Disneyland

OUR TRIP TO DISNEYLAND

SPRING BREAK 2010

Monday morning we got up SUPER early to be at the airport at 5:30 am. We were all so tired but so EXCITED!!

Mom helped a ton with Iya on the airplane ride. Here is Dad, Preston, Mom and Iya sleeping......all 4 of them at the same time!

The first thing Granny bought the girls was a Mickey sucker :)

Happy Iya and Granny

Iya helping feed her cousin Jacob. Janna and Randy came on Monday and Tuesday to the park and we got to meet little Jacob for the first time

The girls first ride at Disneyland....Winnie the Pooh ride!

Grandpa, Granny and the girls getting ready to go on the Disneyland train!

Nini on her FAVORITE ride....the carousel

The gang in line for the Buzz Lightyear ride...

Tuesday Morning we all went on SPLASH MOUNTAIN! All of my siblings and I rode together and it was so fun! Emma was SO scared and had to be reassured the entire ride that she would not fall out and no..they would not stop the ride to let her out :)

This year we did something so so fun for all the girls. We went to the Bibbity Bobbity Boutique for princess makeovers! They all looked like beautiful little princesses with their hair and nails and make up done. They got a bag of makeup and accessories to take, which Nini and Emma applied liberally to themselves every day! Nini looked so cute and was SO happy! Iya was too little to get a makeover but we put her in a little Tinkerbell outfit and she looked just as cute!

Look at all the gel and glitter!

After the makeovers we went to Ariel's Grotto in California Adventure for a princess luncheon. We started with a picture with Ariel, and then we sat at a royal long table. We had three courses of royal food. It was so delicious and such a blast. While we were eating, all of the princesses came around to our tables and visited with us and let us take our pictures with them.

Nini and her favorite princess (at the moment) Snow White

The girls just LOVED Cinderella. Iya was so excited to see her and loved to hug her!
The two Cinderellas :)

After lunch we saw Jessie and Iya LOVED LOVED her. She got a Jessie doll and hugged and kissed it all the time

Monte flew in Tuesday night. The Grannys and Grandpas took the little kids back to the hotel and we had a good time going on the big kid rides without them. Here we are on Thunder Mountain....my favorite ride :)

Our family on Wednesday morning.....aren't we so happy!!!

We could not get the girls to smile or look at the camera the entire trip!

Nini and Daddy on the Roger Rabbit Ride. The girls loved to finally have there daddy there!

Guess who???? Which one is Monte and which is Alex

We were so hot on Wednesday....it was in the 80's...... so we got some yummy ice cream- Iya loved it!

These are the brave ones that weren't afraid to get wet one more time on Grizzly River Rapids!
The WHOLE Gang on Thursday in our BSU orange!

The girls playing and havin fun!

On Thursday it was Preston's Birthday. I cannot believe he is 17!
This picture was very typical of us-A train of strollers and wheel chairs. Its hard to tell but it goes: Mom and stroller, Monte and stroller, Judy and stroller, Granny then Grandpa :)

Iya kissing her Jessie doll....

Iya and Preston at McDonald's before we left for the airport on Friday.

We had such a fun trip and loved taking our little girls. They had so much fun and we made lots of family memories! It was hard to leave sunny California and the "Happiest Place on Earth".........it was especially sad to come home to SNOW in Kansas!!

A crazy week

I was in Oklahoma from Monday the 1st until the yesterday, Monday 8th watching my brothers and sisters while my parents were in Idaho. It was kind of a crazy week. On Tuesday Mindy was sick, Wednesday I was sick and then on Thursday Preston was sick-all of us throwing up! It was no fun! Friday after work Monte drove down. It was nice to have him come. On Saturday Isaac and Emma both had soccer games. Emma was hilarious and had NO CLUE what was going on! When we got home Preston asked her if she scored a goal and she said “I don’t know!?” Isaac did well in his game. He was goalie the first half and they only scored once on him, then he was a forward and scored a goal in the second half.
Sunday morning the girls woke up early so Brookelynn and Emma played with them while Monte and I tried to sleep in. Somehow-without anyone seeing her-Mindy pushed the fire button on the security system. It started alarming REALLY LOUD and would not stop! I tried to push a bunch of the buttons but nothing worked. So I tried calling Mom and of course her phone was off. So I tried Dad and he didn’t answer. Monte pulled apart the fire alarm and so it stopped but the security system was still flashing. Then the lady that owns that house called and asked if everything was ok and I told her what had happened and she said the FIREMAN ARE ON THEIR WAY! I was like noooooo! So the fireman showed up and I went outside and the first one got out of the truck and said “I take it there’s no fire!” I was SO embarrassed!!!!!!!!!!! I said I was sorry like a hundred times and explained that my parents were out of town and we didn’t have the code to turn it off and the security company called the owners but they don’t live here… So they tried to reset the system and could not-so the owner called back and she had talked to the security system company and they were going to reset the system. So the firemen left as I said sorry another 10 times! I felt so so embarrassed!!

I definitely wanted to be a kid again and let the adult take the blame and talk to the fireman-but I couldn’t- I WAS THE ADULT!!