Sea World

Day 3 took us to Sea World. It is always fun to see all of the fun shows at Sea World. It was neat to see the "Shamu" show set to Christmas carols. It was a new twist on an old favorite! We had a specatular day and the kids really enjoyed themselves!


They knew we were coming! Right when we walked in the Clydesdale horses pulled up right in front of us! It is pretty amazing to see these horses up close and all put together like they are. Sadie was in shock and Sam liked the dalmation that was perched on top of the wagon!



Sadie was tall enough to ride "The Artic Zone" ride with Josh. She then climbed into the polar bear cave. Josh said she wasn't too excited to be in there because of the recorded sounds that were being played. I can understand. She still is smiling for the camera though!



I gave in and bought the kids some cotton candy for one of the shows. I just thought that the piece that Sam grabbed was about as big as his head!

San Diego Zoo

Day 2 of our adventure took us to the San Diego Zoo! It was a lot of fun, but very crowded. We made our way around the zoo with lots of laughter and had a good time.



Sadie and Jess gave us a good laugh in giraffe masks! Jess you are quite the animal!


Sadie has gone APES! She loved watching the apes and orangutans. So many of them walked right past where we were standing. This one sat and licked the window for a while, gross!



Josh is always the good sport! Jess always likes to live on the wild side, or just make Josh work really hard to push her up the hill. It was funny though to see her climb into that stroller!



Of course you have to take a picture on the gold hippo. Just after the kids had finished taking their picture Josh and Jess, my sister, decided that they wanted a picture on the hippo as well. Josh slid right off the back end and came very close to splitting his pants wide open. Jess-I still need a copy of that picture!

The adventure had just begun!

The day after Christmas we packed up and headed to San Diego! We had such a blast! On our way we decided to hit the Wildlife Animal Park on the way into town. We finally found it after about a 2 hour detour and a long windy road. Don't always trust your GPS! Let's just say we didn't see much at the park. We went on a train ride around to see some of the wildlife and the merry-go-round. Then it was dark! I don't think that we will be doing that again!




Mom you fit right in!

Christmas!

I think we had the best Christmas possible! We were so lucky to have my parents and my sister here to share in the fun of Christmas Day with us. I have learned that Christmas is all about the kids, and that doesn't stop when your kids are grown and married. Mom and Dad-Thank you again! Sam and Sadie were more excited about the presents that Gammie and Bumpa gave them, so that is what follows.


Sam received his first ride on tractor! He is a little bit afraid of actually pushing the peddle to make it go, but he obviously really likes his John Deere.


Sadie was so happy to finally get Elizabeth. We have had an American Girl catalog laying around the house and Elizabeth is the one doll that Sadie said she wanted to have. I guess it is a good thing that Gammie picked the right one, especially since we had the catalog after the doll was ordered!

Thanks mom and dad for making this Christmas a special one!

Christmas Pictures!

We finally did it! I know that we are late in the game, but I guess better later than never! We went this afternoon and took a bunch of adorable pictures! This is the picture we ended up with! I think it is cute and shows how close these two little buggers really are! They love each other!

Sadie Turned 5!

Sadie had her birthday! She took cupcakes and a bag of favors to the other kids in her preschool class. We kind of treated it like her party. I think that she enjoyed the fuss being made over her!


Then on her actual birthday, Sunday, we were eating her birthday meal of hamburgers and orange chips (also known as Doritos) when all of a sudden, to my surprise she was asleep! I guess we just wore her out!

Sadie did wake up later to open her presents and have cake and ice cream, but it did take a lot of poking and prodding. We are so happy to have Sadie to keep us entertained! Happy Birthday little girl!

Rain, rain, come again!

I just found this picture of the kids in the rain. It had been raining all night and when the kids woke up they just wanted to go outside and play in the rain! We all ran around out in the rain for a minute and then the kids jumped into a warm bath. They still talk about "tasting the rain."

Cody got Married!!

This weekend was a fast and furious one! My one and only brother got married in Portland. We had a great trip, and a fantastic weekend. Sadie was a flower girl, and Sam was in the wedding party as well. We are so happy to have Alycia in our family now. As you can see, she truly is beautiful and Cody is one lucky man. Sam is also very happy to have his first girlfriend married into the family!




These are the two men in my life! Sam knew that he was hot stuff when he arrived! He came in with his hands on his hips and then threw his foot out and basically said to everyone, "Check me out!" Josh looked pretty good himself!



I had to take the opportunity to take a cute pictures with my two little ones all dressed up! They were so adorable. Sadie was the life of the party, and of course had to be right in the middle of things all night long!