DISNEYLAND!!!

We spent last week in disneyland with my family and had such a great time! I have such wonderful memories of our family vacations to disneyland so it was so fun to take my kids to the place I loved as a child. Big bro and little sis had such a great time, as did the rest of us. Big bro was quite the little dare devil, which really surprised me. He went on all of the big rides that he could including splash mountain, thunder mountain, indiana jones, matterhorn, and the hollywood tower of terror. I remember being in 6th grade and crying because I didn't want to go on space mountain. Big bro is only 5 and not only did he go on these rides but he loved them!

Little sis's favorite ride was "It's a small world" and she loved the parades. (I didn't realize that alot of the little kids rides are dark inside and that scared her a little). She also liked seeing all the characters but didn't like getting too close to them. We had such a great time and made so many lasting memories. Just walking down main street in disneyland puts a smile on my face.

my brothers and their cute spouses who went with us...
one of the highlights of our trip was having breakfast with the characters...there were about 6 characters at the breakfast who would walk around to each table so the kids could get their pictures with them

our cute little minnie
definately a highlight for big bro.

big bro loved the ride star tours and thought the jedi training show was awesome...
after watching the jedi training show he was determined to get a darth vader costume
little sis loved the princesses and picked out a snow white costume for herself...I was equally excited about the snow white costume and we bought it for her but when we went to put it on her she refused to wear it

"bugs life" show at california adventure park...it was so great. Definatley something you have to experience yourself
waiting for the disneyland Christmas parade to start (it was so fun seeing disneyland all decorated for the holidays)

the funniest picture I have...this ride is called "screamin'" it is a roller coaster where you begin from a dead stop and then accelerate soooo fast it takes your breath away
We had such a great trip. Thanks to my family who made this trip so special. We are already planning when we can go back. It truely is a magical place!

Girls...

These girls were troopers...it was so cold and so windy and they were not thrilled about having me in their faces. Here are just a few "M" I still have alot to go through.

And here is big sis--who the twins love. It was so fun taking pics of her. She has such a cute smile and I love her glasses.

The R family...

Last weekend I took this picture of "R's" family. It is so fun living so close to all of them. Big bro. and little sis love their cousins and they have so much fun playing with them. It is good to be home!

Halloween Fun...

Yesterday was a very busy but very fun day. We started off Halloween going to big bro's school to watch the Halloween parade. Big bro. had planned on being a knight but about 15 minutes before school started he decided his knight costume "bugged" him so he decided to be Mr. Incredible for the school parade. It was so fun to see him parading through the halls of the school. After the parade I helped out with the party in his classroom. They played halloween bingo, read a halloween story, and ate halloween donuts and orange soda. He had such a great time...he had be counting down the days until halloween all week! After all the school festivities, the kids uncle invited them to his work party so I picked up big bro. from school and we headed to another party. After the work party we had just enough time to quickly cook a pumpkin shaped pizza for dinner and then it was off to the trunk-or-treat. The kids got a ridiculous amount of candy...and we still had not been to all the grandparents houses. We then visited each grandparent and a few close friends and then called it a night! Big bro. is already asking when there will be another halloween...luckily not for another year!

about half-way through the work party little sis was tired of her costume and stripped in front of everyone
big bro. did decided to wear his knight costume to go trick-or-treating

the cutest little chick I have ever seen...my niece
Carving pumpkins on monday night...

little sis insisted on painting her pumpkin...

FAMILY...

I took some pictures of my sister-in-law and her family tonight. We went to her dad's farm for the photo shoot and there were so many fun backdrops...here are just a few of them Nat...I hope you like them...

Tutu...

I am a little obsessed with tutu's recently so I bought a bunch of tulle and decided I would try to make some. Now, anyone who knows me knows I am NOT the most crafty person in the world but this was very simple so I thought I could handle it. Here is the result of my efforts....

Fall Fun...

We have been to the pumpkin patch two different times within the past week. The first time we went with some good friends and the second time was with the kids cousin, who they adore, and my sister-in-law...we had so much fun!!!

not only did this pumpkin patch have pumpkins, it also had apple trees. The owners of the patch let the kids each pick an apple before we left...

Thanks to everyone who went pumpkin picking with us...we had a GREAT time!