Disneyland

We had an AWESOME trip to California. But the trip didn't start out so great. We left right after Tyler got off work to head down to Cedar City and spend the night and Jeff an Jenny's before we hit the road to Cali. We hurriedly got everything packed up so we would be ready when Ty got home from work. I thought I had everything. However on Saturday morning at Jeff an Jenny's I realized I did not have the travel bag I had packed, with extra snacks, medicines, and of course our tickets to Disneyland and SeaWorld. We called out neighbor who built our home to see if he could get into our home, we weren't very hopeful because Tyler had went around and made sure all the windows and doors were locked. Darin tried the back door first then went around the front door and went right in. Apparently the bolt hit the plate on the door and did not latch. Long story short he found the bag with our tickets and gave them to Tyler's brother who overnighted them to our hotel in California. They got there just in the knick of time Monday morning and we picked them up at the front desk on our way to Disneyland. Phew!! Sunday we found a meetinghouse and went to sacrament meeting, then went to Newport Beach. It was a great day the kids loved looking for seashells, and tried to stay out of the water. We spent the nest 2 days at Disneyland and California adventure. Then tok a break from the parks and went to the beach for the day. We rented a boogie board and the kids all had a blast riding the waves, building sandcastles, and being buried by mom and dad in the sand. then we went baack for one more day @ the parks. We traumatized all out kids(except Layton) on Splash Mtn, but really enjoyed it. Kinsley & Madison LOVED It's a Small World, and the Ariel ride, and LOVED the parade. Everytime they saw a princess the would shout, "Hi, Belle", "Hi Ariel", it was so magical for them. Layton loved the Jedi training and battling Darth Vador. Sydney and all the kids really liked Pirates of the Caribean.Everyone LOVED cars lans and al th rides there, especially Mater's Junkyard, and Radiator Springs Racers. And of course we all loved World of Color, we met lots of characters, and were all worn out at the end of each day. Then we spent the day at Sea World. The shows were so fun to watch, we rode a few rides, and Layton even went on the MantaRay rollercoaster with me. The kids like seeing all the animals, but we were all a little let down after Disneyland. But it was still fun! Lastly, on our way we drove right through Temeula, where Mason was serving his mission. I so badly wanted to find his apartment, but my older brothers and Tyler who had all served missions said that I should so we just pulled off the exit and took a picture to send to Mason to prove we were there. I guess Tememcula is a pretty big place, who would have thought we would pull off the exit drive a ways then turn on the street where Mason lived! We had no idea, and didnt get to see him but it was fun to know I was close to him. All in all it was a great trip!! We loved having the family time and being together and cant wait until we can do it again!!

We're having a....

I guess this story starts back in January, Well actually it was December. Actually even a few months before that.I was with Jackson in his room and we were working on getting things cleaned up. We were talking as we did. When he said to me, " Mom a baby boy is coming to our house." Sometimes kids will say things like this, I wont give it much thought. But this caught my attention. There was a feeling in the room and I felt something. He mentioned this a few more times over the next few months. In December I was stewing over a decision. We were deciding whether we should by a suburban or not. I asked my mom's advice and she said, just pray about it. So I did, I knelt down by my bed that night and asked my Father in Heaven to help me make this decision. I woke up early the next morning, and felt impressed to go read my scriptures. So I did. I do not remember what I read that morning, but I do remember how I felt. I felt impressed that we needed to have another baby. Tyler woke up a little while later and asked if I had gotten my answer. "Well I got A answer, but you aren't going to like what I say." With tears in my eyes,I proceeded to tell him the thoughts of my heart and the feelings I had. He said he didn't know if he could do it. I asked him to pray, and he did. A few weeks later he told me he knew it was what we should do.He is such a good man. I know he had plans and ideas for the future and was worried about how he could make it all work. But he was willing to risk it, to act in faith and do what is right. He's just awesome! So needless to say we are expecting a baby. We have never kept the secret of having a baby. When we find out we're expecting we are just too excited to share the news. This time, because most everyone expected that we were done having kids, we thought it would be fun to wait and really surprise them. However I couldn't wait to tell my kids. So after I went to my first Dr. appt I had a few picture from my ultrasound and decided to show them and tell them the news. I wont ever forget. We will sitting around the kitchen table. I pulled out the ultrasound pictures and asked if they knew what they were. Most of the kids looked and them funny and didn't know what it was. Sydney knew though and said that is a picture of a baby in a mom's baby. I asked, "Do you know who's a baby this is?" and with a huge smile on her face she asked, "Are you having a baby?" "We are!" I said. Immediately all the kids were jumping up and down with excitement. Their happiness moved Tyler and I to tears as we saw the joy and love our children already had for this new baby. A few weeks later we went to get an ultrasound. Tyler and I went but told the kids we would have a surprise for them to tell them whether we are having a baby boy or girl. Here it is. We are having a..... ...Boy!!

Uinta Campout

Towards the end of Summer we took a trip up to the Unitas. Tyler was aching to take the family on a campout, but it just never seemed to work out. We finally decided to just go after Ty got off work, even if we had to set up camp in the dark. It was great we had a simple meal of hotdogs roasted over the fire and just enjoyed the outdoors. The next morning we took the kids on a hike up to a lake to go fishing. We didn't catch a thing but enjoyed throwing rock in the water and too a short hike around the lake. On our home we stopped at a waterfall and hiked up to that. all in all it was a great trip and so nice to get away and enjoy the beautiful mountains.