Disneyland part 1

Our big family vacation this year was to Disneyland. Yay! I haven't been since I was around 11 or so. We thought this summer would be best, because next summer we'll have a little one and this year, Broder is still free!")

Overall, the trip was really fun. We stayed at a hotel just two blocks away from the main entrance, but it also had a shuttle if we needed it. We were there by 10 every morning and stayed until closing at midnight. The boys were exhausted!!! We went on our favorite rides mulitple times and we still managed to miss some rides too. We didn't do anything else besides Disneyland/California Adventure. 5 days of Disney fun. It was awesome.

The boys at our hotel.

Mickey, me, Jackson and Broder. The boys were so excited to meet him. Broder was especially excited to show Mickey his Mickey hat. He handed it to him and then turned around and left.

Dad and Jackson on "Small World." Go ahead, start humming the song now.

Me and Broder on "Small World."

This is on the "Finding Nemo" ride. This is also how Broder spent most of the rides. It was his defense mechanism. If he was scared, he'd cover his ears. I tried a few times to cover his eyes, but he wouldn't let me.

My Birthday

Catching up some more...
So I think the beginning of this blog hiatus began around my birthday, because I felt kind of funny blogging about my own birthday. "Hey, it's my birthday!!! Look at me, look at me, look at me!!!"

Anyway. My birthday was the first day of Youth Conference so I spent the evening at a devotional with John Bytheway, the Stake YM and YW and strawberry shortcake. Not bad.

To be fair to Tim, here is a birthday picture of me. (Still hoping to figure out how to get Tim's slideshow to load up here.) I can't remember if I've ever asked my mom if I was yawning or crying. Either way, nice form huh?

Catching up!

Hey there-
Still alive, just really hot.
I was planning on posting so much more tonight, but it took a lot longer to download pictures and such than I thought. So I have started out with a couple of exciting tidbits to keep all of our many (read: 4) readers interested, and will get posting more soon!

B-day party slideshow

At the party, Tim showed a slideshow that he and my Mom had put together. It was my life in pictures. Unfortunately, he did it on PowerPoint and I can't figure out how to get it from there to here. This is a complete shame because he worked hard on it and the end slide had some pretty exciting news for all who were there...

We are expecting a new baby in January!!

This news may still be news to some, but we are so excited and Jackson is REALLY excited. He says "Good morning, baby" to my tummy every day. Broder just thinks the baby is in his tummy. It will all work out.

Anyway, I am due January 5, but wouldn't be surprised if we have a fabulous Christmas present. We find out what we are having on August 21. I promise I'll keep you posted much better than I have recently.

June 4 cont'd...

As you may recall, June 4 is Tim's birthday. Well that night he had told me that we were going to go out to dinner for his birthday. He wanted to go some place nice, so he made reservations at the restaraunt at Thanksgiving Point. When we got there, the hostess told us that the main dining room was full, so we would be going upstairs. "That's weird," I said internally to myself, "there's like 20 open tables in there. Oh well." Anyway, we went upstairs and she opened the door to one of the rooms where Tim gently shoved me in and a whole crowd of people yelled "Surprise!"

My cute hubby had arranged a surprise birthday party for me a week early AND on his birthday as well. There were family and friends and it was awesome. I don't have any pictures of it, so I have nothing to post here...sorry!

Thank you to all who came. I had a very fun time and I love you all!