Birthday Breakfast

They love Chip and Dale. Breakfast with them is always a highlight!
Brady really loved it this time because he is missing the same teeth as Chip, or is it Dale?

Lucky Number 7

Brady and Cole got to spend their birthday at Disneyland. They had so much fun. They did everything they wanted, TWICE. This included ice cream at 10:00 in the morning. You only live once right?

Matt had some cute surprises arranged for them through out the day. The buttons with their names that said "It's my birthday" were a hit, every where we went in the park people wished them Happy Birthday. Some even sang. It was so cute.

We finished off the day with a fun dinner, and a birthday dessert. Man this kid loves dessert. It is actually a little disturbing.

California

This is the gate you go through from the Hotel. It is so nice! I also love it because it puts you right in the middle of the one part of Disney and California Adventure that I like. It is a good start for me, to kind of ease into to chaos slowly. I love the pine trees and the fake cricket noises. It makes me think I am actually in Montana which is where I really want to be. Then you walk 20 feet and see your first churro stand and it's back to reality. Oh well.

Griff loved the rope course. He is such a climber, he was in heaven. I love this smile!

California

We loaded the kids up and took them to California for Brady and Coleman's birthday. What a blast! We stayed at the Grand California for a couple of days and did the whole Disney thing. This was the view from our balcony. That is the best part about that hotel, the entrance to California Adventure. The boys love being able to just run right down the stairs and get right into the fun.

Lots of pictures of them in front of the Grizzly, because Grizzly Falls is their favorite ride. I think they rode it about 10 times this trip. They were soaking wet, and just kept going back for more.

Knowledge Bowl Champ!

Hyatt competed in the school knowledge bowl 2 weeks ago. He worked so hard for 4 months to learn everything he needed to know about Fine Art. I have to admit that I did not do one thing to help him except drive him to the practices every week. He did it all on his own. I was a little worried when it came time for the competition, because I was not really sure he was ready. He surprised me AGAIN! That kid was a STAR! He carried his team in the first round. I was standing in the back of the room rocking Griff and I could not wipe the smile off my face! It was that big huge proud mom smile that you try to contain, (so embarrassing) but I just couldn't. Hyatt couldn't either, he smiled through the whole event. He was amazing. That kid is a student, no matter how hard he tries to pretend that he isn't.

Great job Hyatt! We couldn't have been more proud of you!

Quick Break From The Snow

I couldn't stand it another day. I had to feel sun on my face and remember what it feels like to be warm. So when we realized, at the last minute, that the kids were going to be out of school for a random Monday, we took the long weekend and headed to St. George to find some sun. Brady and Cole loved the hammock, and I loved that they wanted to read so much.

Griffin loved the sand box. Poor kid learned to walk about the time the cold weather hit around here, so he hasn't really even had a chance to explore our own backyard. He is going to love it!

Hyatt wanted to play jam-ball all day. Look at that blue sky, and look at the reach on that kid!

Griff wanted to play too, but mostly he just wanted to be barefoot, and throw the sand on the basketball court. It was the perfect trip. It was just what we all needed. I think we can hang on untill March around here.

Multi Tasking

Does this make me a bad mom?

Is it wrong to use nap time as get stuff done time?
Is it wrong that I think my bag is soft enough to double as a pillow?
Is it wrong that this is not my first offense?
It it wrong that he slept through the whole trip, even when there was a gallon of orange juice in between his legs and artichokes
stacked up around his ears?

I got some dirty looks in the store, but only when I was checking my email on my cell phone while pushing the cart.
(Turns out it takes two hands to steer very effectively)

Who knew nap time could be so productive.