A visit from Haley

Right after Nathan’s birthday Haley arrived. She and her kids came to visit. The kids had a blast seeing there cousins. The weather was still a little wet so we went to Kids club and then to the Vancouver Fish Hatchery. The kids got to feed the fish. Poor Haley though, she is SO allergic to cats and Brooklyn just got a kitten for Christmas.

 

Nathan’s Birthday

Nathan had a family party on his birthday with Grandma and Grandpa May. Then he had a friend party on the 9th. It was a Star Wars Legos party. I attempted to make a lego cake. I had high aspirations and should have given myself more time to frost it! The kids had “light saber corn dogs” for lunch and played some games with their light sabers and balloons. They got to choose their food from the light side or the dark side. Nathan dressed up as Luke Skywalker wearing his karate outfit. Nathan started karate a couple weeks before his birthday. He really likes it and he has improved so much!

“happy birthday to YOU!”

St. Patty’s Day Dinner

This day started out very unlucky. In the night Cody woke up and came to my room. I took him back to bed and shut the door. In the morning I went to get the boys out of bed and found that our cat, Scout had followed me in and been locked in there. He pooped in their room. Then while eating breakfast Cody had to go potty. He ran to the bathroom, but someone had choked the toilet and he wouldn’t go on that, but it was too late he had to go. I got there just in time to watch him stand there and spray the whole room. And Olivia had a cold and stayed home sick.

Things got better. I cooked a corned beef with cabbage, potatoes, carrots, and pearl onions. I’ve never done it before and it was so easy and yummy! Olivia and I made a 12 layer rainbow Jell-O and some green croissant rolls. Nathan helped make some Green slush. Then Casey got home early to watch Jimmer and the BYU cougars play basketball.  While waiting for dinner to cook, we even had a beautiful double rainbow! BYU won and dinner was awesome. What a lucky day!

Green eggs and Ham Breakfast

In 1st grade the kids get to invite their parents to a “Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast”. They all get a Cat in the Hat hat and we enjoy some green eggs and ham. Olivia accessorized her hat, notice the headband. Such a fashionista!

Disneyland!

In January we decided to take the family to Disneyland. The kids were stoked. I ordered the free DVD and kids watched it over and over planning what rides they would go on. They also made a chain to count down until we went.

On the plane. This is the kids first plane ride that they can actually remember. It went pretty smoothly until Cody had to go to the bathroom. He refused to use the plane’s toilet but insisted on washing his hands and had a fit.  It’s a good thing he can hold it awhile!

It was 19 degrees when we left Vancouver. When we got to CA it was way warmer, and the sun was out. We went strait to California adventure and had lunch then rode Soar’n over California. Then we went back to our hotel to get bundled up for the evening. It got down to 32! It was record breaking weather for CA. It was snowing in some cities. Ok for Vancouver, but not if you are riding roller coasters! We had breakfast for dinner at Denny’s then went to see the World of Color. It was awesome. We did have to leave a little early because it was standing room only and the boys had to be held so they could see it and I can only hold Cody for so long. He is HEAVY!

Toy Story’s Midway games. This was a family favorite. I totally smoked Casey for 3 days! The last day he beat me.

Getting a little rest.

A forced picture of the girls.

So on Sunday we went to get some lunch and we heard them announcing they would be doing the Jedi training academy in 10 min. some people were already waiting. We decided to check it out, we didn’t know what it was.  When they started they called some kids up to train, they didn’t call ours at first and Casey wanted to leave. Then they called Nathan then Olivia up. It was pretty fun they showed them some move. Then suddenly some storm troopers come running in and the stage starts lifting up. Out of the fog walks Darth Vader! Nathan just stood there with his mouth open! He was so excited! Then each kid got to fight either Darth Vader or Darth Mal individually. The Star Tours ride was being updated so we didn’t get to ride it, but this totally made up for it!

Brooklyn flexing her muscles in toontown.

Disneyland cont.

On Monday it was defiantly warmer, and we could even wear shorts! Wednesday was the perfect temperature.

Toontown. This is where I got claustrophobic waiting for the Rodger Rabbit ride for 45 mins, upon reaching the front of the line we were told it wasn’t working anymore! We got fast passes the next day and were not impressed!

Some very cute but very expensive toys we found in California Adventure.

The girls got to meet 3 fairies. Brooklyn was happy to meet them, but Olivia (who is actually the bigger fan of the fairies) was very shy. I had to walk her up to them and then go back and take the picture.

Breakfast in the Seringeti. Our hotel had a very yummy breakfast and we enjoyed eating in the jungle complete with an animatronic lion every morning.

 

Casey took the kids on Grizzly River run while I waited with Cody. While I waited Olivia put me in charge of her new disneyland hat and somehow it got lost. We checked lost and found multiple times and it never turned up, so we had to get a new one the next day.

Then we went over to the Adventure Park. It was very fun! The kids loved climbing the rock wall and running across the robe net bridges. Nathan did get lost at one point in here…some much for a perfect record.