2 Years Old

Our little bean burrito..... A healthy eater....Very curious.....And at times a little monster....

He's grown up so fast....
IT has been a wonderful 2 years....

And we look forward to many more.

They Grow up so fast.

Always smiling.... Always getting into things....Really getting into things!!!..

She jumps right in....
Ready for any adventure

Works hard...

She is such a joy...

Madison turned 5 in June.. I can't believe our little girl is growing up so fast.. She had a great birthday party---loves all the little dolls and anything PINK. She is so much fun and all girl!!!

AHHHHH SUMMER

AHHHHH SUMMER! Just some pictures of some of the things we did.

JACOB and MADISON rock climbing
LAGOON

SAM loved the train
Jacob went on some of the kiddie rides. But I did get him to go on Colossus and Jet Star. He would get off and then say, "lets go again!!!" Madison tried the Tidal Wave. Lots of fun. Jake and I went on Snake Rapids..We got soaked!

And Carlos of course has gone Fishing.

OLD vs NEW

OLD VS NEW

We did it! We moved! ( a little over 2 months ago..-I am just now getting my camera and everything set up again after the move, internet disruption and then a computer virus) .

Moving was much more stressful that I thought it would be(despite the kindness of the people that bought our house-sarcasm implied!) Who would have thought just moving down the street would be such a hassle.. We had great help from the Elders Quorom and friends. (many who watched my kids or helped me clean the house). It was surreal to say good-bye to our first home that we put so much work into and also made many memories. But it also felt good to move on to something else.. Granted we didn't make a huge move.. We are still in the same neighborhood and the same ward.. The kids play with the same friends and go to the same school. But it is amazing what living on a circle does for the kids and what an extra bedroom does for me.. Bed time is so much easier (madi and jake are no longer sharing a room) . The kids love their space. I love that they can go outside to play in the circle and I no longer worry about speeding cars as we did at the previous house...there are also more kids around. (I just noticed in both pictures Sam is in his diaper.

For the first month I felt like I was living in someone elses house and it was somewhat depressing. I couldn't get comfortable.. And then I painted the bathroom (it wasn't a pretty bathroom at all). IT is amazing what a little change can do. After that I have been going room to room fixing them up. It now feels more like our home..

I just put up all our a few days ago pictures (2 months later). Jacob said, "Mom, this looks like a home now." and Madison said, "I like what you did to our house." I never knew they paid much attention to the walls or even noticed. Not everything is finished but it is livable.

We all are loving the new house.. We have been very blessed...especially in selling our old home! I feel much more settled here and we MAY stay for a long time. But I won't promise anything!!!

walking on sunshine june 2008

Madison did Dance this spring with her friend Maya and Mckenzie. She would come home and show us all they did that day. When she got her costume she put it on right away and would do this model like pose... The recital was so cute and she did a wonderful job...they may not have remembered the dance but they did have fun, except for one.


after the recital we walked around the park for a bit (there were other activites for riverton days) and Madison heard the song from Enchanted and she started to dance improv.. she was so cute.. We will definately do dance again.

A Magical Surpise

What a surprise we gave the kids! At 4am on Wed we woke them up with the invitation to go on a plane ride. They were thrilled even though they had no idea where we were going or how long we'd be. I guess it never occured to them we'd be gone a few days since Jacob even asked if he could invite a friend over when we got home that day.

Landing in Long Beach, CA there was still no guesses as to what we were doing. Ideas of the beach, maybe an Amusement Park but no definate guesses. Not until we left the hotel and started to walk down Magic Way did Jacob really clue in to where we were.... Fortunately I have never much talked about Disneyland to the kids so they really had no idea what to expect. IT was more than they could have dreamed of.

For three straight days we got up early and went to the Park...coming home late at night we would eat and then crash in those nicely made hotel beds, then do it all over again the next day. Despite the three days we didn't get to see everything...which only leaves us with one option....TO GO BACK!!! We had a great time and it really is the happiest place on earth....It was so easy to forget about any kind of responsibility...only what fun we could we do next.

Jacob loved almost everything.. He wasn't so sure about going on the Indiana Jones ride again but was first to enlist himself for Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, Star Tours, Thunder Mountain and the Matterhorn And the wild Screamer in California Adventure (it puts colassus to shame). Luckily for him we would get the fastpass..(4 of them) and he would first go with Dad and then with Mom. (Madi wasn't feeling as adventurous.)





He also enjoyed the Pixar Parade with Woody, Buzz Lightyear and Lightening McQueen... the only time he wasn't having fun was when he wasn't on a ride.

Madison also enjoyed rides but was hestitant to go on some. (I blame myself for taking her to the Bugs life 3-D movie....where there is a sign stating "may be scary to some small children--she freaked).



But by far the highlights for her were getting to meet her heroines the princesses and then seeing them in the parade.. she would stand up and waive and say "Ariel, Ariel, here I am" or "Hi Sleeping Beauty!!!", "Cinderella!!!!" She and Sam went and saw Playhouse Disney and danced along with Mickey and other characters.

"the princess waive"

Sam would have run wild if we let him but he did go on some rides, Pirates of the Carribean, the Safari Cruise and many of the little kid rides.. BUT the best was watching him during the parades...He would dance and point and clap and waive at everyone and everything in the parade...I loved the parades...such nostalgia from my childhood but it was a joy to watch Sam and my other kids make those same memories.



It was a wonderful time. Jacob wants to move to California and Madison wants to go back to our "other home"-the hotel room. It really is a magical place.