Disneyland

It has been a over a month since my last post! I have never gone this long, so I'm coming back! We've been super busy with a thousand different things going on that blogging has been low on the totem pole. Anywho, here we go.
We got to go to California a few weeks ago to see Josh's drop-down-gorgeous sister get married to the man of her dreams. It was a beautiful day, and they are a wonderful couple. We are so excited for them. While we were there, we got to go to Disneyland for free! Cha-ching! It was so fun. We contemplated paying for the tickets before we knew we could go for free. We're glad we didn't spend the money though because when we asked Anna what her favorite ride was, she responded, "the merry-go-round". Um, the mall has a merry-go-round for $1. Lesson well learned, don't do things that cost a lot before your kids can appreciate it.
Here are a few pics from the day. We're hot and sweaty in these so please, don't look close. ;-)
We thought that Anna would LOVE the Ariel ride because she is completely obsessed with her. Instead she screamed bloody murder because it was dark. Now, when we talk about it, she says that she'll like it when she gets bigger. At least she gets that things will be less scary when she's older.

I loved walking down this street. Disney is magical, huh?

The favorite part....

Can't you just feel Andrew's excitement? We almost didn't take him on this because we thought he would care less. To our surprise it was just the opposite. He squealed and laughed the ENTIRE time. I've never seen him so happy. That's my Andrew.

This is how we spent our time waiting in line. Andrew loves to eat Josh's face!

We had to ride the Dumbo ride of course. All of the lines were only about 15-20 minutes! It was awesome!

The teacups were super fun. Anna loved them!!!

Looks like Andrew is trying to be a tough guy. He was exhausted after like 30 minutes.

He couldn't take it any longer. He was OUT!!

It was super fun to see some characters. By this time of day, the kids had had it. Goofy was our only stop before dropping them off at home.

If you know me at all, you will be shocked by this next statement. I rode my first rollercoaster. I know, it's shocking. Me of all people. I have been deathly afraid of roller coasters my entire life. Now, at 25, I can say I've been on one and loved it. I didn't know that my first one would have a loop but it did and it wasn't even that bad. I seriously almost fainted before I stepped on. No, really. My whole body went numb, my head got light, and I felt like I was going to throw up. It was a big day for me. I'm glad I had Josh by my side.

Here we are waiting to go on Soaring Over California. It was so cool.

I know, I know. We look ridiculous. But do you want to know what was even more ridiculous was this movie. It was a Michael Jackson crazy 3-D movie. The 3-D part didn't even work and it was seriously the worst thing I've ever seen. How does something like that get into Disneyland??

I love Disneyland!

It was fun to be there with my best friend.

This is just before Space Mountain! SO fun! It was absolutely one of the most fun days ever! We loved it! More blogs and pics to come soon! ;-)

Loads of Personality

This little princess has a whole lot of personality. One day we were out taking pictures while the kids were swimming and Anna just surprised us with some funny faces. Once she got started, she just couldn't stop. She made all of these up by herself too. We got a good laugh. Take a look!

Lovely Visitors!

My mom and sister stopped by last week as they were driving home from Idaho. We got to enjoy them for a few days and loved every minute of it. Anna has been asking for them every day since then. It was really fun. We got to go shopping, spend a day at the zoo, and just enjoy being with each other. I couldn't ask for a better family. I love them so much and miss them like crazy!Here we are at the zoo. It was a great day!
We saw lots of animals, but I think the hippos are my favorite.



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Singin' in the Rain

We had a DOWN POUR this past week. Not just a little rain, but a TON of rain! Anna had been so excited to go swimming all day long. We were waiting for Daddy to come home from work so we could go. Right as we were finishing eating dinner, it began to rain. Then, it poured! We couldn't believe it. Everything flooded instantly. Anna was really sad she couldn't swim so Josh decided to take her out in the rain instead. They jumped and puddles, danced in the rain, and were as happy as could be. We couldn't get her to come back in. I think she had more fun in the rain than she could have in the pool. So, these pictures are dark but you get the picture!

Andrew and I just played inside during all of this. I don't think he minded staying in.

Journal Worthy

We've had a few journal worthy experiences lately. We have vallet trash twice a week, so yesterday I was taking the trash to our curb. It's about 15 feet in front of my door. I shut the door behind me so that Andrew wouldn't crawl out and get hurt. I put the trash down and turned around to go back inside. The door was locked! I couldn't believe it. Anna was trying to open the door to come out and get me. Instead, she locked the door!! I freaked out. We have a mail slot on our door, so I opened it and said, "Anna, UNLOCK the door!!" This was her response, "NNNOOOOOOOO!!!!" I was trapped outside while they were crying inside. Andrew is crawling up the stairs like crazy now but always falls down if I'm not there to catch him. Needless to say, my heart was beating pretty fast. I ran to my neighbors to ask if they would come stand by my door while I ran down to the office. I then sprinted to my leasing office and they drove me up on their golf cart. I unlocked the door to find happy, safe kids. Andrew was sitting on the first step, but I don't think he had any accident. Whew!

I was cooking in the kitchen the other day while Andrew was crawling around playing with toys. All of the sudden, I heard the toilet flush! I found Andrew standing up holding onto the toilet seat, grinning ear to ear, and playing with the toilet water! GROSS!! We definitely keep our bathroom door closed now!

Anna's been having a hard time with bed time lately and last night as we were putting her to sleep, I told her I was going to give her one more kiss and then..... She was to fill in the blank. I wanted her to say "Bedtime!!" Instead, she exclaimed, "CRY TIME!!" Oh boy!

Life is funny! We took the kids to a splash park the other day. They loved it. We went with our good friends, the Hintze's. It was a great day!