DISNEYLAND!

We had a BLAST at Disneyland this week. We left EARLY Monday morning to get there early and get our money's worth. The kids were soooo tired but they were so good considering. Preston rode the flying Dumbos for his very first ride. He had such a straight face but you could tell he was having fun.
Before we got through to the park they had a little show with Mickey in front of the castle. Preston got to give Mickey a high-five and I was videotaping the whole thing with tears in my eyes. I got so choked up.
Here's a pic of us at the castle.

Preston blowing kisses to Grandma and Grandpa.

We thought Preston would be afraid of Mickey. While waiting to see Mickey there were these carrots in a garden that a rabbit was eating and the carrots would pop down into the ground as the rabbit ate them. THAT freaked him out! He was hiding behind Brad like in this picture. It was so funny!

Here we are in Mickey's house.

FINALLY after waiting for what seemed like forever we got to Mickey. My dad has some really cute pictures of Preston blowing kisses and giving Mickey five. He LOVED meeting the characters. Especially Mickey, his favorite.

The Minnie ears were a little big for little Hannah bug.

This is what Preston looked like on all the rides. Never a smile just a blank stare. So much to take in, I guess. Everytime we got off a ride he would say "a na na choo choo" translating to "another choo choo". All the rides were "choo's choo's".

Happy birthday to me! This was me and Brad on my birthday. Talk about the best 30th birthday ever...where you feel like a kid again.

Me with my birthday pin. EVERYONE says Happy Birthday to you when you are wearing this. It was fun. I went to get a band aid at first aid and before I left she had Goofy on the phone singing Happy Birthday to me. It was so cool.

We ate at the Rainforest Cafe for my birthday. Talk about a massive dessert! No, I didn't eat it all myself. I shared it with everyone and we still didn't finish.

Hannah fell asleep holding her little Minnie. It was so cute.

Preston kept giving his Mickey kisses and hugs.

DAY THREE! Yeah, we were only supposed to be there for two days. Wednesday morning we were walking around looking at the shops in Downtown Disney, which is a free part, just killing time when we ran into our friends Doug and Joyce. They were going home and still had one more day on their 5 day pass and they gave it to us to use! So, we got to go for another day!!! So fun huh? THANK YOU DOUG AND JOYCE! WE HAD A BLAST!
This is Preston and I on the Winnie the Pooh ride.

Meeting Tigger. The kids loved Tigger. He was really fun. He cleaned off Preston's glasses for him. Preston loved him. Hannah squealed.


Hannah LOVED Minnie. She was grabbing her nose and giving her kisses. She kept squealing. It was so cute.


And finally us in the teacup. This was our last picture. There were so many cute pics. These were only the highlights. I'll post more when I get the pics from my parents.

I couldn't have wished for a better birthday! It was so awesome! I love my parents! It was because of them we got to have this wonderful little vacation. THANK YOU SO MUCH MOM AND DAD! It was so fun. We will always remember this trip. They were so great to help with the kids too and let us do things while one or the other slept etc. THANK YOU AGAIN!
In addition to such a wonderful trip my parents got me a set of red Fiesta dishes. These are special to my family as my mom was the Pottery Festival Queen. These dishes were made in her hometown and I LOVE them. Again, Thank you Mom and Dad!!

Our Utah trip and more

Well, we were in Utah all last week. Brad got to shadow a NICU doctor that took care of Preston when he was born. He LOVED it and I think he's really thinking about being a Neonatologist now. He really enjoyed it. He almost went back even though he was done with his 24 hours.
We went to the zoo on Saturday and that was the only nice day we had. It rained ALL week and we were kinda bummed about that. We love going to visit family and my kids just adore both sets of grandparents. We're so grateful to have them.
On the way back from Utah our tired blew, well, the treads totally just peeled off the tire. It was really weird. Scared us to death it was so loud. It did some pretty good damage to our beautiful new car as well. We also had to buy a new battery while we were in Utah. What a pain. Here are some pics of the damage.



Preston and Hannah looked so cute today I had to try and take pictures of them It's so hard to get a good pic of them together. This was the best I could do. I love Preston in his little ties. This one is my favorite.


We are headed to Disneyland next Monday and I'm soooo excited to see how Preston reacts. My mom is so nice to take us. It'll be a fun family vacation. I just wish my brother, Matt, could come too. It would really be fun.

pictures, pictures and more pictures

Hannah is pretty much eating constantly. This is her having mac and cheese for the first time. She really enjoyed it. Huge mess but oh well.

First pickle.

Preston was really into licking this pudding off the spatula. I just thought this pic turned out funny.

The kids were sick one week and I kept taking their temperature. This is Preston's take on how it's done.

Brad's birthday. He requested this cheesecake which is soooo stinkin' good! I posted the recipe on my recipe blog if anyone is interested in trying it. It's pretty much better than any cheesecake I've ever had.

Preston enjoying Dad's ice cream sundae at Red Robin.

Dad enjoying it as well.




Well, I haven't posted in a while. I'm just really enjoying having Brad home. It's so nice. I love having adult conversation...it's been a while.
Brad's birthday was last Monday (the 25th) and we had fun...well, I hope he did. We went shopping and he got some new shoes and some other stuff. There were lots of yummy treats involved. We went to Red Robin to celebrate and had hamburgers. We love their fries there. So yummy. Brad also got a birthday ice cream treat and cheesecake.
These were our last treats. We starting the P90X workout program and diet plan on his birthday (well we worked out Monday but didn't follow the diet). It's so hard to eat healthy! I mean REALLY healthy. We're doing it though. Brad lost 5 lbs and I lost 4 last week. So, it's working. We're going to try to make it through the 90 days. We'll see how it goes. We just want to get into better shape and of course lose a little weight too. We're seeing the results so far.
That's about all for us right now.