The Past - Part One

I was a very bad blogger during the months of October, November, and December. We just had so much going on, so I put the blog on the back burner. I decided that for posterity sake I would document some of the things we did way back then, so here it is. . .

At the beginning of October we went on a little vacation to California. Even though it was October, we had to got to the beach! The kids didn't seem to be affected at all by the chilly weather!

They played in the water . . .
Played in the sand . . .

Walked along the pier and looked at the fish people caught . . .

We also went to Disneyland while we were in California!

We met some of the fairies. I hope that this one didn't mind that Ambree was petting her chest. Lol. :) The little girl with my kids is Charlotte, their cousin.

We watched a parade and the kids even got to participate in it . . .

Ten min. after we got in line to see the Princesses, Ambree fell asleep. So, we let her sleep until it was almost our turn to see them. We woke her up right before and she was not very happy! Lol! I am sure the Princesses thought it was odd that she didn't seem very amused to see them. If it was under different circumstances she would have been thrilled! Here she is asleep in line with her Aunt Bethany.

Here she is half way asleep while Belle gives her a hug. . .

A half hearted smile with Jasmine . . . At least she sat with her. She refused to even go up to Aerial who she usually loves.

We met Lightning McQueen . . .

We tried to take the sword out of the stone . . .
We went on lots of fun rides . . . here we are on the tea cups . . .

Ambree and I on the Toy Story ride . . .

We enjoyed seeing all of the cool Halloween/Fall decorations . . .

Later in the month of October we enjoyed some Halloween fun!

Here are Cade and Ambree in their cute costumes . . .

Here is Cade with his teacher, Miss Heather, and his classmates at his Pre School Halloween Party.

On Halloween day, early in the morning Craig took Cade to the ER after he was having trouble breathing, due to a really bad cough. He was admitted to the Hospital and ended up having to stay the night on Halloween! :( I thought well, maybe he won't realize it's Halloween, but sure enough, he said, "Does this mean I am going to have to miss Halloween?" Awe, poor boy. I felt so bad for him. I mean really, out of all nights to have to stay in the Hospital!

So, while Ambree and her cousin were doing this . . .

Cade was doing this . . . He ended up being diagnosed with the H1N1 Flu Virus and Croup. . .
A week after Cade was in the Hospital, we did a Mock Halloween night! We had a spooky dinner . . .

Cade and Ambree dressed up in their Halloween Costumes . . .

And so did their uncles Dallin and Andrew . . .

And they went trick or treating! My wonderful Mother in Law went around to a bunch of her neighbors and explained the situation. She gave them candy and asked if they would be willing to give it to the kids after they knocked on the door. It was great! Cade was thrilled and didn't seem phased at all by the fact that no other kids were out trick or treating too! :)

I still have November and December, so stay tuned for a couple more posts of the past!

Happy Spring?

With all the snow that we have right now it's hard to believe that it is actually Spring! I am glad that I took some pictures of my kids last week in their Easter clothes when the weather was actually nice. I am picturing taking pictures of them in a few days doing their Easter Egg hunt in the snow with snow clothes on! Lol! I was pretty happy with some of the shots I got. You never know with kids how the pictures will turn out. Bribery worked for us! :)

I hope you all have a great Easter Weekend, despite the weather!! :)