Oceanside Trip Part 3

Tuesday and Wednesday we went to Disneyland and the beach. It was a fun time! We didn't realize that it was the last day of Spring Break for local schools, so Disneyland was a bit on the crowded side. It was crazy late for Spring Break, we were almost out for the year by then! I fun time was had anyway, and we got to do all the favorites and a bit more.

I didn't have a lot of time when I finally decided to make Disney shirts for the boys, so I slapped together these tie shirts using a blanket I had made for E years ago.

We can't ever miss this, it's E's favorite little known part of Disneyland- making Woody dance!

Mmmm! Dole Whip floats!

We spent an afternoon at the beach after going to some antique shops and out to lunch in Carlsbad.

Oceanside Trip Part 2

Monday of our trip was spent in a few places as well. DH, my brothers, and M & E all enjoyed a day at Legoland. My brothers had never been so they were curious to see it. The boys had been the year before but loved it again and enjoyed the new Star Wars exhibits. They got a lot of comments on the matching shirts I made them all to wear.

The rest of us went on a 2 hour harbor cruise followed by a yummy seafood lunch and shopping. It was fun and even a bit relaxing!

We ended the day at Ruby's for dinner at the end of the Oceanside Pier.

Oceanside Trip Part 1

My parents took us all on a wonderful family vacation this year in celebration of my brother Riley returning from his mission. We went back to Oceanside (where we stayed last February) and stayed at a condo there. We had a great time and were able to take in a lot of sights. Here are the first few days.

Myself, C, and my sister Whit flew while the rest drove. Since it was C's first flight, I had to document!

As soon as we got there, we walked down to the beach to fly kites and play!

That night, some of us went for pedis. It was a first for DH and Riley!

The next day was Mother's day. We went out that morning and took a bunch of family pictures. We just did them ourselves with a tripod and they turned out great!


Later on we were able to take the kids to The New Children's Museum, a Children's art museum in downtown San Diego. It was a free day, but not too crowded, so we were lucky.


Wind tunnel they could jump in

These two pictures are from a workshop the boys participated in on perspective. They were given materials to create something and then were photographed so that it looked as though they were on their creation. E's is a church and M's is a catapult. We have experimented with doing it at home since then, the boys love it!


Really cool climbing wall and ropes to climb. Everything is surrounded by art by a different artist and you can read about their interpretations of the area they were given to create. It was really well done.


They LOVED doing these little chariots.

They got to help paint a giant whale with giant brushes. So funny!

After all this, I traded DH for my mom and while DH, my siblings, and my dad attended a Padres game, we went to the international houses at Balboa Park. They are only open on Sundays from 12-4, so we had never been able to visit the insides. It was really interesting. That week, it was Italy's turn to host, so they sponsored a band, food, and other displays. The music was really good, we all enjoyed "Mambo Italiano!"

The boys in front of some of their favorite houses.

We met up with the rest in Old Town and had a great Mexican dinner. Great Mother's Day!

Random May Happenings

Some other things that happened in May.........

We visited the Bountiful Temple as a family one Sunday to talk about temples.

One of Nolan's Memorial Day decorations

The boys finally got the training wheels off!

C started eating solid food. He is my first child to actually eat baby food, so this is a new experience for me!

Grandpa, DH, and the boys got to go to a Bees game. They liked it!

We have been doing LOTS of things with friends all the time. A favorite is going to the Dinosaur Park in Ogden.

I have to include the Farmer's Market in Salt Lake. I finally stocked up on some more goat's milk soap. I barely made it through the winter with my stash from last year.

C playing with cars. He loves playing with toys!

Grammy's 70th Birthday

A fun thing we got to do as a family Memorial Weekend was traveling to Boise for Grammy's 70th Birthday Party. It was a fun Luau theme and we had a great time with all the family. Grammy seemed very happy to have all her family around her. We sure love her!

take me out to the (t) ballgame!

I just realized that the last time I posted a "what we're up to" type of post, it was about Easter Weekend. Yikes! I will attempt in my few snippets of free time to at least post some of the highlights of the past 4 mos. So here goes......

T-Ball! Hilarious to watch. This year the boys participated on the same team. M's 3rd year playing T-Ball and E's first. They had a great coach that really focused on making it fun for the boys. They looked sharp in their red "Angels" uniforms and we had fun sitting with friends every Monday and Wednesday night for a few months to watch. We had something like 5 or 6 games rained out so the season lasted even longer than anticipated. They had fun and next year we plan on putting them on the same team again in the coach pitch league.









Also, I think DH did an awesome job on these pictures!