Disneyland!!

Easter weekend we decided to take a trip to Disneyland. It was so fun, and getting cheap tickets on ebay always makes the trip more fun. It was just a fast one day trip. But we had a blast. We went to Downtown Disney Friday night after we got checked into our hotel. We mainly hung out at the Lego Store and the kids were in Lego heaven. We didn't get back to the hotel till around 11:00. The kids were so exhausted, but the excitement of staying in a hotel turned their exhaustion into hyperactivity. We didn't get to bed till after midnight. The next morning came very quickly. Disneyland was so much fun. We got in as it opened and went right to the character breakfast, Minnie and Friends. Way overpriced, but very delicious and fun. Besides what isn't overpriced in Disneyland right?? It was fun to have all the characters come to our table.

Chip... or Dale? So cute

Minnie looking at Sydney

Rebecca was SO excited to meet Minnie. She was definitely her favorite character. She still talks about Minnie eating with us.

Dale.... or Chip. (The other one)

Captain Hook was hillarious. Rebecca very scared of him though. She hid every time he looked at her.

We were surprised that for the last Saturday of Spring Break (Easter weekend) it wasn't unbearably busy. We were able to go on all the rides we wanted to go on, and had a great day.

Dumbo was Rebecca's favorite ride. She could have ridden it all day. (Hayden' s there in the pic, just look hard.) Hayden's favorite ride was Thunder Mountain. Little dare devil.

Here is Rebecca melting down because she was SO tired. Luckilly she got a nap for a few hours and was able to be happier throughout the rest of the day.

Toon Town

Such a great trip! We can't wait to do it again, with a little more sleep the night before.

Easter Egg Hunt

A few days before Easter we went over to my friend Heather's house and had a fun Easter Egg hunt with her kids, Kyan and Britain, and MaryAnn's cute girls, Megan and Lauren. The kids had a BLAST looking for the eggs, and even more fun getting chocolate smeared all over their faces.




The kids also dyed Easter eggs. Leave it to my kids to spill the dye all over the table. Oops!

Picture Time

I'm sure you've probably noticed the new pictures of my kids on the sidebar, but I thought I'd put all the poses we got here for your enjoyment! So... Enjoy.

Hayden - 4

Rebecca - 2

Syndey - 2 months

Three Little Monkeys Playing In The Bed!

Sydney's Baby Blessing

OK, It is time to do some MAJOR catching up. Who knows how long it will actually take me to get all caught up, but I decided to do it in spurts, rather than trying to get all caught up in one post. I want you wanting more, not sick of getting too much of a good thing all at once. So let me back up to March 29, when we blessed Sydney.

Our Cute Little Family

The whole clan

Hayden

Rebecca

Sydney

It was a beautiful day and a wonderful blessing. It was great to have Jerry's family come including Aunts and Uncles. Thank you everyone for showing your love and support by coming to Sydney's blessing.

Cheesy Question??

Question?
How dangerous is it for a two month old to be fed shredded cheese by a sibling?? Totally hypothetical!

Can't...Keep...Up!!!

You know those perfect Relief Society Presidents that always look wonderful, house is always immaculate, kids never fight and are dressed and ready for the day by 8:30. The one who is always caught up on laundry so she's not scrambling at 10:30 at night doing laundry so that there will be clean underwear tomorrow. The one that makes cookies for all the widows in the ward, drops by the inactive members' homes with a loaf of bread, and knows what to do in any given situation?
I am not her!
Believe me, I try, and I want to be that on the ball, but I'm not. Here is the scene that played out in THIS Relief Society President's home this morning....
The door bell rang at 10:45 - really not that early. Hayden opened the door to see our missionaries. When the door opened THEY saw..
Me - dressed in my best mismatched pjs (yes, it was 10:45) doused in spit up and I'm sure smelling wonderful wearing that spit up. Holding Sydney in boy PJs. (So what if she is wearing Hayden's pjs from when he was a baby because I need to do some laundry - she looks darling in anything - they were just probably confused because they know I had a baby girl.)
Hayden - still wearing his pjs (yes, it was 10:45 AM) that are inside out because he really likes to dress himself and he couldn't see the tag hanging from his booty last night even though we told him. Since he couldn't see it, he didn't think they were inside out.
Rebecca -covered in marker from her coloring this morning, wearing, you guessed it, only her diaper (It could be 3:45 in the afternoon and most likely that's what she'd still be wearing).
The House - with train tracks strewn throughout the front room, puzzles all over, and the game Elefun with all the little butterflies scattered on the floor. Oh, and a diaper that I had just changed wrapped up on the floor waiting to be put in the garbage. (At least that is all they could see from the front door, it's a good thing they didn't go upstairs)

They came by to give me some names of some investigators that I should call (and probably take some homemade loaves of bread to) one of which I had written the name down a couple weeks ago, but it was when I was still in that "new mom fog" and I have no idea where it is now.

Wonderful huh! Not embarrassing in the least. I will get caught up eventually, and even though I know those perfect Relief Society Presidents don't really exist, in my mind that's the one I'm comparing myself to. :) But for now, this is the president and mom I am and as long as I'm trying that's what's important huh.
Now I think I'll go call the missionaries and invite them back to see that all three kids are bathed and looking adorable, HELPING each other - without yelling - to clean the front room. (I love them. They are so adorable). The washing machine is going upstairs, and I'm just about to make some calls! And even though I'm still in my mismatched pjs maybe, just maybe I'll pull out a cookbook and learn how to make bread.
You're right, that may be pushing it.
Baby steps... cookies.