I really don't want summer to end!!!

YAY!!! another blog post!! maybe I'll start keeping it up again.=) A few weeks ago we met some friends at Porter Park and ate lunch and then played over at the splash park! It was so fun to see old friends again!! and Brayden FINALLY got wet! I took him over to one of the low water spouts and put my foot in it, he looked at me and did the same then got the biggest smile on his face and yelled "fwimmin" then another little boy came over to the spout next to us and sat down right on top of it! haha Brayden decided to do the same, and for the next 30 minutes or so played in the little fountain and had SO much fun! Chloe also got pretty soaked which is not normal for her either, any drop of water on her face she usually freaks out about! (yeah try washing her hair!) Brayden also has the weirdest fear ever....carousels, he thinks the horses bite! he hasn't gotten on one or touched one all summer till Auntie Jana got on with him and he was pretty happy!




We also went to the Blue Angels Air Show on the 24th! It was so fun! I've never seen the blue angles before, I wanted to watch instead of take pictures so I could really pay attention to the show. So....since Vince said he's seen them I handed the camera over to him, showed him the basics and let him at it, I thought he did pretty good!
We had a really good view for the show, we didn't get tickets to go inside and I'm so glad, I heard it was a nightmare!! We sat in a top secret parking lot by my dad's office. okay not really top secret, but secret enough, lets just say there were gaurds around the building and we couldn't even go inside to use the bathroom, so we had to drive over to my grandma's house if we needed to go. My dad brought this little grill and grilled up some burgers for lunch. YUM!! my dad is the best griller (is that a word) ever!! and not to mention the cutest show before, during and after the show ever! Chloe and Brayden played on this rock for most of the afternoon, they danced and made funny faces, jumped off pretending to be Buzz Lightyear and showed off their huge and rippling muscles! I have to say that these 2 kids are the cutest ever!!

Okay, I've been thinking about updating this for awhile now, but it's been SO long I didn't know where to start.....SO I'll just start with what's been going on recently. The 4th of July, my favorite holiday!! We started the day off with a yummy pancake breakfast over at Apex until the parade started. I forgot to bring my camera to the parade =( so no pictures. The kids loved the parade. Chloe and her friends practically stood in the road trying to get candy, the biker cops kept driving by telling them to scoot back, and as soon as he'd ride away they were right back where they were. Chloe got a load of candy that she left somewhere and couldnt' find it, so sad there was a free frosty in there. =( (and NO I did not take it or hide it.)

(taken after the Parade in front of our neighbors flag)

After the Parade, we headed down to my parents house for some yummy food and fun! They set out the bouncy house/slide and the pools they kids were having fun in those and playing some golf. Then we played a fun game of yard golf, I've never heard of the game but we had alot of fun!

(Brayden in the little pool)

(Chloe and her Cousin Emmett or Kolten {twins} playing golf)

(Chloe playing yard golf)

After some yummy food and fun, we drove to my Grandma's house and walked down to the river for some fireworks. We showed up at about 8pm which for my kids, was way to early, or maybe I should have brought more than 1 package of plain M&M's so they wouldn't have to share, Brayden had a death grip on the bag, and Chloe wasn't to happy that he'd only give her one at a time and not let her hold that bag. Then, the dreaded day of Dylan's move....yes, Chloe's little boyfriend (the one that has his mind set on marrying Chloe) moved. Chloe was so sad, she kept asking me why people can't just stay in the houses they buy, and the next day she said, "mom, when is Dylan coming back?" how sad that I had to tell her he wasn't coming back, then she asked if we could invite him over haha I wish it would be that easy. They were such good friends and we will miss them all!!!

(the fight over the M&M's, notice Brayden's grip)

(Chloe pouting)

(Brayden planted in front of the chips, he was not gonna let those get taken away)

(Last day with Dylan...I noticed they were holding hands after I printed the picture out for the kids. )

Uh-oh is right!

This little monster made a HUGE mess today at lunch! Chloe wanted tomato soup with noodles in it, Brayden who usually eats an entire bowl of this decided to throw his on the floor...

But nicely decided he better help mommy and pick it all up, but soon realized it was alot of work and smashed the noodle between his fingers

and decided to run! little monster thinks he can run so fast!!

When I first saw the mess I was kinda mad, but looked at him with his cute little tomato soup covered smile as he said "uh-oh" and realized how much fun he was probably having cause I heard him laughing from in the living room but thought he was laughing at something Chloe was doing...boy was I wrong!!

This winter has been soooooooo boring, I've had nothing to write about. I still don't have anything to write about, I'm only posting this cause I'm bored, the house is clean and the kids are in bed. So we have been.....

Playing with good friends inside....

and outside.

wresting with daddy....

and knocking him out.....

just rockin out!

and wishing we could be out doing this....

We have had some other fun days that I don't have pictures of....eating lunch with friends and playing at McDonalds...and watching movies with friends at the clubhouse. Good thing we have some good friends around here to have fun with!!!

No I'm not a slave driver....

She totally wanted to do this and before she started the dishes she vacuumed the living room AND the couches. Yes I'm hiring her out, her fee's are probably low, but depending on where you live there will be a delivery charge =0) ( and yes she is wearing goggles on her head, why? I have no idea!)

And a few weeks ago I went to our wards Super Saturday...I finally finished one of the projects....Yes only 31 days till Christmas, I need to start shopping!!
and as soon as I drill the other one together I'll post that picture...

The Magical World of Disney!!

Wow! I've had no energy to blog, not that it really takes any but I just haven't really wanted to, I've been kinda behind on the reading to but I think I'm caught up now on the fun things that have been happening in all your lives. Now to try to catch up on what's been happening around here...

In October we went on a much needed vacation and this one of course we HAD to take the kids along with this one...
Yes we drove all 921 miles to Disneyland!! it was such a long drive but we drove most of it at night so the kids slept most of the way, that made it MUCH better and when they were awake the DVD player was on.

As soon as we got there of course the first thing Chloe wanted to do was to go see the Princesses

A few weeks before we went to Disney Chloe kept asking me if everyone that will be there are the real ones or other people just dressed up in costumes...What was I supposed to say?! so I said Of course they're the real ones!! (I couldn't ruin it she's only 4!) But when she got there as she stood in line she told me all the things she wanted to tell or ask the princesses, but once we got in side after about an hour of waiting I think she was a little star struck and didn't ask anything she just stared and handed them her little autograph book! it was so cute, when she got to Princess Jasmine, she asked Chloe if she liked butterflies, Chloe said yes, and then Jasmine said "oh well sometime you should come to my castle and see all my butterflies, there are lots there" Chloe was very quiet through the whole thing but as soon as we got out she said "WE HAVE TO GO TO JASMINE'S CASTLE SOMETIME!!" I told her it was very far way and I don't think we'd be able to make it anytime soon but maybe someday ;) it was so fun!

After that she wanted to go to Pixie Hollow, but that line was about an hour wait to, so we went on some rides and kept checking back for shorter lines. The lines for the rides were not bad at all, about 10-15 minutes! I think the longest line was the Peter Pan ride, that one was about an hour.

I think Small World was the kids' favorite there was never a line for this one so after all the scary rides we'd go on this one to make up for it,(I eventually recorded he whole ride so they could watch it at home =) ) and yes we took both our children in the Haunted House, (how mean are we?) but they found some of the kid rides scary mostly ones that had doors that swung open with something flashing or something big and scary right as they opened. They really liked the Monsters Inc. ride at California Adventure, that one was pretty cool, I could tell right at first though they both were waiting for something scary to happen. =) They also **LOVED** Turtle Talk with Crush! that was awesome!!! He came out and actually talked to the kids, they got to ask him questions and even played hide and seek with them!

Here are a few of the characters we saw...

Peter pan, with the White Rabbit running up behind.

This lady was a worker at the Bibbity Bobbity Boutique but she was out giving people wishes with her wand and Chloe thought she was the Fairy Godmother. I sure hope Chloe's wish came true
I know not to many pictures had Brayden in them but I do have a good reason...most of them looked like this...

this one was while we were waiting for the Muppets 3d movie to start. Good thing that one was indoor so he could run around alittle bit while we waited. He was always so happy to get out of his stroller and once he was he would not stay still, we almost lost him while we were standing in line for the Nemo Submarine, Vince had to jump the fence to grab Brayden before he got to far! But here is one of him driving Donalds house boat that isn't blurry, to bad he isn't looking at the camera.

We had so much fun and wanted to stay, Chloe actually asked if we could move there, Vince said "work is in Rexburg so that's where we have to live" Chloe's reply was the best she said "well dad if moved down here, I could work decorating peoples rooms with glittler and sparkles" How sweet is that?! she's only 4 and thought about taking a job in california to support us! she's such a sweetie! I wish we could move down there, it's was about 80 degrees the whole time! PERFECT!!!!
we spent 2 days in Disneyland and then drove to San Diego to see Vince's Aunt, she has got the hook up for the San Diego Zoo so we got to go there free and see the animals with a private tour guide =) she was great she knew about all the animals and thier names, they were so cute! I'll have to have another post just for the zoo!