Brinton!

This month has been a great month for Brinton! It seems like he has grown up overnight. This month has included Brinton getting his Arrow of Light and moving up to Boy Scouts which he got his scout award at his first court of honor. He excelled in his school State report which he reported on the state of Alabama. He was shocked that his classmates ate not one, but two pecan pies. (Alabama's state nut!)  He has gotten straight A's all year and if he pulls all A's this quarter he will get the highest award for the fifth grade! What a great kid!

My sweet Anna!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY 4 YEAR OLD!!!!
Our little Anna had her birthday on the 16th and we asked her where she wanted to go for dinner to which she responded "I want to go to Red Robin with Steve and Lisa!" They are our great friends who are pretty much family to us. Dave asked if we could come too and she said that we were allowed to come! Thanks Anna! We feel so loved! Actually it was such a fun night. We ate and then went home to have Tinkerbell cake and ice cream. As for the gifts, I had purchased some material a couple months ago and asked Lisa if she would make a couple of dress ups for Anna. She loves Snow White and Sleeping Beauty and so she made those for her. She also got a pillow pet and a movie from her brothers and sister. What a fun day! We are so grateful for our little girl who keeps us on our toes every day and who tells me she loves me every morning and night!

Museum Break!!

So it's Spring Break!! Rain, Snow, Rain, Snow and one beautiful day of Spring Break! I felt so sad for my kiddos that their free week was yucky weather that we took a day trip to the Gateway Discovery Kids Museum and let the kids run out their energy. It was a blast to see that the kids were spoiling Eli at every turn allowing him to play with them. Braeden was even a good sport even though he's going to be a TEENAGER!!! We had so much fun! Grandma went with us and we ate lunch at California Pizza Kitchen and saw Uncle Steve when we were done. What a fun way to end the week!

DISNEYLAND!!!!!!

  It finally came. Our makeup Disneyland trip. We figured that since we were rained out last year, we owed our kids a do-over. So our family packed up and headed for Disneyland again, praying that the weather would not show any rain. Sure enough, it was in the high 60's and the low 70's the entire week with it being 80 on Saturday. We were so excited to have our good friends coming with us this year. We arrived in California on Saturday night and got unpacked and relaxed for the evening. We stayed at such a kid-friendly hotel which had nightly kids movies in their kid theatre with all you could eat popcorn for the kids. We had a kid suite with bunk beds and a tv for all the kids. They also had a sport-court for the boys. What a blast! On Sunday we decided to go to the beach instead of Disneyland, but before we left, we decided to have a Sacrament meeting and Dave and Nate were able to get permission to perform the sacrament. It was great to know that Braeden and Kanon could pass the sacrament anywhere. After our lesson, we headed to Laguna Beach. All of the locals had jackets and sweaters on and here were our kids playing in the ocean. We spent a while in the water then decided to drive to Newport Beach for a picnic.

       We went to Disneyland on Monday with very few people in the park. The very first ride we went on was Pirates of the Caribbean. It was so fun because Eli could ride on it with us. We spent the day with Nate, Kelly and the kids switching rides, eating everything we saw and wearing ourselves out. What a blast. The entire week was perfect weather with very short lines. The longest line all week was the line I had to stand in to see the darn Disney princesses. An hour and a half later and we still hadn't seen Anna's favorite! Ughhh!! We did find Snow White on the way out of the park and she was happy.  We saw so many characters that were not out last year. Pinochio, Gepetto, Mr. Incredible, Stitch, Sully, Goofy, etc....
We had our good friends Steve, Lisa and Megan Walker who came on Thursday to join us for the weekend. They doted on our kids so much that Anna told me that she is their favorite of all time. We are so grateful for the ability to go on this trip and for such amazing friends!!!!!                                        This year Disneyland really was the happiest place on earth!!!!