, AGAIN!!

I know that we are a little crazy, but we have been to Disneyland 5 times this year. We have season passes so it makes it a little more affordable and we should get our money's worth, right?!? I think we won't be going again for a while. It was waaaayy too crowded. Now we know

not to go right before Christmas. We still had fun though. Except for the day that E was throwing up. Good learning experience :)

B and E with their cousin A eating popsicles while we were waiting for the bigger kids to finish going on a ride.

B and E with Jessie in California Adventure. They love to see Disney characters!

B and E and all their cousins who were with us in Disneyland getting their picture taken with Minnie and Mickey. We got to go to a private party there just because they invited M in and we all followed. It was kind of cool! We got free food and drinks and pictures with lots of characters.

Santa was in California Adventure for all the kids to see him. They told them what they wanted for Christmas. It was their first time sitting on Santa's lap this year.

Christmas pictures

Here is a recap of our Christmas in a few pictures:

This is how E ended her Christmas day. She fell asleep at 5:30 PM! Too much excitement, I guess.

Nothing like the excitement of a child, huh? This was their reaction to getting a gumball machine. Thanks Heidi's kids!

Here they are in their cute matching PJ's. They are holding Christmas books because one of our traditions it to wrap up lots of Christmas books and after Thanksgiving letting the kids each take turns unwrapping the book to read each night.

Here are the kids with some of their cousins acting out the Nativity. E was Mary this year and B was the inn keeper. You can't really see his face, though.

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

New Family Pictures

I have been trying to post these for over a week! I have had problems uploading the pictures through blogger, so sorry those few of you who read this. We just got family pictures done and they were so dang cute!!!

Handsome B. He is 5 1/2. Doesn't he look so big?!? Is he that big?!?

The epitome of "saying cheese", E is 3 and fully potty trained!! Yay!! Don't you love her curls? Au natural.

Our sweet family. This is the one where we all look at least OK. Some of the others are just plain funny because of all the faces that we're pulling as we try to look natural.

My Transformer and Princess (and the tough guy)

Here is E as beautiful Princess Aurora. Although if you had asked her what she wanted to be she would have said a "a bunny and I will say honk, honk" I have no clue where she got that.

Here is B. He was Bumblebee the Transformer. When people would ask what he was going to be he would say bumblebee and I think they all pictured him dressed as a bee.

A picture of my three favorite people! B chose the "moosetash" and eyebrows for M.

Here are the two pumpkins that I carved. The kids helped me paint the Jack Skelllington one. We have been loving that movie at our house! We were in Disneyland a few days before Halloween and they had a cool fireworks show with Nightmare Before Christmas characters and Music. Way fun!

My New Obsession!

I have found a new love. Don't worry I haven't abandoned Mike (too much). I Love SEWING! Who would have guessed it, huh?!? It is a good creative outlet. I feel am learning something new! There are so many stinking cute fabrics out there, I hardly can contain myself!! Here is my latest project: matching skirts for E and her two cousins that are all four months apart in age.

A picture of E twirling.

E's First Dance Class

Instead of E doing preschool, I decided to put her in a dance class with her cousin A. They are the two best friends in there!! This is the picture I got when I asked them to smile. Can you say "Bitter Beer Face?"

Hair Fix

I have been reading a hair blog lately and it has really got me excited about doing new things in E's hair. Here is one that I came up with on my own.

Side view

Top view.

First Soccer Game

B's team name is the Goats. I wouldn't say that he particularly likes it, but I can already see improvement from his first game. At his last game he said "Mom, I got two kicks and seven pushes"

Here he is chasing after the ball again. He has been bribed to score a goal. If he does, he can choose a dinosaur at the toy store. That is some serious incentive for him.

First day of school

B rides the bus both ways to school. He (and me) were nervous about how the bus would be but it went very smoothly!

E giving her big brother a love before he got on the bus. She still misses him while he is gone and can't wait until he gets back.

B with his friend B waiting for the bus to come to our stop.

How is B this old that he can go to school all by himself?!? It is crazy.

E's Birhtday

Here are some pictures of E's birhtday. How in the world did she get so old and big??!? Here is the happy (usually) 3 year old:



Here we are with the birthday cake I made her. I felt a little out of practice with the fondant, but it was fun to make anyway. I call the cake "The Barbie Belle of the Ball"

Here she is dressed up in a Tinkerbelle costume that Uncle M and Aunt M's family gave her. She loves to dress up.

This was at her birthday party with M's side of the family. She had a Disney Princess cake. Yes, she was eating a sucker as she was waiting for cake and ice cream. It was her birthday, right?

She loved opening up all the presents. She even let B help when he asked to. She really is a sweetheart inside all the spunky exterior!!

From the Mouth of Babes

I told B I would help him figure out how to work a toy after I got E in her carseat. He said "I figured it out mom. I read the constructions."

I was writing through facebook to a friend. E asked what I was doing. I told her I was talking to a friend on the computer. E looked at me seriously and said "Computers don't talk, Mom."

I was talking to M about a doll E had just gotten for her birthday. It was really cute and had pink hair. I held it up to M and asked him who he thought it looked like. He said it looked like his niece M. B said "M had pink hair when she was a baby?!?"

NYC and Boston

M and I went to Boston and NYC a few weeks ago without the kids. We went a lot of places that we hadn't gone before. It was lots of fun!!!

This was at the Red Sox game. The first game we went to we bought tickets from a scalper. It was a little bit scary! We were in the "cheap seats" where the fans get really loud and wild. It was super humid (notice the glow on our faces). The second game we had seats that were a lot closer. We got lots of Red Sox gear at the store.

Although we have been to NYC three times before, we had never been to the Empire State Building. It was raining while we were up there so here was a picture of a storm coming in.

We had also never been to the Brooklyn bridge before. We walked from the Brooklyn side to the Manhatten side. I never knew it was such a popular thing to do! There were tons of people up there!

A TAG

49 Things Tag FILL IT OUT! Learn 49 things about your friends, and let them learn 49 things about you!

1. Do you like blue cheese?  I love blue cheese
2. Your Favorite Shoes? Flip flops
3. Do you own a gun? No
4. Your favorite song? All the songs from Wicked
5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? No, no big deal
6. What do you think of hot dogs? I will only eat Nathans or Hebrew national
7. Favorite Christmas song? Carol of the Bells
8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Water
9. Can you do push ups? I could probably do a few but that's it!
10. Are you afraid of flying?  Not really unless we are without the kids.  Then I am a little more nervous
11. What's your favorite piece of jewelry? My wedding ring
12. Favorite hobby? sewing and eating good food
13. Animals: love them or hate them? Love some animals
14. Do you have ADD? No, although I tend to be a little forgetful

15. What do you hate about yourself? My insecurities
16. What is your middle name? Linsey
17. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment: I wish E was feeling better.  I wonder how Jeff is doing today.  Is it bad that I am letting my kids watch TV while I am doing this>
18. What's your favorite number? 14
19. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? Water, Diet Coke, Diet Pepsi
20. Current worry right now? sending B to kindergarten in August
21. Current hate right now? That E is sick
22. Favorite place to be? on vacation
23. How did you bring in the New Year? We went to bed early because we had to get up at 5 AM to catch a flight the next day.
24. Where would you like to go? Amsterdam and Italy
25. Name three people who will complete this? I don't know! 
26. Do you own slippers? Yes
27. What shirt are you wearing?  gray one
28. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? I've never had them, but I don't think I would like them
29. Can you whistle? Yes
30. Favorite color? blue, brown, and pink
31. Would you be a pirate? No, I would get sea sick
32. What songs do you sing in the shower? I don't do that anymore
33. Favorite girl's name? Rosalee
34. Favorite boy's name? I don't want anyone stealing it, but I love the name Benson
35. What's in your pocket right now? I don't have pockets on these sweats
36. Last thing that made you laugh? When I scared B while he was in quiet time.  He jumped and screamed.
37. Best bed sheets as a child? Yellow sheets
38. Worst injury you've ever had? A broken ankle
39. How many TVs do you have in your house? 4
40. Who is your loudest friend? Angie Martinez.  Love you Ang!
41. How many dogs do you have? 2, sort of.
42. Does someone have a crush on you? M definetely does
43. Favorite Book? The work and the Glory series
44. Partying hard or Laying low? laying low
45. What is your favorite candy? There are sooo many I don't think I could choose.  I have a serious sweet tooth
46. Favorite Sports team? Utah Utes and Boston Red Sox
47.What were you doing 12 AM last night? Sleeping
48. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? Dang, E feels hot
49. If you are married, where did you meet your WIFE/HUSBAND? I was working for his brother as a dental assistant and he came in to get his teeth cleaned and asked his bro. for my number.  The rest is history.

B's Birthday and a new haircut

E eating cake and ice cream

B and I with the cake I made him.  And that is my new hair cut.  Although not on a great hair day.

B got a Bumblebee mask for his Birthday.  You can talk like a transformer in it.

Another one of his presents.  It eats Hot Wheel cars.

What kids do when they are bored or unsupervised

It's probably hard to see in this picture, but while E was in quiet time she decided to re-decorate her nightstand.  She also thought that her dresser, wall, books, and some clothes needed decorating, too.  Yeah, the medium she used was permanent marker.  Needless to say she got in big trouble.  Most of it did not come off, even with magic eraser.  It was everywhere!

I let B and E play while I am in the shower.  When I got out I yelled down to them to see if they were doing OK.  There was no answer so I went downstairs to see.  They had dumped out all of their toys in the living room and a Costco size bag of Craisins.  They did learn a good lesson, though.  If you don't want to pick up, don't dump everything out!!

Good thing they are cute!! 

So Sorry!

I apologize to everyone who has been checking my blog the last month for an update!  I got a mac for my birthday and have yet to figure out how to download new pictures.  One of these nights, between the baseball, softball, YW's, cooking club, etc.  I will ask Mike to teach me how to download pictures to this computer.  Thanks for your patience!

Also, thanks for updating all of your blogs.  It is so much fun to read about what is going on with everyone and see all your cute families.  

Random Pictures

Lately I have seen a lot of my friends blogs posting random pictures.  Since we have been up to a whole lot of nothing lately, I thought I would do that, too.  Here we go:

This is B and E at Halloween.  If you couldn't guess, B is Scooby Doo and E is a Ballerina.

This is me right before I got induced with E.  I forget how HUGE I am when I am pregnant.!

This was the cutest thing!  If you know B and E, you know that they fight almost constantly when they are together.  They do occasionally have sweet moments together and this was one.  I got out of the shower and saw B sitting in the living room reading E books.  They did it for a good 20 minutes without fighting or bugging each other.  What a miracle :)

This was B's first Christmas.  He was six months old.  He and M both look a little funny, but you can see both of their dimples.  Oh, How I love their dimples!!!!  I also kind of miss B's red hair.  It was sooo cute!

Disneyland here we go again

We went to Disneyland again in March (I know, crazy huh). We seriously love Disneyland! Here are our most recent pictures.

B being Buzz Lightyear with Princess Aurora (E) in the background.

E in her Mickey Ears and cool shades.

B looks so happy, huh :)

Me and E on Dumbo with her face painted and her hair done like a princess.

B likes to get his face painted too. Only nothing girly for him.

What's been going on!

B has gone skiing with M a few times this winter. It is so fun to watch little kids ski because they seriously have no fear. When he falls he just gets right up. I hope he always loves it so that we can go as a family when the kids get older.