The Ocean

The 1st day of our Trip at Newport beach was awesome. It was 72 degrees and no one was there. I love this picture of my Dad and Parker. I have to say that while I was taking it I was a little bit emotional. My dad has such a love for the ocean, which he has instilled in all of us kids, and to have him introduce Parker to it for the 1st time meant a lot to me.

Disneyland

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We had such a blast in Disneyland this past week. The kids were great and had so much fun. We spent the 1st day at Newport Beach and it was so amazing. Then we spent 3 days at Disneyland. Parker even went on Space Mountain, the Manderhorn, and Thunder Mountain Railroad. He loved it. I think I was more scare for him then he was. We stayed with my brothers family in St. George on the way to and from to break up the trip a little bit. Disneyland truly is a magical place. Jack was sick the whole time but was an angel. As long as he had Tylonol in him he was happy. I even took him to the Doctor today and he has had a double ear infection which makes him such a trooper. My kids were throwing up the 5 days before we left so I was a little nervous on how the trip would go but again it was so awesome. I can't wait to take the kids again. My parents went with us and were such a help. My mom would watch Jack so we could go on some of the rides. Our hotel had a hot tub and my mom watched the boys so Dave and I could go to it. On the way home Dave said, "I will never go to Disneyland without your parents." They are truly so good to us.

New Years Eve

We had a blast this New Years Eve at my friend Meg's house. We had tons of yummy food and we had a Rock Band tournament. I think it unleashed something in my husband that was a little crazy. Dave started out by playing the drums then he became the lead singer. By the end of the night he was doing it all. He was rocking out. He was very entertaining to watch. At the first of the night I thought we should get this game. By the end of the night I think I was reconsidering because I am afraid if we did Dave would become a neglectful father. j/k. It was tons of fun. Jack had fun dancing to all the songs. We have the best group of friends.

Christmas

I have to say that Christmas this year was a little stressful. I think we tried to pack to much into Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Christmas morning was perfect though. It was so fun to just see the boys so excited about Santa and they just played with their new toys all morning. Parker woke up at 12:30 and was ready to go open presents. I had to tell him that Santa hadn't come yet and that he needed to go back to sleep. He was so concerned that we didn't have a chimney. I told him that Dad would let him in the front door. He was up until 4:30. He kept saying I just heard Santa we need to go open the front door. After he finally went back to sleep he woke up again at 7:30. He was so excited that Santa ate the cookies. Santa left some fun toys, but the thing we are most excited about is Santa left tickets to Disneyland. We leave next week. Parker has a count down calender (thanks to Robyn's idea) and he gets so excited everyday when he gets to take off one Mickey Mouse. A few days after Christmas we had my mom's family Christmas party and we did the nativity. Parker was a Shepherd and sat on stage the whole time and picked his nose. I was so proud. lol.

I'm going to Mexico

OK, so I am freaking out. Last night was Dave's company party and at the end they did a drawing for some awesome prizes. The grand prize was a 5 day 4 night trip to Mexico to an all inclusive resort(I think that is what you call it?). Dave and I never win anything, but Dave's ticket won. I seriously was freaking out. After the party was over a girl came up to me and said that my reaction was soooo awesome. So I think that means I made a fool out of myself. I am so excited. If any of you know Dave taking time off work and going on vacation is a hard thing for him to do. He is a workaholic. So afterward I thanked his boss and told him that this was the only way I was going to get to go on vacation with Dave. We have to wait until rates go back up til we can go because Dave is going to be so busy for the next little while. But heck if it means things are good at work I think I can be a little patient. I am hoping to meet this man in the picture above as well.

Biggest Loser

I absolutly love the show the Biggest Loser. Those that know me well know that I am constantly on a diet and love to work out. I had fallen off the wagon lately and then I heard about Jillian's book from the biggest loser so I thought I would give it a try and I love it. It is a 30 day challenge called making the cut, anyway so me and my sister started it the week of Thanksgiving and it has been great. I have lost 7 lbs in 2 weeks. Not bad. The workouts are pretty hard but a good challenge. Anybody that is looking for something new I highly recommend it. It is fun to watch the show while you are undertaking this challenge and see how hard she works out those people. It makes me greatful I don't have her in the room when I do her workouts because I think I would end up hitting her. Camie and I have been getting up at 6:30 every morning so we can workout with no kids. I know we were crazy to start right during the Holidays, but for once I would like to end Christmas not having 10 lbs as a extra present.

Crazy Week

Last week was so much fun. I am so thankful to everybody that has a camera right now because I still have not replaced the one that Jack ruined so I always have to borrow other peoples cameras right now. So thanks to my friend Meg for having hers last week. I am hoping that I get a camera for Christmas and that should help me keep up on my blog a little better. Anyway last week we had our monthly Bunco night and as always it was a blast. We have such a fun group of girls who play. The next night we went to the Jazz Game with Meg and Kaleb who we always have tons of fun with no matter what we do. Then on Saturday we had our Girls Night out Christmas Party which is a highlight of the Holiday season for me. We have so many great people that surround us which make our lives so much fun. I had so much fun that on Sunday I ended up with a cold. For some reason if I don't get enough sleep I almost always get sick. But it was worth it.