Merry Christmas from Disneyland!

On December 6th we took off to sunny California. It was so much fun and perfect weather. We first visited family and friends and then met up with 2 other families from Utah ,who we are good friends with. We stayed in Anaheim and had 4 day hopper tickets to Disneyland and California Adventure. The weather couldn't have been better, 75 degrees everyday and it wasn't too crowded. December is really a great time to go to Disneyland. Anyway, by the end of the 4 days the kids were done with Disneyland. We went all day and into the night, it was exhausting, but so fun. Here are a few fun pictures to share.

Visiting Abuelita and Papi

(Photos courtesy of Mackenzie)

Father and son(so cute!)

Baby Rich and Baby Chad

Brady's Birthday Party!

We went to Rich's best friends little boy's birthday.

Almost all the kids in our group, 3 of the boys were

on a ride.

Goofin around with Goofy

Chillin out in Minnie's house.

Kenzie couldn't go on one of the rides, so we ate

cotton candy instead.

Of all the rides at California Adventure we just

had to go on the Merry-go-round.

By the end of the night the kids couldn't even eat

dinner. We had another one in another booth asleep, also.

Kenzie just had to have a picture with Mirabell

Cow. She has never even seen her, she just thought

she looked pretty.

BFF's at Disneyland, could it be more fun!

This time she fell asleep as soon as her head hit
the pillow. Only a few seconds or so.

The Buzz Lightyear ride is highly recommended.


Rich and Maddie got to go up and dance with the

Highschool Musical group. It was really funny.

(Not the real Highschool Musical group)

What a trooper! This is a true experienced Disneyland mom. Baby on the hip, one on the shoulders and a camera around her neck. You go girl!

Never a dull moment....

I haven 't blogged in awhile and thought I would share a few pictures from our busy and fun life.
There is always someone willing to get in front of the camera, so why not take the picture and share. So did anyone else shop on Black Friday? Let me know how it went for you. I went at 3:30 am and braved Walmart first. Was it worth it? Maybe not. People there are not nice. At 5am you are given the go and everyone just rips into piles of stuff. It was crazy and a little painful. I don't think Walmart will be on my agenda next year, but I will go again to other stores and brave the crowds for the awesome deals. I hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving. I know I did. I'll have to share our Thanksgiving highlights at a later post. Until then TTFN.

The girls right after a bath

Kenzie and Elle after pre-school

Whoops! There goes Elle.

Always has a smile for the camera

Macie learned how to jump rope and now loves it.

Kenzie and Macie are so sweet together

Max is Lost!

We lost Max! But we found him, whew! On Friday in my crazy rush to get the girls out the door I told Kenzie to let Max out to go potty. Well, Max digs and gets out of the yard if he is left out for to long. Guess what, I forgot about him until about 10am. I went out and called for him and no Max. Usually Max comes back within an hour or so, this time he didn't. Around noon I decided I had better go and look for him. After about an hour of driving around and calling for Max and wasting my free time I got pulled over. So I went home. I was really worried and decided to call all the animal shelters I could and some neighbors as well. That evening we made some fliers and the next morning Rich put them up. Still nothing. That afternoon the kids went and put some more fliers up and an hour later I got the call. A lady in my neighborhood had him. She also has a female dog, that is in heat and Max is not neutered, you do the math. So Max came home a very happy dog. Needless to say he has an appointment this week to get fixed and I guess we'll find out in a few months if he is going to be a father. So that is our story of Max. It will be a very Happy Thanksgiving now that he is home. We love Max very much, including Rich.

Ryker 3 months old

Ryker hit the 3 month mark on November 8th and what a cutie. He always knows how to make us all smile. What joy he brings to our family.

Let it snow and snow and snow!

Kenzie just couldn't believe her eyes when she woke up last week and there was about 5 inches of snow on the ground. All morning she asked to go and play in it and finally I just let her. She played for about 30 min. and then got cold and came in. Oh what fun!