This was taken on the 26th and I had to include it because the kids were looking so cute!
Friday, May 6, 2011
to New Year's
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Christmas 2010
Santa was good to us! Faith got a red camera and a Sims 3 Wii game,
and Buddy got a Lego Harry Potter set, Epic Mickey Wii game and Lego Star Wars Wii game.
I must have been caught up with the celebration because I hardly took any pictures over there. Oops!
Crumpet's gift was spending the day at her grandparents'!
We stopped by to visit Grandma Mitchell.
We actually got back home before dark this year! We had a very wonderful, merry and blessed Christmas.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
mid-December to Christmas Eve
After getting some rest from our vacation, we headed out to visit the fam on Dec. 19th. Tony was showing pictures from my camera and decided to get a little wacky with it. First he got a shot of Eric, Jordan, and himself (at a bizarre angle from holding the camera)
and then of me demonstrating the "gang sign" I flashed at the camera on the way down Splash Mountain on our last ride.
(Christian made me take a second picture of his, the little joker)
We wrapped our little gifts for the a white elephant gift exchange at my parents' (the first of many, most likely). I had seen the idea for the cute snowman wrap (gummy pandas were inside) and Faith did such a great job bringing it to fruition!
The nativity play was wonderful, as always. Christian got to be Joseph this year. The angel (Sierra) is delivering a message to Mary (Lily).
The whole gang. Brendon was a shepherd and Noah, his sheep.
The three wise (wo)men: Faith, Celeste and Alaura.
My cuties!
He cried and cried over having to put it in the gift pile and then threw a big fit when Celeste chose it. She was soooo sweet, she traded Buddy for the votive candle holder he had. Later in the game Faith stole the candle, but I think all the kids were happy about what they ended up with. But none more than our little guy!
There was even a sleigh where another family was taking pictures. They obliged in taking our family picture.
Unfortunately, there weren't many cars {to laugh and point at} in the parking lot of Doctor John's, probably due to the fact that we drove by before 9 p.m. The kids put out a great spread for Santa and the reindeer and got nestled snug in their beds.
The reason for all the additional snacks, over and above the cookies & milk requisite: for the six months prior to Christmas, Buddy had been commenting about any food he deemed delicious enough, "Santa needs to taste this!" And in fact, he remembered that he wanted Santa to try the green Miracle Salsa with avacado, tomatillos & anaheim peppers that we got at the Kaysville farmers' market. He was quite sad that we didn't have any to share. What a thoughtful little guy!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Disneyland! part 2
On December 15th we got to Disneyland early and rode "Pirates of the Caribbean" twice in a row. We love that ride and we were especially sad when last we were there (March of 2006) that it was closed for renovations. They were putting in the Johnny Depp likenesses, and I have to say, we were very impressed!
We did some classic rides like Dumbo,
We did some classic rides like Dumbo,
We ate at Blue Bayou that evening and, even though it was super pricey and Tony wasn't feeling well, it was still awesome. The ambiance and getting to gawk at the Pirate's of the Caribbean's riders made the experience one of the kids' favorite.
We climbed up through some of the man made caves, but inside one the walls kept getting closer and closer together and the pathway narrower and narrower. I just about had a panic attack at one point where I was pretty sure I couldn't get through the next opening and was afraid to get stuck. The one recurring nightmare I have is just like that!!! I turned right around, went back, and refused to go in any more caves. Christian thought I was a wimp.
That evening we decided to do some shopping in Downtown Disney. Christian nearly suffered complete heart failure when he entered a Lego store for the first time. I think it was more awesome than anything he had ever imagined :)
Faith's feet got wet and freezing and our hotel shuttle couldn't pick us up until 5:15 (they don't run it from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) so I suggested going to Captain EO so we could get out of the rain while we waited. Afterward, Tony apologised to the kids for torturing them with it, but they'd enjoyed the kooky musical! On the drive home the next day Christian asked from the back seat, "Mom, do you member that cool show where there was the bad guy with tubes and big claws and that nice lady with curly hair changed it nice?" Faith said, "Buddy, that wasn't a lady, that was Michael Jackson!" Totally understandable mistake.
The next morning we picked up a few last souvenirs like pajamas for the kids, shirt for Tony and this ornament for me. Then we were on our way back home!
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