DisneyLand

We had so much fun. It was not too busy on Friday, so that was good. But on Monday it was awesome. It rained all day long, and so we thought by noon we would be done, and so we would head home early. But it was the best day to go. Only those with non-refundable tickets go to DisneyLand on a rainy day, and there must not be that many. We put on our coats, paunchos and umbrellas and headed out, I wish I had a picture of that. We were able to walk on every ride, no wait. Rylee's favorite ride was Splash Mountain, she couldn't quit talking about it. Her least favorite was Space Mountain, too fast and too dark. It was my favorite, the visual is awesome. Drey's was Buzz Lightyear. He was sad he could not ride the bigger rides with Rylee, but we kept him busy with other rides. Javyn was such a good sport. He rode every ride he could, like it or not. Once he got used to the dark he loved it. His big blue eyes would fill with curiosity when we got on the ride, then fill with excitement. We took our kids on the Haunted Mansion and felt like the worst parents ever. They were so scared, I kept telling them it was just a fake movie to try and keep the calm through it. Nick's favorite ride was the Hollywood Hotel of Terror, it was my least favorite. I had already experienced this ride at Disney World and swore I would not do it again, but he should try it. I don't like rides that drop you, and I haven't been on one since. He went and came out saying how phenominal it was because of the story and affects, and the drops were not that bad, and that I HAD to go. LIAR, it was awful. I am sure I gave everyone on the ride something to laugh about as all I could do was scream "Please not again, let it be over". But we had so much fun, it is our new favorite place and we are already trying to plan our next trip. It is the Happiest Place on Earth.
Nick and Javyn on the carousel

Drey having a blast on the flying elephants

Tea Cups

We were coming out of the bathroom the same time as Pluto. The kids were so excited and ran over for a picture. After, Pluto grabbed their hands and skipped around Critter Land with them.

He became their new best friend

We are having a blast

We sat on the sidewalk, while eating dinner of course, for an hour to have a good spot for the parade. It was great.

Sleeping Beauty's Castle was beautiful. All the lights were awesome.

We sat on the sidewalk for another hour waiting for fireworks. The kids had completely given out by this time.

But of course I made them wake up for the fireworks, though I don't think they got much out of it.

Rylee had to wear her Sleeping Beauty costume, so Drey had to wear Spiderman.

Rylee's favorite princess is Sleeping Beauty, and she was so excited to see her that she was speechless.

The kids new favorite thing to do is bowl. The morning we left Nick asked Drey if he was ready to go home, Drey said no he wanted to go bowling.

It was so cold at the beach. I thought it was funny to be at the beach, running in the waves, with our pants rolled up and our coats on.

Just running from the waves

Building a sand castle. Nick would not let the cold stop us from having fun.

We are the Happiest people on Earth

Why you wonder, how do we know?

Because we are at the HAPPIEST, MERRIEST PLACE ON EARTH, and we are having a blast:)

My Baby Boy

BEFORE
AFTER I decided to get his beautiful blond hair cut. Big mistake, I am still crying about it, litterally. I don't care when I get a bad hair cut, I would have taken Rylee getting her hair all cut off better than this. He doesn't even look like himself, not like my babyboy.

This is a picture after one meal. How can a child get this messy, the back of him looks as bad as the front. He loves to cheese it for the camera, at least he still has his cheesy smile. He is such a happy boy. This past week he has been so sick, and his finger got smashed in the door and got infected really bad, but through it all he is just so happy (as long as you don't touch his finger). I just love him.

HALLOWEEN FUN

Making Sugar Cookies for Halloween

Of course Nick has to try to scare every little kid he can. He went in the store to buy me some medicine and came out in this mask. He got in the car and just looked at the kids. Ry and Drey laughed, they are used to this, but Jav is not and he did not know what to do, until the monster tried to reach for him, then he knew to scream.

PUMPKIN CARVING

Mckay and Traci brought pumpkins and we all got together to carve them a week and a half before Halloween. Unfortunately we didn't know they would only last a couple of days. So the night before Halloween, Nick took the kids to Megan's and they carved some more.

The Happy Bat, Sleepy Hallow, Hellooo, and Webmaster

Mr. Meowkins,Dead Mad's Warning, and Happy Bat

Rylee was a 'Nice and Happy Witch', though she was not happy about the black hair, she was afraid it would not come out. Drey was of course Batman, he's been wearing his costume every day since he got it. And Jav is a skeleton, he just wanted to sleep.

TRUNK-OR-TREATING

Rylee loved it and didn't miss a car. After going up and down the street to all the cars, she sat and watched for other cars to pull up, then run to the. She also had fun handing out candy. After only two cars, Dreyson saw the swings and ran to them. Javyn made it halfway down the block when he decided he was too tired to go on and sat down in the middle of the road waiting to be picked up.

THE MONSTER BUCK

Nick shot this from about 320 yard away. Right after he shot the monster buck stepped out from behind a bush and the guy behind him shot it. Nick says he is embarrassed by how small this is, I just want to know how that is supposed to make me feel about my buck last year.

Powell Point

On Tuesday we went up to the most beautiful place ever, Powell Point. Everyone, including Nick, said how crazy we were because it was so cold. It was 5 degree with the wind chill at Ruby's, so to go up to I guess 12,000 ft was insane. The wind was blowing at Ruby's, but not up on the mountain, it was nice and calm. It was a litle hazy, so we couldn't see as far, but is was still so beautiful. My dad was so nice to let us borrow the Ranger with heat. It was a tight squeeze to get all four of us in there, but it was better than freezing on a fourwheeler.
Me and my Honey and MaKay and Traci



Here is the town of Tropic under the rim of Bryce


Way in further back valley you can see the town of Henrieville

The red ridge is the rim of Bryce Canyon and of course Ruby's Inn is just behind it though you can't see it.


The trailor was too narrow for the door on the Ranger to open once it was loaded. We were very careful not to do any harm to my dad's Ranger, so we decided it was best to keep the door closed and have Nick climb through the back. When we got back, Nick had to climb through again to get in and my dad was there and asked why we didn't just load it with the door open:)

This is the herd of elk out back of our house that we hear every night and get to see every morning. The day before they were a lot closer, but I didn't have a camera. I think it is so cool to be able to have a herd of elk out my back door and to be able to watch them every morning.

Hayle's Angels

4 Things Tag

4 Random Things I Like (Adore) About My Husband:
1- His cologne
2- He likes to snuggle
3- He loves me for who I am
4- He is the BEST husband and father!!

4 Movies I Would Watch More Than Once:
1- The 'Burbs
2- Bandits
3- Robin Hood
4- Phantom of the Oprah

4 TV Shows I Would Watch More Than Once:
1- The Office
2- Life
3- CSI
4- Desperate Housewives

4 Places I've Been
1- Mexico
2- Pennsylvania
3- Washington DC
4- Florida

4 Favorite Foods
Seriously, how does someone who just plain loves food pick four favorites, but I will try.
1. Chocolate Chip Cookies, with lots of chips in them
2. Cake with lots of frosting
3. Anything healthy (non-greasy and non-fattening) after all the junk food I eat
4. Good chicken enchiladas with the beans and rice

4 Places I Would Like To Visit (if I weren't afraid to fly)
1. Hawaii
2. Bahamas
3. Pocono Mountains
4. Alaska or Canada

4 Things I am Looking Forward To In The Coming Year
1. Making our new house our home
2. Having no children in diapers
3. Going to Disney Land to see Rylee with her fellow princesses (Nick please make this happen)
4. Christmas, how can you not look forward to Christmas

4 People I tag
1. Megan
2. Becca
3. Cailee
4. Jentre'

The Things Kids Do

This is one of our many adventures over to see the horses

Today was school pictures, so I took Rylee down and Drey was already at school. Drey's teacher brought him in when I got there, and he was digging in his nose. I told him to stop so he could get his picture taken and he said "No Mom, I have a rock in my nose". His teacher said he had been digging for a while and he had played with rocks earlier. So I got him to stop digging long enough to take a picture and Nick came over when we got home, and after a lot of blowing, this is what he blew out of his nose.

Dreyson's First Day of Preschool He said he got in trouble for not sitting down, who would have ever thought... Yes, the shark hair came off a week later for school

Rylee is just excited to be back with all of her friends