Happy Groundhog Day!

Easy to make!
White frosted cupcake
Chocolate animal crackers crushed
Chocolate cinnamon bear
Icing on face

Enjoy!

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Malissa practicing her violin.

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Claire acting silly behind an umbrella!

Happy Snow Day!

When we woke up this morning it looked like a winter wonderland outside. As much as I have been loving our nice weather lately I really wanted at least one big snow storm. I love how beautiful the snow looks outside and I love watching the kids sled and have a great time! The snow on the trees melted pretty quickly but the girls were able to sled after school with the little amount of snow we had left.

"A Day I'll Never Forget"

I was in charge of a church activity for the Young Women and Relief Society sisters last week. The theme was "A Day I'll Never Forget". We had a fashion show with the girls wearing their mothers' wedding dresses. Emma didn't quite fit into my dress but she had a lot of fun modeling it. It was fun to see my dress again after sixteen years.We also had a lot of the ladies bring their wedding albums to look at. The last part of the night was a slide show with pictures of couples on their wedding day. It was a great night and it was a lot of fun seeing all the different dresses from different time periods.

These are the flowers from the wedding activity. I decided to take a few pictures of Claire with the flowers. I'm really looking forward to spring!!!!!

Disneyland Trip

This week Josh and I took our kids to Disneyland. We decided to take the kids out of school and go during the slow season. (This was their big Christmas present from us.) We had a great time enjoying the beautiful weather, rides, family and an afternoon at the beach.

On Saturday we went to Leo Carillo Beach. I couldn't believe we were wearing shorts in January! We had a great time looking for star fish, sea slugs and enjoyed seeing family.

On Monday we went to California Adventure Park. My parents also joined us. At first Claire was scared of the characters. Then she warmed up to them and was fine. Claire enjoyed going on the kiddie rides in Bugs Land, Monsters Inc, and Little Mermaid. Luke, Emma and Malissa enjoyed Tower of Terror, Screamin' and Soarin'.

We loved having my parents there. They were very helpful!

Claire always sticks her finger in her mouth when she's nervous. Mickey was her first character that she took a picture with so she was pretty nervous.

On Tuesday we surprised the kids and took them to a character breakfast. I had no idea how much fun it would be. We were the first ones to breakfast so our kids got a lot of attention from the characters. Claire was a little shy around the characters at first but then she warmed up to them. She did not like the princesses! She would not even look at them when they tried to talk to her. They also loved the food! The breakfast not only included Mickey Mouse pancakes but ice cream, jello, cupcakes and lots of other desserts.

On Tuesday we went to Disneyland. We went on almost all the rides. The day went by so fast and we were sad to leave. Claire loved the Buzz Light year ride a lot! She also loved going on all the kiddie rides including the roller coaster in Toon Town. Overall we had a great time and we can't wait to go again!

Luke really wanted to be in a picture with the Storm Troopers. I wish he had liked the characters when he was little.

Josh and I took our traditional picture standing at the wishing well where Josh proposed to me seventeen years ago.

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Luke made sliding gloves from a plastic cutting board and a pair of gloves. This is his latest project.