Disneyland!

We took our kiddos to St. George and Disneyland this past week and I think this was one of my favorite family trips yet. We left to go to St. George and stayed a few days.. went swimming, played at the parks, Jared and I played some golf, etc. and then headed on down the road to Disneyland for 4 days. Those 4 days were just packed with roller coaster rides, race cars, meeting Mickey Mouse and the whole crew, lollipops and ice-cream, you name it.
Jared and Jordan were buddies most of the trip (yes, most of the rides won't let pregnant ladies on, and Austin is not old enough).. so we got to walk around and check out the kiddie rides while Jared and Jordan hit all of the roller-coaster rides. He got to ride everything at the park except the Indiana Jones ride, so we'll check that out next time we're there.

We got to meet Mickey Mouse...
The whole family got to go on the Jungle Cruise; here's a picture of Jared and Austin checking things out.
And someone left these cute Mickey Mouse cookies in our room, milk and all!







Tom Sawyer's Island - this was such a cool place; I think we could have stayed on this little island all day long. There were tunnels, caves, and bridges everywhere.

The CA Adventures Pixar Parade: the kids got to see lightning mcqueen, mater, the incredibles, all of the pixar films characters up close and personal.
We did a "Meet the Characters Breakfast" one morning and Jordan got to meet some of the Disney characters at our table. Captain Hook was a little too spooky for Austin... so we had to fight off a few tears on that one. But the food was yummy and Jordan loved it.




Jared and Jordan on the Grizzly River Run; they were soaked!
Jordan and Austin going down the slides; we stayed at the Disneyland Hotel and they had a great pool so we spent our last day just soaking up some sun.

We met up with the Kooymans in St. George and had lunch at Red Robbin; Jared and Danny got to play golf a few times while we were in St. George and we had fun spending some time with them.
And... we were so lucky to have Todd and Wendy come and stay with us and hang out for just a little while; Jared and Todd played some golf and Wendy and I took the kids to the park and the pool. My kids are so very lucky to have such a sweet and loving aunt so close by. She's so good to my boys.
Here's a very pregnant shot of me and my two monkeys; yes, I have a big basketball belly (one little boy at the pool came up to me and asked, "why is your belly so fat?") Don't you just love how kids are so honest? I sure do; kids just say the funniest things.

I LOVE this picture. Jared loves his kids more than anything and it shows; he's just the best daddy.
Tiffany and her family were in St. George and we tried to meet up at this cute place called Pirate Island (very cool pizza place with a great arcade); we ended up getting together for some frozen custard later that night. But here's a cute picture of Jordan with his pirate hat on.
And more golf.. this time I got to play! We had a great time.



Wow... we had a ton of fun and it was a busy, busy trip. I just love spending time with my family and creating these memories with them. I'm pretty sure we're staying close to home until this new little boy is here so it was great to get away one last time before we have a new baby in the house. 7 more weeks to go!!

Chasing little boys around

My life seems to revolve around this one thing: chasing my two little boys around. And I love it! They sure do keep me busy, but I can't think of anything that I'd rather be doing than spending time with my kids. Jordan got to have some play time with his best buddie: Corbin; we spent part of the day at Wheeler Farms feeding the ducks, checking out the farm animals, and going on the tractor ride.



Jordan's first attempt at using chop-sticks (he'll get the hang of it one of these days!) But he had fun giving it a try.
Last week Jared's mom and dad invited us to join them and the other cousins at Jungle Jims.



We took the kids to see the divers at the Mayan (Jordan and Austin love watching the dive show), and one of the divers came over to see the kids and Jordan thought that was just the coolest thing on earth.


Love these little boys and can't wait for our #3 to be here... 10 weeks to go.

Easter Sunday

The Easter bunny made it to our house this year (we're usually in not home for Easter and so this year was a treat). Sunday morning the kids woke up and got to search for eggs all over the house; went to church and got more candy, and later we had an Easter egg hunt at our house, and of course, more candy. It was a fun day and we had fun celebrating Easter this year. Here's some pictures of my cute little boys, Corbin, and Valerie searching for eggs in the backyard:

Sand Dunes and More...

We had another glimpse of Spring! We were so excited to get out and enjoy some of the warm weather so we took the kids down to the sand dunes for the day; I think the sand dunes is a little boy's heaven on earth. My boys all have one thing in common, they all love the sound of motors, bikes, and dirt.




Jordan wanted to play baseball with dad so here's Jared practicing with Jordan out in the backyard.

We took the kids down to the mall to see the Easter Bunny, ride the carousel, and of course, have some ice-cream to top it off.

Jordan's friend Jackson came over to play and the kids got to show off their art skills. Such cute kids!
Jared went to St. George with his friends: Scott Judd, Jared Carlson, and Travis Stringham for 4 days to ride their dirt bikes, play some golf, and just hang out with the guys. All that fun and this is the one and only picture that he came home with:

Enrichment Night

We had our annual EN Birthday and the theme this year was a Mexican Fiesta. It was a lot of fun, and I got to make some Cafe Rio pork, rice, and dressing... so I now have one of the best recipes around, thanks to someone on our committee. E-mail me if you want a copy, it's delicious!