Disneyland

This weekend we took the kids to Disneyland. We had a blast, but were all are completely exhausted. The first day we went to Disneyland and spent the whole day there. Our intentions were to go for a little while, head back to our room, rest , and then return, but the resting part never happened on any of the days, so we wore ourselves out. The kids loved Splash mountain and Pirates of the Caribbean. We didn't see a lot of the characters, and the ones we did, the lines were like two hours long. Hence, not too many pictures with them. I'll post a few more later when I get them from Stacia. The second day we went to California adventure land, which was really fun, because it wasn't that busy so we walked on to a lot of the rides. Kyler loved the mail boomer. He went on it like four times. The third day we hit our favorite rides and called it a day at about 2:00. We tried to watch the fireworks that night but it was too windy, so they didn't do them. What a bummer! We didn't get a ton of pictures because our camera stopped working for a day, it got wet on Splash mountain and wouldn't work the rest of the day. Here are some pictures we did get though. Aspen and her new bug friend, just outside of the theatre where we saw it's a bugs life. It was so funny to watch the kids in this show. We had a blast. Brent was really laughing, which we don't hear that much. So it was a real treat.

Cadence giving me her scared face.

Brylee and Kyler patiently waiting in line for yet another ride.

Grandma and Grandpa helping out with the kids. Doesn't Grandpa look so happy to be there!

Brent, Cadence and Brylee on Splash mountain. Little did they know what was ahead. Brylee was scared on almost every ride. Aspen and Kyler were the troopers.

The Happy family heading for more fun in Adventure land. The kids favorite rides were the new toy story and soarin over California.

The happiest place on earth, right Brent?

Do I look hammered or what? We were so sick of stainding in lines! Who knew you could be so soar from going to Disneyland.

This was on our way out on the last day. We sure had fun, but we've had enough.

We found Goofy right in front of the Tower of Terror, which by the way was a blast. Kyler is the only one that dared go out of the kids. He was pretty brave. It scared him pretty good though.

Newport Beach

This weekend we took a trip to California. We went to the beach the first day, but it was pretty chilly, so we didn't get to do much swimming. It was way too cold. The kids had fun looking for sea shells and playing in the sand. Taylee was having fun getting dirty and Brylee was helping her. The water was really cold, but after awhile your feet went numb and then it wasn't so bad. Cadence was having fun.

Aspen spent the whole time collecting as many sea shells as she could. She found some pretty cool ones. There were even some critters in some of them

Kyler, Grandpa, and Josh had fun catching crabs(not from each other) on the beach. They kept biting Grandpa, but that didn't stop him. They caught about 10 small ones, but then they let them go before we left.

Cadence found a few treasures herself. She looks a little a mischievous.

Aspen's Soccer

Aspen played soccer this year, and so did Kyler. They both had fun, even though it was a cold and miserable season. It was just too cold to play soccer. Fall is definitely better. Aspen was really good and she even made a few goals. She loved playing. Aspens coach was Mark Hall, who just happens to own Great Harvest Bread, so they got to have a pizza party at the store, where they all got to make their own pizza. It was fun and very delicious.

Every one on their team got a shiny new trophy.

Look at that face of determination. We just need to work on the being aggressive part. Aspen is going to be a great athlete.