Disney 2012

Warning - Picture Overload :)

We finally took a vacation with Kate's bestie Zoie and her family and it didn't disappoint! We had a blast in Disney for 4 days. We flew in Friday morning and played at the pool for the day. Then, met up with some of our old California friends and their three daughters at Downtown Disney for some good food and some lego building. Kate was so excited to have "friends" there and spent the evening running around with the girls. Thanks for a fun night Poasa and Beth! Hope to see you guys again soon.

Day 1 of Disney:
We hit California Adventure Park first, getting our Fast Passes for Cars (to return later that night) and Bug's Life and Tower of Terror. Zoie was so excited for Kate to go on Tower with her. Kate was ok with the ride part, but not the story part. For the next day and a half she kept telling us she didn't like the ride and why did the kids disappear? "I don't want to disappear!".

Paige's first time at Disney and she did pretty good. Her favorite ride - Ariel (also one of Kate and Zoie and Bonnie's favorites). We probably did the ride 8 times. Kate and Paige both picked Arial dolls for their souvenir.

Kate loves to get her picture with Sully - one of her favorite characters.

Day 2 of Disney:

We spent most of the morning in Cars Land since we had a Magic Morning. We actually got to the gate at 7:00 am. Made for a long day - but it was worth it to hit the rides. Cars Land is great and the details are amazing. My favorite ride was the Radiator Springs racers - cute ride, but a lot of fun! Kate got to meet Lightning, and he really talks, wiggles and moves his eyes. She was so excited to give him a hug from Grandma.

Lindsay and the girls on the tractors.

Jed and Haydn with Bonnie on the tractor. It was pretty comical seeing these two guys try to squish in with her.

Disneyland for the afternoon where we hit the teacups, Matterhorn, Toon Town - and a whole lot of other rides. Paige even liked the teacups!

Day 3 of Disney:
We started the morning off with Mickey waffles at a little cafe in the hotel, then headed to Disneyland. Kate went on every ride she could. She loved Splash Mountain, and after the first trip down would ride "by herself" in the log (sitting in front of one of us - not next to us). She would even tell Jed when the hills were coming up and if it was "not the big one" or "the big one".

Great trip overall and we can't wait to hit the road again with Lindsay and Haydn (if they'll have us :)!

Halloween 2012 - Astrid & The Dragon

Kate had decided she wanted to be Astrid from "How to Train Your Dragon" months ago. I tried to talk her out of it after not being able to find the costume. She was insistent, so luckily we pulled it off. Paige was her dragon.
I helped out at her Preschool part and we made foam haunted houses and decorated cupcakes. It was fun seeing Kate and her classmates and listening to the Halloween songs they sang.

Another trip to the Pumpkin Patch

The pumpkin patch is way too much fun to just go once. We took another fun trip there with Jed's family. Kate loves running around with all of her cousins - we tried to keep up with her but didn't see much of her all night! When did this girl get so big?
Paige stayed snugged up in the stroller and enjoyed eating her graham crackers and people watching until we let her out to go on the little slides. She wasn't too sure about them at first, but had a huge smile on her face when she reached the bottom.

Weston - 1 wk, 2 days old

I got to go and visit Weston again tonight and actually see Marshall hold him in person (a 1st for me). You forget how tiny he is until you see him again. You can kind of get an idea of his size in the second picture with Marshall holding him.
He is off his IV's and off the lights! Rondi and Marshall get to hold him for 5 minutes a day (so I won't be getting a turn anytime soon - gotta leave all that time for mom and dad!). He was being fed, bundled up, and couldn't be happier or look more cozy!

Pumpkin Patch 2012

What would Preschool be without your BFF and a Pumpkin Patch Field Trip?

Paige got to tag along too.

It took a bit of searching, but Kate found her perfect pumpkin (plus one for Paige, Mom and Grandma).

A favorite of Kate and Zoie's, but they only rode it once - it was quite dusty that day.

Where most of the day was spent playing - on the huge slides of course!