Our Disneyland Trip

We spent two days in Disneyland last week and it was amazing. We had such a great time and loved every minute. Surprisingly our kids did really well and really had no meltdowns, which is extraordinary. My favorite rides were the Toy Story one in California Adventures and Tower of Terror. Joe really liked the Toy story ride also and the Indiana Jones one is Disneyland. Blake loved Splash Mountain and the Toy story ride. We had such a great time and were very sad to have to leave. We're hoping to be going to Disney world in two years, we'll see. Here are some of the pictures of our trip.

Of course we had to get a picture in front of the N. I think it's required. Pluto! We also have pictures from Reno and Salt Lake that I'll get to this week. It was such a fun 10 days and we were VERY sad to come back home.

Kalli's Boyfriend

Meet Kalli's boyfriend. Blake brought him home from school this week and she instantly fell in love. Whenever we are outside she insists on having full on conversations with him. Monday night she talked to him for 15 minutes. It was funny to watch. Now whenever nobody is watching she picks him up and walks him around the yard, probably showing him her digs. Today she brought him inside but he was instantly banished back outside which instantly made Kalli cry. She tries to be as gentle with him as possible but alas his nose has been pulled off and put back on. He's a great addition to our family Kalli just wishes he would respond back to her in her conversations with him!

Blake's prayer

Blake's prayer last night at dinner went like this:

Heavenly Father

pledge allegiance to the flag

of the United States of America

and to the Republic

For which it stands

One nation

under God

indivisible

with liberty and justice for all

I proceeded to tell him that was great but needs to do a real prayer. The look he gave me was priceless. I think his pre-school teacher is making this little boy into a very patriotic little boy. I hear the pledge of allegiance and some flag song they sing at least 10 times a day.

The finished product.

Awhile ago I posted about our almost finished kids bathroom. Well it is now done (although it's been done for almost a month). Here are the finished photos. We all really love it and think it turned out perfect. I am now officially obsessed with wainscoting. Our next project will be our kitchen but I don't think we'll tackle that until after summer.

In just over two weeks we will be here:

I'm really excited for a few reasons:

1-Joe has never been here and I can't wait for him to go! I think he is going to have a blast and revert back to his kid years!

2- Blake is going to love every minute. We've really been hyping this trip up and telling him about the rides. He's especially excited about the Toy Story ride where you shoot things. I just can't wait for him to be there!

3- I haven't been since I met Joe and I can't wait to ride my favorite rides, including the Haunted Mansion, Indiana Jones and Splash Mountain.

4- I get to go on all the scary rides with my awesome brother and sister because Joe refuses to!

5- At night when my kids are pooped but I'm still wanting to ride rides, my mom will take the kids back to the hotel and Joe and I can continue to have fun with my brother and sister. Does it get any better?

6- I get to spend time with my mom, brother and sister!

I just can't wait to GO!!!!

What do you do to keep your kids quiet and still during conference? Apparently we wrap ours up in blankets so they are immobile. It worked pretty well for a couple of minutes, but at least they had fun doing it!

Kalli's hair looks this crazy pretty much every morning. Poor girl has the WORST morning hair!

Happy Easter

Since Easter fell on General Conference this year I dressed up the kids in their Easter gear last week. Unfortunately Blake didn't want to wear his Easter garb and insisted that he only wears a white shirt and tie for church. Bummer. Kalli was cute in her cute little dress. At least they are getting better at taking pictures together.

Yea, I know it looks like she's in a strangle hold but you know, that's how brotherly love goes. So sweet. And you can really see how well her bangs turned out. They did not like taking pictures by themselves. This is the best I could do with my wild models. I just love these kids.