Disneyland

We had the opportunity to go to Disneyland for the past two days with the kiddos. It was a lot of fun but extremely tiring!

Some highlights of the trip:

1. Waiting for 2 hours to take pictures with the princesses only to find out that Cinderella left 3 minutes before we got to the front of the line (She is the only one we wanted to see). Anna was SO disappointed! She didn't want to take pictures with any princess after hearing about Cinderella. Here are the pics we did get...

What a long wait!


Anna wouldn't take a pic with Jasmine


We got her to stand by Ariel but she was mad...


She was finally OK with a picture with Belle


2. Alli and Justin were both tall enough to ride every ride. It was so fun to go on all of the "scary" rides with my kids and experience Alli's first time riding roller coasters. She loved them! Her favorites were Space Mountain and Splash Mountain. She didn't care for the Tower of Terror but did say she wanted to try it again next time.

3. Rain... the weather forecast called for rain starting early Tuesday but thankfully it held off until we were leaving the park at 9:00 that night.

4. The dog... Roxy got to go to Disneyland too. She stayed at the Disneyland Kennel Club. It is a great service that Disneyland offers that you can board your dog in a kennel right outside the main entrance. We were able to go and walk er a few times throughout the day and I actually think she enjoyed it because she had a cage right in the front window where she could "people watch" all day long.

5. Sleepy kids... Anna got carried out of the park both nights. Once she falls asleep nothing will wake her. We carried her from stroller to shuttle bus to the hotel and put her in bed without her even waking up once.

6. Yummy food! We love going to the Rainforest Cafe and there is one at Disneyland. We were able to celebrate Chris's dad's birthday and our sis-in-law Jessica's birthday there. (They have the same birthday!)

Overall it was a good time for everyone!

Sneak Peek

Here is a sneak peek of our family pictures! I was able to swap photo sessions with another photographer. We decided we wanted to process our own pictures so here is her photography with my processing on it.

I am saving my favorites for our Christmas Cards but here are 3 that I have done so far.

Snow!

Although it came a little later this year than we are used to, we got our first "real" snow last night. Anna and Abby were so excited to go play in it that they decided to go out bare foot (in pajamas) while I was showering. I had to hurry and throw some clothes on to go rescue my daughters who were crying outside because they were cold. Once everyone was dressed we went out to play and boy were they happy!

Better late than never... Happy Halloween!

I am a serious slacker on getting this post out. But... Happy Halloween... 4 days late. I once again made the kids costumes this year and I once again wondered why I did it. We went to buy the kids costumes but I am too cheap to pay $30-40 each for "Made in China" stuff that will just fall apart. So, I spent less than $10 each and made them. All of the girls were fairies and Justin was a Jedi fighter. On Halloween night, we went to the church "Trunk or Treat" and got tons of candy. Then I let Justin and Alli go around the neighborhood. We only had three groups of people come to our door for candy (due to the trunk or treat, no one went out real trick or treating). Needless to say, we have a ton of leftover candy and I'm ready to throw it all away!

Here are a few pictures: