Trip to Disneyland

Grandma and Megan on Dumbo....was it worth the 45 min wait?

Brian and Colton in the Nemo ride....one of the favorites

The kids enthralled in the jungle cruise

Me n Megan on the Carousel

A couple of weekends ago we had the opportunity to tag along with Brian and his guitar kids to Disneyland. Luckily we had Grandma Bird to help us while Brian was off at performances. We had a lot of fun, the weather was perfect and we arrived home tired but happy.

Megan's Birthday Party

Megan and Parker in the jump house...there were in there ALL DAY

Eating popsicles with friends

Megan's ladybug cake...isn't it cute?

Blowing out the candles.....


We had a birthday part on Saturday for Megan. I can't believe my baby girl is turning 6!! We went for the no-fuss party and rented a bounce house. My kids jumped on it ALL DAY LONG and had a great time. It was the hottest day of the year...in the 80's, so by the time the party started it was a little warm. I tried my hand at a creative cake again and made a cute ladybug. The kids had a blast jumping in the jump house, blowing bubbles, coloring with sidewalk chalk and eating popsicles. At the end we had cake and ice cream and opened presents. Fun was had by all.

Easter

Easter outfits!

Look at all the loot!

Colton loves candy!

Easter cutie

How did the Easter Bunny know...just what I wanted!

Easter was pretty low key at our house this year. It was nice to have a day just to relax, snuggle under blankets and watch conference together. The kids enjoyed their Easter Baskets and we all ate cinnamon rolls and stayed in our jammies way too long. My dad arrived to visit from Utah in the afternoon and we ate a delicious ham dinner together. It was a wonderful day!

Megan's Dance Open House

Megan had open house at her dance studio this month. We got to go inside the studio and watch her do her thing. I may be biased, but I think she was one of the best! Grandma Bird and Dad were here visiting and got to come as well. Megan was so happy to have them there. I was very proud of Parker for helping to video tape, until I realized half way thru that the camera was still on standby! Oh well....we still got some great footage!!

The Lights at Ethel M

I love Christmastime! We have so many fun family traditions that are so much fun. One of our first, and favorites, of the season is our annual visit to the Ethel M chocolate factory. Thousands of lights in the cactus gardens, visiting Santa and free chocolate...what could be better!!!

Halloween!!!

Here they are all ready to go!!

Watch out for bumblebees...they spit!!

Our cute tinkerbell fairy!!

Nascar driver Parker!!

Halloween was a fun night for us! Our ward hosted a great dinner and carnival at the church followed by trunk-or-treat in the parking lot. Colton loved the cupcake walk...I swear he wanted to do that the whole night! I borrowed my sister-in-law Traci's idea and went as a jellyfish. No one knew what I was. They kept saying "are you a cloud?" or "are you Mary Poppins? because I made the top of my jellyfish out of an umbrella. Oh well! That's what you get for trying to be creative! The kids got lots of candy and we all had a fun time. Now if they would just get off that sugar high and go to bed, Brian and I could raid their candy and find the good stuff.....yum chocolate!!!

Halloween Fun and Murder Mystery!!!

Scary murder mystery characters...don't you love
Brian's chest hair and chain!!!

Colton and our brownie spiders

Parker couldn't decide between Zombie Virus and Vampire Blood

Megan models our monster fingers and monster eyeballs...YUM!!!

We have had a lot of fun this Halloween coming up with some fun new "scary treats". These were just a few of our favorite. And, of course, it wouldn't be Halloween without a murder mystery..even the costumes are to die for...NOT....I think Brian and I were pretty scary too, even though Megan kept telling me how cute I looked....HA HA!