Ahhh. Yes. Sleep. We have been getting lots of it around here. Everyone is falling into bed at night and sleeping. I know, I know, who woulda thunk it??!! My kids sleeping. Ahhh. Yes.

I guess the tour of theme parks, pools, beaches and fresh air are the culprits. We have kept ourselves busy in sunny California.

Yesterday: Disney. Today: Sea World. Tomorrow: more playing on the beach. Tonight: sleepy kids. I love it.

Here are some cute pics from the last two days, Disneyland and Sea World. Enjoy! I hope everyone in Colorado is staying warm what with all that snow and cold! Yeah, I am rubbing it in a bit, I guess.

We went to Disneyland on Monday morning and stayed until dinner time. It was a busy day. Sam got to see the Jedi Training Academy, Alice (along with Paige and Sam) got her face painted at the princess faire, Paige met three princesses and Tinkerbell and Mason got his picture with Mickey Mouse. Everyone had a great day!

Tuesday we spent the day at Sea World. We spent part of the morning with my brother and his fam and then the rest of the day with Grandma Peggy, Papa Gary, Aunt Betty and Uncle Jeff. We saw Shamu, sea lions, sharks, sea stars, fed sting rays and went on a couple water rides. Sea World was a nice park and much calmer than Disneyland. Much calmer 🙂

Off to the beach tomorrow! Have a great night. And to all our Colorado friends, turn on your heating blankets. Sounds like it might get chilly tonight! Yeah, I am rubbing it in again. Sorry.

Jennifer

This weekend we spent a lot of time having fun! We were out and about a lot!

The kids really had to be flexible and understanding as we moved from activity to activity.

We spent Saturday afternoon biking on the Santa Fe trail. Wow, does our caravan get a lot of attention! Sam lead the crew with Scott coming next pulling Paige and Mason in the Burley and I brought up the rear with Alice on the tag-along.

Saturday night, Sam went to a sleepover at a friends house.

Sunday morning we spent most of the morning at church. Alice sang in the choir at the first service and the two older kids sang at the second service. We got bagel sandwiches for lunch and then headed home to start packing for California.

Overall, a very fun weekend for all!

Love, Jennifer

Even in the wind and cold

these kids

can still

laugh.

Okay. Sometimes getting to the computer and actually putting words to blog is really tough. By kid bedtime I am tired and the couch has fives on my behind.

Our little fam has been extremely busy the last couple weeks. Scott started his new job and has been working a ton. It must be the over-achiever in him. He works a lot. Hopefully it will get better after he gets more settled.

Scott and I are also pretty involved at church right now. We are helping out with a new campaign at our church so we have added more meetings to our schedules. We are really excited to be involved and look forward to the progress that the church will be making with regards to families in need.

The kids are doing great and have been troopers in the midst of meetings, work dinners, extra-curricular activities and school. Sam is taking guitar lessons and loving it and continues to practice karate. Alice is still in gymnastics and Daisy Scouts. I am trying to teach her a little piano after school once a week. We’ll see how that goes. Paige is in preschool gymnastics and will be starting soccer soon. Mason is just loving life, running everywhere and working really hard at being 2, if you catch my drift.

Scott and I had a nice anniversary. He took Sam to a birthday party and the girls shopping and I went to my photography class. After we all met back at home, the sitter came for a couple hours and we had an awesome dinner and spent time downtown.

We are still keeping our fingers crossed that we get a skiing day this year. It would be nice for all the kids to get on their skis once but not sure if we will make it.

Paige is anxiously counting down the days to her birthday. She is having a couple friends from school over on Saturday for a Kai-lan birthday party. Luckily it is only two days away or she might burst with excitement.

In the craziness that is our lives, I am trying very hard to simplify at home. Okay, now that you have stopped laughing….It seems as though the stuff in this house is taking over. Slowly, very slowly, but surely, I am going to tackle the stuff. Wish me luck! Say lots of prayers!!! Normally I don’t do resolutions at the start of the New Year but I think that I may have to back up a bit and make a promise to myself. Unclutter my house, thus my mind 🙂 I bought this sign at Hobby Lobby last week. It seemed to be calling to me. Now don’t get me wrong, lots of things at HL call to me but this was a bit different. Simplify. Quite simple actually. Get the stuff out.

Let’s see if I am up to the challenge.
Jennifer