Disneyland - February 2010

I tried to have a Disney cast member take this picture, but instead it just recorded, so I thought I'd post it. Maybe it's cuter than a regular old pose anyway?

When we got to California it was POURING with rain. We were supposed to have a hot dog roast on the beach. Instead we spent about 10 minutes rolling up our pants and taking of our shoes, 2 minutes running to the beach and about 4 minutes of actually beach time freezing to death. We dipped our feet in the water and ran for our lives!

Our hotel was very close to Disneyland so we got to see people coming back after their Disney day. They were miserable! Plastic bags and rain coats covering strollers filled with very grumpy babies. Drenched hair-dos and souvenirs. Miserable. We were very worried about our Disney day, which was the next day, as the forecast was for rain. When we woke up Disney day morning we were happy to see cloudless skies and a bright sunny sun! The day was absolutely perfect! There were no lines, there was no rain! We walked on every ride! our longest wait was 15

minutes, you can't beat that!

To see Vanessa's (better) pictures click here.

Gingerbread Houses and Cup Cakes

Our friends the Jensen's picked up some after the Holiday Gingerbread houses for super cheap. They bought enough for 12 people to have their own. Liam, Ezra, Mo, BraeLynn, Aurouya, Keilani, Tesla, Zzyzx, Andy and Mickey got to take advantage of this. It was super fun. *Dear Jensen girls, I am very very VERY sorry if I spelled your names wrong, love Kym*.

My good friend Cambria recently got a book about making cupcakes awesome, this is one of them. I know, it's crazy good isn't it?

She's the one who made Mosiah's birthday cake this year, so obviously she had skills before the cupcake book! Here is my cupcake that I made. Good comparison, don't you think?

Scrapbook Page

I did a scrapbook page for our service project, which was actually used for another service project, imagine that! We just got our internet back after a VERY LONG WAIT, so I will be updating the blog soon, and I'll be looking at all of your blogs. We are also in the process of finding our February service project. We'll keep you updated!

HOPE Project

Bill and I decided to do the Disney Give a Day, Get a Day program, where you give a day of service at a selected charity and then Disney sends you tickets. The project we chose was in our own town and it was actually really fun. Not what you'd expect for a service project! We colored medalions that they are going to hang on peoples front doors as a message of hope. Then we drew pictures about why it's bad to smoke. Bill did a drunk driving simulator and then we got to go home. 2 hours of playing. It was very cold outside, but we're so glad we went. Our plan is to do one service project (at least) per month for this whole year! (not for tickets... you can only do that once, just so we can build some good character in our kids!)

Bill and Kym's Medallions:

Liam and Ezra's Medallions:

Drunk Driving Simulator:

Here is the link so you can sign up for your own Disney service project. http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/disneyparks/en_US/WhatWillYouCelebrate/index?name=Give-A-Day-Get-A-Disney-Day Click it and follow the directions. Good luck!!!

New Slippers!

Nana sent these really cute slippers for the boys when she sent Obi's birthday present. Mo just happened to be wearing this shirt when they arrived. To cute!!!

Happy 1st Birthday Obadiah!!!

Isn't it amazing how fast the years fly by after you have kids? It seems like just a couple of months ago I had this 10 pound ball of a baby, but alas, he actually turned a whole year old! It's just craziness! Happy Birthday Obi. You sure loved your cake!

Happy 34th Birthday Husband Bill!!!

My Hubby turned 34. I told him he's an old man now, and it's a good thing he has a sexy, hot, young wife! He didn't like that to much. I think I gave him a complex. lol!

We went out to My Thai for dinner, it was delicious.

Kelly gave Bill a really nice shirt.

I love this picture!!!

Bill opened the rest of his presents at Jake and Vanessa's house. We also had his favorite Marie Calender Pies instead of cake. Delicious!

I love you old man!

Happy 3rd Birthday Mosiah!

My baby Mo turned 3 on the fifth. We had his party a day late so Grandma could be there. It was super fun. Mo wanted a Spiderman party. I asked Him "Mo, what do you want for your birthday?" Mo said "Spiderman!" I said "Mo what kind of cake do you want?" Mo said "Spiderman!" I said, "Mo, how old are you going to be?" Mo said "Spiderman!" The point was made, so my awesome friend Cambria Abbiss made an amazing cake! Not only awesome to look at but Delicious too!

We had a WIC appointment in the morning and they hooked him up with these awesome Potato Head Playdough things. We played with them all morning.

Christmas Village and a Hockey Game

Vanessa and Jake gave us tickets to a Hockey Game (Las Vegas vs. Utah.... we won!!!!) and before we went to the game we checked out the Christmas Village. It was WAY to much fun! Afterwards we went to Grandma's work to visit. (Sorry, no pictures of that)

Christmas Village:

Hockey Game:

Happy 31st Birthday Vanessa!!!

Vanessa is a new year baby! It gives us a great reason to party after New Years Eve!