Disneyland 2011 Part 2

Here is our Family outside the castle at Disneyland. We had so much fun that I was really bad at taking pictures. Bryanna got cute princess ears and Kyle got Kermit ears. He thought they were more fun to play with. The weather at Disneyland was so nice and warm. I remember coming to Disneyland when I was older and I don't remember it being this much fun. It was so fun to take my kids.

Kyle and Bryanna meeting Mickey Mouse. Kyle tried to give me knuckles. My Friend recently taught him how to do it. I laugh so hard. Kyle was also trying to figure him out. I was so suprised that he didn't cry.

Our friend's the Perry's also came on vacation with us. It was so fun to be with them. Bryanna loves her friend McCall and was so surprised to see her. It is so nice to have such great friends to do stuff with. It was great hang out with them.

Bryanna with her cousins at the house in Toon Town. They had a roller coaster that Bryanna loved. She is such a dare devil. I could get her to go on about any ride. I even got her to go with me on Splash Mountain. She is so good to humor me. Bryanna and her cousin Evan had so much fun tickling each other every minute they go get. What funny little kids they are.

Here Bryanna is riding the go - carts. she loved it that she could drive the car all by her self. It was fun to ride with her. What a big girl is getting to be. She was so good about waiting in line.

Disneyland 2011

This year for Thanksgiving we decided to do something different. We surprised our kids and took them to Disneyland for the week. My brother and his family and my sister and her family and also our friends went. We decided to take a plane because since Bryan is The Bishop we are in the middle of Tithing Settlements and he has to be here for that. On Tuesday morning I woke Bryanna up and told her we were going on surprise vacation. I gave her a mystery bag and she had to figure it out. She was so excited her face was priceless. I had been planning this trip for months. I had all the bags packed and I hide them in my closet. The above picture is us waiting for a flight out of Salt Lake. The vacation was a much needed family time. Everybody always tells me that Disneyland is so magical and I agree now. I didn't want to come home. Everybody is so nice and it is so fun to see your child's eyes light up. Kyle had so much fun too. I was so surprised that he could ride most of the rides. This is truly a vacation I want to take again. I dd miss all the turkey stuffing and shopping black Friday. But these memories I made will last forever.

Here is Bryanna and Kyle outside Snow White's House. You will notice all Bryanna's smiles are chessey grins. Oh well !

Here are my crazy monkeys riding the trains. Kyle loved all the trains and wanted to keep going and going......

Here is Bryanna with one of her favorite Princess Ariel. I loved how these princess made each girl feel like they are so special and wonderful. They really made my daughter's day.

My Sister Lindsey was so sweet and stood in line for us. We got to meet 3 princesses at this time. Yes we got to see Ariel again. Bryanna was in awe at her. Kennedy my cute niece was so cute around them. I am so glad for family and for helping us plan this trip. What an amazing time we had I am so grateful for them.

Halloween

This year we had a Halloween Party with our friends. We got together and had pizza and took the kids trick or treating. Our kids have so much fun together. Bryanna wanted to be a mermaid this year. Kyle is our cute little monkey. Kyle thought it was great fun that he got so much candy. I took Bryanna and her friend McCall up and down a few streets. They had so much fun running from house to house. I am so glad that we have such great friends that will do things with us.

We are getting ready for Halloween night by carving pumpkins. Kyle is drawing on his pumpkin.

Bryanna is getting the face ready to carve. She loves Halloween and she was so excited for Halloween this year.


Our cute mermaid we even sprayed her hair read. It is still a little orange. I guess that is what you get when you have a blonde daughter and you try to turn it red. She thought it was fun to have it a different color but she hated the smell of the spray. What a girl.


Our cute little monkey running around. I was so proud of him for leaving his costume on. I thought he would get mad and take it off. Holidays are so much fun and I love watching the kids faces when it is a holiday.

Ward Carnival

This year our ward did a carnival. The kids had so much fun. Bryan got to help too. They threw water sponges at the bishopric. The kids thought it was great fun. At first Bryanna thought that was mean to throw them at her dad but then she was ok with it. They did face painting too. Bryanna loved it so much that she wanted to wear it to church we had to talk her into washing it off. It was such a great activity and everybody had so much fun.

Here is Bryan having so much fun. They were such a great sport.


Here comes Brother Trent waiting for his turn.

Before the carnival Bryanna's friend McCall came over to play. They decided to make a tent under the trampoline. They were so cute and even let Kyle play with them. I couldn't get Kyle to stay in the picture.

Camping and Fishing

At the end of July we went camping with Bryan's family. They have this great pond where everybody goes fishing. Bryanna loves it because she can catch so many fish. This year they didn't catch as many because we weren't able to be there the whole time. This year I had surgery on my hand the same week. So we had to take it really slow. Everybody had a good time for the time that we did spend there. Kyle thought it was great to fish with his dad.


Here is my model queen lately she really like to pose whenever I bring out the camera. I think it is really funny. She is getting quite good at fishing. My Grandmom would be so proud of her.

Having a good time with dad. Even though her face tells otherwise.


Getting ready to cast.



Kyle and Abby loved the wagon. They would just there and eat snacks. Sometimes even share them with each other. I am so glad we brought the wagon. It was such a big help. Since I only had one arm.

Sleepover time again

Bryanna loves to have sleepovers it is so much fun for her. This time she had four friends over. They are such cute girls and they had so much fun. We made a big bed on the floor and they had so much fun watching movies, playing games and eating fun treats. It is funny to see the things that Bryanna comes up with. What a funny little girl.

Here they are playing Barbies in Bryanna's room. They get along so well.

Here they are watching a movie and trying to calm down for the night. I only had to remind them a couples time to calm down. I am so grateful that my daughter has found such great friends.

Playing some more games.

Here is the group all together. These girls are so cute and have so much fun together. But lets say I only do sleepovers every month because it is so much fun.................

Kyle's new tricks

Kyle has been picking up on so many new things. His personality is so funny. It makes me laugh at him all the time. He thinks it is funny to playing with the newspaper especially when I am trying to read it. He likes to get your attention and will come take things or hits your leg so you will pay attention. He is such a tease most days. Sometimes Bryanna doesn't know how to deal with it.

Here he is hiding. He thinks if he can't see you, you can't see him, which is funny when you surprise him. Hide and go seek is so fun with him because he laughs so hard.

I love wearing shoes it doesn't matter who's shoes they are. He will wear them. The funny thing is he knows who shoes belong to who. He will take them to the right person. What a smart little thing.


The other day he showed us how to eat corn. I love watching him eat corn on the cob, especially when the cob is so big. What a funny little thing.

Back to school

I am a little slow getting my back to school pictures on. It was a crazy month with my hand being operated on and trying to recover from that. Well my little started 2nd grade I still can't believe that she is that big. She is going up so fast. This picture is of her new friend McCall. They have so much fun together. She is is third grade and Bryanna loves going to school with a friend. Lately she is such a social butterfly. It seems all she wants to do is play.I am so grateful that her friends are so good to her.


Here is our chessy grin face. She is so much fun. I am so glad to have her in my life.

Lately Bryanna thinks it is fun to flip her foot up when I am taking her picture. I think it is really funny. I am sure I did the same thing at that age. She loves school and loves her teacher. She comes home with so many stories. Oh how I am grateful for her all the help she gives me. I couldn't have made it through August without her. She helped me out so much when my hand was hurt. What a great big sister she is.

Summer Time Fun

Bryanna has had a fun summer she is so busy off playing with
friends. She comes up with the funniest things. Bryanna, Zack and Danielle
were playing ninjas. I loved their ninjas outfits. They were such a sight. Bryanna has been such on the go this summer with playing with friends. I love see her having so much fun.

Kyle thinks it is fun when the water comes down the road. He is so funny when
he plays in it. Kyle is such a little boy and it never fails that he is always wet or dirty or both.

One of the many things that Bryanna and her friends like to do is sell things. They sell rocks, water balloons anything they can think of. This is Bryann's friend Mcall. She moved in down the street and they love playing together. Kyle kept stealing the water balloons from them he thought it was great.
This is Kyle's favorite thing to do. He loves to go feed the dogs. He gets the dog
food and he feeds some to the dogs and some to him. Dog food is healthy right. The dogs just eat it right out of his hands. It is so funny to watch.
The kids gave their dad golf clubs for Father's Day. I think Bryanna wanted them for
her as much. They had so much fun playing golf around the house. But beware you better watch out for Kyle he can be deadly with his swing.

Cabin time on the 4th

For the 4th of July we headed to our cabin. I love going up there because it so peaceful
and quiet. The kids had so much fun. My step mother Mary was so cute with the grandchildren. It
is something that I could see my own mother doing and that is why I think it was so neat. There is a pond at the cabin that you can swim in. Mary has worked really hard to get it all cleaned out. While she was clean the top she fell into the pond and then she got all the grandchildren to follow her. It was so cute to see her swimming with them. She also helped the grandchildren get down the rope swing. She showed them how to do it . Bryanna could go so far I couldn't believe it. It is like watching that movie George, George George of Jungle watch out for that tree. The kids would swing right past the tree, but it looked like they were hitting the tree. They had so much fun.




This is my favorite picture of the weekend. He loved these chairs.
He looks so cute just hanging out.

What cute kids. Kyle has to be wherever his sister is.

Helping mom make the salad for the BBQ. It was so yummy.

Trying to catch everyone as they swim.

Kyle's Half Birthday

Since Kyle's birthday is four days after Christmas we decided to celebrate it in the summer when we have more of the funds to do a Birthday party. We had some friends and family over for a water party and we enjoyed pizza. Kyle thought opening presents were so fun. I just love buying toys for my kids. Bryanna was so excited to play with Kyle new toys too. He got some new cars. One of them go by themselves it is his favorite. What a fun day he was so cute.

This is Kyle's new car that he goes around the house. The horn sounds really funny.
He thinks it is so fun. He has figured out that he can put toys inside it which is really
fun for him.

Kyle playing with Abby in the water. He didn't like the idea that I
put him in the water. He likes water but wants to do it on his own. He is
a dare devil when it comes to playgrounds. But is very careful around water. What
a funny kid.

This picture was his idea of playing.

He thought opening presents was so much fun. He didn't want
anybody helping him.