A great way to start the Christmas season.....

Disneyland, the week after Thanksgiving, was fabulous! The Christmas trimmings were spectacular. The people in the park were sparse, and the lines were short! The weather was just right, and the rides were, as always, out of this world! We had an awesome trip, minus a few melt downs from our terrible two yr. old, and out of control four year old, but one thing was for sure.........Disneyland was magical, and we were so happy to be there!

I took over 400 pics. so, this is just a short view, or some highlights of our trip in no particular order!

Visits with Santa!

We were amazed at all the Christmas decor!The Chapmans came the day before we left, so we were lucky to have an afternoon in the park with our good friends!We brought the double stroller, but Owen wanted Robert to hold him at all times. By the end of the week, Robert's back was ACHING!
The girls and their painted faces!It's a Small World.......all lit up at night!Owen, happy?!

Breakfast with Lilo!
Lunch with the princesses.


Candy store!


Snuggling with Minnie! Swimming in the pirate ship pool.


Riding the roller coasters!


Screaming down slides!

Showing Minnie the mini -babies.

Riding fun rides!

Laughing at their crazy dad!

Playing in Mickey's Toon Town!

Being a good big sister!

Riding the Madahorn, again, and again, and again!

Doing a little jive with Brother Bear!

Building at the Lego store!

Hugging Minnie.....again!

Watching 3D shows!

Pictures by the enormous Christmas tree!

Owen, loving seeing his buddies, Hunter and Tanner!

Avery and Owen each chose a baby Minnie and Mickey and loved them the whole trip!

Admiring Snow White! Avery and Owen were a little nervous!

Having fun in Minnie's kitchen!

Wishing Mickey a Merry Christmas!

Dancing along to the High School Musical presentation!

Riding the old fire truck through Disney's Main St.Enjoying the views while riding the Monorail!Dancing with Goofy at his kitchen!

Admiring the spectacular, nightly, Christmas parade.

Ahhhhh........the castle at night!

More parade action...... Enjoying the view at night from our hotel room!

Owen, crushing on Ariel!
Me, loving the candy store......and going back every night for a bag of candy!

Stitch, stopping by our table for a photo! Owen, loving the candy store too!

Payton, cruising down the water slide.

Us, leaving the Boise airport.......ready for our adventure!
Avery, swimming so hard, she ended up puking and shutting down the pool for an hour!

Robert surprised us with a limo ride from the airport to Disneyland! Woo hoo! We loved the view of California Adventure, from our hotel room window.

I am grateful we were able to take the kids to Disneyland this year. It is such an amazing place. I think Robert and I enjoy it more than the kids! I am sad that the trip is over, but will enjoy viewing the pictures and remembering all the fun things we were able to do and see together.

Oh, the Decorating......

We are spending the day decorating the house with all our Christmas decor. Each year we accumulate more "stuff!" It seems this simple task takes ALL DAY LONG. It is 2 0'clock, and we sure haven't made a lot of progress. Maybe if I would get off the computer this would go a lot quicker!

Tis' the season!

Surprise, Surprise, Surprise

We received a surprise phone call from Mickey Mouse the other night. He told the kids how excited he was to see them at Disneyland next week! What, who, when , where, really...us???? The kids were so excited they did a celebration dance in the living room! And then they danced some more.
So, we handed out all the fun stuff the resort sent for the kids.

Boy were they excited!
The trip to Disneyland has been a tough secret to keep. Robert and I have had the trip planned for some time. I wanted to wait until Friday to tell them, but Monday night Robert couldn't wait any longer. I honestly don't know who is more excited, the kids, or me and Robert. We went two years ago with Payton and Avery and had the best time. We truly felt it was the happiest place on earth! We can't wait to go again, and are excited that Owen will be with us too, this time. We are anxious for three full days in the park enjoying the fun together as a family! So, today will be spent packing and getting reading, and then we leave first thing in the morning! Oh, tomorrow couldn't come soon enough! Disneyland........here we come!!!!!!!!!

Thanksgiving

We ate way too much....
Made some sweet crafts....
Played a little football....
Took a wild airplane ride....And a little snoozer....

Loved baby Grant....

And....crashed hard!

It's hard to believe Thanksgiving has come and gone! We enjoyed the day cooking, eating, relaxing, playing outside, watching football, making crafts, visiting, napping, movie going, and most importantly........spending the day with LOVED ones.....and for all that.....and MORE......I am THANKFUL!!!!!!!

Twilight

Finally----the wait is over. I saw Twilight last night with a group of friends. We were all giddy and anxious to see the show! I think the consensus over dessert afterwards was....

WE LIKED IT!!!!!

So, who did you dream about last night?!