What's On My Happy List?

Kate's 4th Birthday!!

We got to celebrate in Disneyland..

We took a trip to Cali to see Kyleigh perform at Nationals with the Drill team...

Our St. George pit stop!

We drove ALL day to get to Long Beach...took us about 10 hrs..the kids were such troopers. Uncle Ryan treated us to some yummy gourmet pizza the night we arrived... 

Kyleigh was still back at home with grandma. She didn't fly in with her team until a few days later. She missed two whole days at the parks with us. Boo.

Experiencing a Splash Mtn break down...

Club 33! Someday we shall enter.....

Riding the Mary Poppin's 50th Anniversary horse!....

I have no idea how many times Hannah as been on the Indiana Jones ride over the years but it's been A LOT. So you can imagine how confuzzled I was when she was saying she had only been on the ride once..
Me: what? You've only been on this ride once?
Hannah: No, multiple times, but only once with my eyes open... baahahaha

Oh Gosh! The parade...Just love it, love it, love it! Watching Kate's face {priceless} and all the characters that waved or winked at us....Gah ;)

Hannah laughing her head off!!

               Day 2! Love this picture!

The staff worker that said, "your favorite color must be blue!"...gave us a chuckle!

I DO NOT do tipping well, but I found myself on this ride. Don't ask me how..but I survived..

Day 3

Our last day in the park Kyleigh and Ashton were finally able to join us. {This kid had only been to Disneyland once, in the 4th grade, we were so happy he could join us so we could share our Disney love with him.} Kyleigh flew in with her team the night before, and Ashton flew in on a later flight after his baseball game. The car ride from the airport back to Ryan's, with all 9 of us in the car....omg hilarious!...One of my favorite memories of the whole trip.

Birthday present from daddy....

I went on the rocket ride with Brie..in the same rocket...a little too tight of a fit. I laughed my flipp'in head off! NEVER has that ride been so delightful.

Saturday we were at the drill competition...ALL DAY!

Some in our party were not too thrilled with that..

It was a super long day of dancing...

After about 6 hours Uncle Ryan became the designated sitter and took the kids back with him so they could go to the beach...

Dad, Ashton and I held out for another several hours til the competition ended. Murray did awesome. They danced 5 routines and took 2nd place overall!

Beach time!

Boogie Board'in time for Emmsie and Hannie!!!

Our jaunt to Downtown Disney to eat at ESPN zone...

More EATING and more BEACH time!

Uncle Ryan teaching B how to boogie board. She had a blast!  {poor Hannah got stung by a sting ray and had to head back to the beach house to soak her foot in hot water}

Another lesson in boogie boarding...for Ashton...Uncle Ry finally got his name right after deliberately calling him all sort of "A" names the first day and a half after he arrived ..Austin, Arlo, Acmed, Alex, and our personal favorite Alejandro. There was this Alejandro moment in the park our last night there that was about the darn funniest thing that happened the whole trip. Good times I tell ya!

 Emma made Kate into a mermaid....

The car ride home. Drove ALL DAY!... the kids just did so exceptionally well in the car driving for hours on end...it was amazing. They travel well, as long as some of them have their motion sickness medicine.. haha
Mom: If you feel whoozy let me know and I'll give you a pill.
Kate: "Mom... {I hear a little later}"I need a pill."

We headed home and Kyleigh got to spend another day and a half with her team. She got to eat breakfast at Ariel's Grotto and get pictures with some of the princesses. She LOVED doing that when she was little..still does!

 Emmsie and I picked up Ky at the airport. Emmsie got a pic with her girlfriends who are on the team..

Trip was a blast! Lots go'in on since our return..Hope to catch up here soon!