California

Back at the end of April we went to California with Blake's family. It was a BLAST!! My kids still ask weekly when we are going back.
We decided to drive and stopped in Vegas the first night. We got there pretty late but some of us still wanted to go down to the Strip. Jeff and Janell were nice enough to stay back and watch the kids for us! It was like 10:30-11 when we left to go down and we could only stay until 1 because that was the last shuttle back to our condos. That was plenty of time though!
We left the next morning and drove to Hoover Dam to see the road that they are building over it. It was pretty cool. I have to say that I had to be talked into going to see it but it was worth seeing. But as soon as I saw it I was ready to get back on the road to California!! :)
We had City Passes so we were able to go do lots of things while we were there. We did Disneyland and/or California Adventure for 3 days, Goofy's Kitchen while we were at Disneyland, went to Universal Studios one day, and down to San Diego for Sea World another day. It was really fun going to all the different places and getting a little taste of everything in the one trip. But my feet were SO tired by the end of the trip because we were constantly going.
My family LOVED it and if we could afford it I would make it a yearly trip. I loved seeing how excited my boys were for things. They definitely made the trip a lot more fun! Hopefully we make it back before to long!!

Get ready for LOTS of pictures!

A few pictures of Vegas.

Hoover Dam

The one picture I took of Hoover Dam.

Disneyland

The first ride we went on.

I love the boys in the pink cup!

Toon Town


Goofy's house


Mickey's house

Celebrate Parade

Goofy's Kitchen

Loved Goofy's Kitchen!

They were telling each other secrets! It was cute!

California Adventure

Our favorite ride!

Sea World

Dolphin show

Sea Lion show

Shamu

Touching star fish

Universal Studios

This guy was cool!

Waterworld show

These escalators were SO steep.

Easter

We had a great Easter this year. On Saturday we went over to my mom's to dye eggs. I think it's fun to let the grandkids dye eggs together. They seem to enjoy it too!
Sunday morning I had to lock the boys in my room until 9:00 - that's when Blake got home from the station. That was a challenge. They wouldn't just sit in my bed and watch t.v. they had to be right next to the bedroom door. But their reward was great. The Easter Bunny spoiled them. I think the Easter Bunny needs to start cutting back. Blake tells me every year how much the bunny over does!! ;) Dylan told me that day that I was naughty cuz the Easter Bunny didn't bring me anything. I guess I must have been!! :)
My family came over that afternoon for dinner and an easter egg hunt. The kids had a blast. We always over buy on candy so the kids always leave with a TON. We'll be eating easter candy until July!! That night we went over to Blake's parents for a Harwood family party. Those are always fun - never a dull moment with Blake's cousins!
It was a fun, busy weekend but we are so greatful that we have wonderful families to celebrate holidays with!

Todd is home!

And has been for over a week!! I know, a little slow on the blogging. What's new?!? I was so excited for this kid to come home. He is definitely one of my most favorite people. I'm so lucky to have a brother-in-law that I get along with so well. We've always been close but the year leading up to his mission we got really close. So I missed him lots! He's always been super good with my boys and I missed watching his relationship with them. But I'm glad that he made the wonderful choice to serve the Lord and be such a great example to my boys. When Dylan saw him coming down the escalator he started to cry so hard (which then made me start to cry! I was doing great until then!!). I loved that he remembered Todd and loved him so much that it would affect him that way. I don't think Todd realizes how much serving a mission has affected my boys and how much they have talked about going on missions. Yes, even at the ages of 2 and 5!! :)
Love you, Todd and we're so glad you're home!

Fire Station

The boys and I went with my friend Emilee and her girls to see Blake at the station. My boys LOVE to go to the station. They run around and get in and out of the trucks/engines constantly. They could stay there all night and not get bored! What a cool dad they have!! :)

Ethan loves Elisha. He followed her around everywhere.


Dylan doing his spiderman thing!!


I love this picture of him. I hardly ever get pictures of him smiling!!