My Man

He turned 32.

So I'm posting a handsome pic

at his favorite place.

Someday we will live there.

Someday.

Thanks for everything babe.

You are perfect for me.

Oldie but goodie

So about forever ago (August I think...) Mike dragged me to San Diego.

Normally he wouldn't have to drag me but we had just

gotten pregnant like eight weeks before and I hadn't been sicker.

Needless to say I am glad we went because just going to the

beach and seeing the girls have the time of their

lives with their cousins made it all worth it.

All the cousins

Some crazy a park in Escondido.

The best part...the beach!!!

I could go everyday if I lived there....

that is if you didn't have to deal with

sand in every crevice of your kids bodies.

Mike and his bro.

Silly Evan

Best friends...Jaden worships Olivia.

Ahhh..the palm trees.

I love how I caught Avery trying to

sneak Jaden's cookie.

Fun times....Thanks Phillippe and Summer!

I love to see the temple...

We went to the temple recently and it was so nice to

just go up for no reason at all except to admire it and

everything around it. We had so much fun admiring the

flowers and the fountains and the temple itself.

We are so blessed to live so close.

Matchy match

I had extra fabric from my shirt dress I recently made

so I made a couple skirts for the girls. I wanted them to

match but not be the exact same, so this is what I came up

with. Jaden's has the faux placket that looks more similar to my

dress and I've always wanted to try pintucks so that's what I

did with Avery's. Now my mom says we all need to wear

our dresses at the same time but I think that might

be going too far. We'll see. I know Jaden would dig it!

Work it.

One morning Jaden requested one of my Pilates

videos. She finished the whole thing without any

persuasion from me.

So she found this in her Easter basket. She does it all the time.

Finally

I am finally going to venture out and sew myself something.

I was checking out some favorite sewing sites and came across this pattern.

They just came out and they are made by the same person who makes the

Oliver and S patterns that I LOVE! So I waited until Joann's put their

simplicity patterns on sale and bought all of them. Bonus: I went the first

thing the first morning they went on sale and got the last ones of each pattern.

Made my day! I liked the dress on the sample so much I bought

the same Chambray fabric in the Grey. I'm a little nervous so wish me luck!

Don't you love it!

We had the best trip ever last month. And

though it wasn't planned we got to see all of our

family that lives in California. My sister's family

and my mom came with us to Disneyland and

we got to see Mike's brother's family that lives near

San Diego who just happened to be in Anaheim

on Sunday. We stopped in St George Friday night

and arrived in Anaheim on Sat in near 80 degree weather.

What a dream! The girls even swam with their

cousins when we arrived. On Saturday

we found Mike's brother and joined them at a

cool pirate park (wish I had more pics of it).

Here's the one pic I got of Jaden with her

cousin Olivia who she adores and thinks is so beautiful!

After the park we went to the beach and

though it was cold the girls had a blast running around

in the sand and chasing the seagulls. Once again, no pics.

On Monday and Tuesday we hit up Disneyland.

Anyone that knows me knows I LOVE IT!

I just love seeing the excitement in my girls eyes

and remembering how much fun I had growing up

going. My sister got us a sweet deal since she

is from southern California. Thanks Candice!

And it was so nice having my mom and sister's family

there to help and to be with. Jaden adores Kaylee

and so it was nice to have so many extra willing

people to help.

Waiting in the Tiki Room. Mike was so excited!

The ride home on the bus....exhausted.

I read online that you have to try the

hand dipped corndogs. They did not disappoint!

Waiting for World of Color. Which was awesome!

Even though it was way passed bed time

Avery was in the silliest best mood.

Meeting the princesses was obviously a highlight.

Avery was just in awe. She didn't smile or anything..just stared.

In shock I guess. Jaden and Belle trying to get

Avery to loosen up.

I love pinnochio so I was happy to see this guy.

Climbing Tarzan's treehouse.

Minnie's house.

Meeting Mickey was Avery's favorite part.

She was not shy this time. She walked straight up to him

and gave him a fat kiss. Bonus: No wait!

Enjoying Toon Town and virtually had the place to

ourselves at the end of the night.

Avery and I rode the teacups one last time

while Mike took Jaden on the Matterhorn for her

third time! Avery loved her princess Minnie Mouse.

A combination of her favorite things!

More interesting tidbits:

• Neither of my girls were scared of any of the rides.
• Including the Matterhorn, Snow Whites Scary Adventure and Haunted Mansion.
• We rode EVERYTHING we wanted except Nemo. Jaden didn't want to ride it. weird.
• Jaden was so bummed she wasn't half an inch taller so she could ride Tower of Terror.
• Loved A Bug's Life 3D movie, Jaden was hilarious. She kept reaching out to touch everything and kept taking off her glasses to see why she couldn't. Confusing.
• Did you know you can walk through the Castle? I didn't. But there's a tiny little entrance on the Fantasyland side and inside are images from Sleeping Beauty. It's pretty cool.
• On our way back my mom drove with me (Mike had to fly back for school) and we stopped in Palm Springs and stayed in a sweet hotel and swam in 80 degree weather again. It was a great way to end the trip!
• Always use priceline for hotels! We never payed over 55 bucks for nice hotels the whole trip. Including the Marriott and Hyatt Suites in Palm Springs!!!

Thanks again to the Edgars for making our trip

extra special and a little easier. Can't wait to go again!!!!

I Love Disneyland!