100th Day of School

Oh my, I love this girl. Today is the 100th day of school and the kids were encouraged to dress like a 100 year old. I woke her up at 6 to do her hair and make up. She is so funny and looks great.

Richard said that there was only one place for her to go and acted like he was calling the Wellington to come pick her up. They are hilarious kiddos and I love them completely!

Ella and Grandpa

Grandpa is a little fond of this angel, aren't we all? I love this picture take at lunch after Colby's baptism.

Baby girl is growing up

Most of these were taken with my awful phone camera so I apologize for the poor quality.

Her hair is long enough to braid!

I have to do the dishes when Ella is taking a nap or I end up with her IN the dishwasher, every time.

Ella LOVES books and enjoys flipping through the pages and tearing them. I had to keep her strapped in the stroller when we went to the library. She is so cute.

Hannah put her in the ottoman for a ride and Ella thought that was pretty cool.

I love the baby's piggy tails! She is so awesome!!!

Super Bowl Dance

Every year we watch the Super Bowl and have a feast as a family. This year was no different. Chris made a great spread that the kids helped with. The game was boring since Seattle dominated Denver, the ads were ehh, but the half time with Bruno Mars was AWESOME!!! He is such a great entertainer with terrific songs. The kids got into it too...

And most importantly, we had a wonderful time as a family.

I can't believe he is 9!

The kids had light saber wars and played Twister to celebrate Richard's 9th birthday. It was a lot of fun.

Richard is such a wonderful kid, brother, and son. He loves scouts, Star Wars, Legos, and so much more. He is a wonderful singer and has recently begun piano lessons with Grandma Kia. Richard does well in school and is considering playing football again this summer/fall. We love him so much!

Ella enjoyed splashing in the water she spilled. Love her!

Richard was thrilled with all of his gifts this year including a subscription to National Geographic, 3 light sabers, a football, action figures, Lego's, a youth rifle, and lots of love.

Thinking of his wish before blowing out his candles.

A Day at Disneyland

I had to wake my baby up from this to go enjoy a day of fun. And this is exactly how she ended the day!

We arrived early so we wouldn't have to wait in long ticket and entrance lines. The kids were fairly patient.

For those of you who have been to Disneyland (and from the looks of it yesterday that is the whole world) you know that this is a very popular spot to take the first photo. I remember taking my picture here when I was 10.

After a few rides we hopped on the train to see where that took us.

We landed in Toon Town and had a blast. Thank goodness Hannah didn't want to stand in line for 45-60 minutes for Minnie and Mickey, but we did find Daisy and Goofy while the boys went on a roller coaster.

Although we didn't wait around to see Mickey we did go through his house.

After some lunch we went to Frontierland and Adventureland. I love watching Richard shoot.

Atop the Mark Twain river boat. Richard was mad that Chris and Hannah took his spot but that frown was soon smiled away.

When the boys headed to Indian Jones the girls went to Pixie Hollow to visit with the fairies and take some pictures as we waited in line. Ella was tired of being held or in the stroller at this point so I let her crawl all around and she got so dirty. We had also been there for 10+ hours at this point so I didn't really care how messy she had gotten as I was about ready to leave at this point anyway.

Hannah was thrilled to meet Tinker Bell, this is her favorite of the Pixie Hallow fairies. She was darling with Hannah.

Iridessa was the other fairy we got to meet. I told her that her skin tone and the color of that dress look so good together. She giggled and said that it is made of sunflower petals. They stay in character very well!

I snapped a shot of the picture they took of us in the Space Mountain ride. The kids screamed the whole time and were terrified but now they will tell you it was one of their favorite rides. I laughed the whole time but I look terrified and awful in this picture! Haha.