Disneyland - Princesses!!!

This was our first time seeing the Princesses.  At first Allie wasn't sure if she wanted to see them, but then ended up loving them!
The first princess was Cinderella.  Allie told her that they wanted to see Snow White and Arial, not her.  It was pretty funny and sort of embarrassing.  Cinderella was a trooper and so nice about it.  She was definitely the most personable of all the princesses.

The girls got their autograph's and when they were done Tony and I asked Tyler is he wanted to get a picture with them.  Every time his face would go bright red and he would say no, repeatedly.  Even when we would talk about it after, his face would go red again and he'd get all embarrassed.  It was pretty funny.  We told him to wait a couple years and then maybe he would think differently.

It was pretty fun to see characters that actually talk.  Each princess stayed in character and was so fun to watch them with the girls.  Arial is Megan's favorite princess and she was super excited to meet her.  They were both adorable.  Allie really wanted to see Bell, but we just couldn't make it happen this time.  We tried to take her to a show with Bell on Friday, but we were too late.  We'll see who we see next time.  The girls really loved seeing the princesses and so did we.

Disneyland - Mickey & Minnie Mouse (Goofy & Pluto too)

Trip to California 2018

We got up early Saturday morning and got ready to leave for California.  Margie came to our house to pick us all up and her and Tony loaded the car and then we were off.
Our first stop was in St. George to visit with Nana.  The kids love visiting Nana and playing with her horse and train.  We visited for a while before we left to get some lunch before our next leg of our journey.  We decided to stop at the Alien Jerky store to check it out.  They had some pretty funny Alien stuff there that the kids liked to look at.  The jerky wasn't the best, but it was fun to try new things (and use the bathroom).

After our visit we completed our drive to California.  We got some gas and then we checked into our hotel.  After unloading our car, Tony and Margie went and picked up some dinner for me and the kids.  After they dropped off our food they went and picked up our Disneyland tickets from Disneyland so that we wouldn't have to do that on Monday morning.  After that they got them some dinner and then they walked around Downtown Disney.
The boys did some homework and then all the kids enjoyed relaxing in the hotel watching shows and playing the tablets before bed while I unpacked the bags and got us ready for the week ahead.  Good times for everyone!

Baby Graham's Blessing

Tyler, Josh, and I went down to Springville to go to Sherri and Rich's church for the blessing of baby Graham.
Megan had spiked a fever the day before so Tony stayed home with her and Allie.  We didn't know what Megan had, we really hoped it was not the flu, but we didn't know for sure.  A high fever and cold-like symptoms.  Because of this we really didn't want to spread any germs, especially to baby Graham. 

Rich did a good job with the blessing and after sacrament was over we all went over to the Rich's parents warehouse-thing to have the lunch in.  It was a super cool place with a big sports court in the middle and some play houses for little kids to play.
It was freezing cold, but we all had a good time.  There was a lot of food and Rich's mom even bought stuffed animals for all of the kids.  After eating we helped clean up the place before going back home.  It was nice to spend time with family and celebrate Graham.

Graham is Officially Adopted

Allie and I had the opportunity to go to the court hearing where Sherri and Rich officially adopted Graham.  We drove to the Provo court house in the morning and met up with Rich's parents and our parents before Sherri, Rich, and Graham arrived.
The hearing went really well and fast.  Some questions were asked and the judge called Graham "cute as a button."  Allie thought that was funny and laughed out loud and said "cute as a button."  Then the judge asked if that was a sibling, nope a cousin.  It was pretty funny.
After it was over Rich's parents left and my parents took us all out to lunch.  We went to a local place that had home style food.  Allie and I had the pot roast.  It was super yummy.  After a good lunch, Allie and I drove back home.  It was a good day for our family.

Playing at the Park

We drove to a couple different baseball parks and one had a really fun park that we stopped at to let the kids play.  They had a wonderful time but Tony and I were super cold so we didn't stay for too long.  It was nice to get out in the sun shine, even though it was cold.

Papa Stories

Papa Lloyd is so good to read books to the kids.  I love watching Allie climb on Papa's lap and ask him to read her stories.  We sure do love our Papa!

Megan's Dance Recital

Megan had her first dance recital.  Her hair was suppose to be up and curled so we got us a new small curling iron and went to town on her hair.  It took a while, but it looked so cute!  I put some makeup on her and then she was all ready to go.

My parents were out of town, but Tony's parents and even Nana were able to come and support Megan.  Sherri was going to come, but it snowed a lot that morning and it wasn't safe for her to come down.
Her recital was at Murray High and she did a great job.  Her class was like 23rd out of like 30 dances.  She did so good.  She remembered all the steps and looked adorable.  It was so fun to go see her perform the dance she had been learning.  She had a good time and looks forward to her next recital.