These things make me happy...

I have not shared any pictures on here in quite some time and these just bring me happiness to look at them. They are some taken in December on our vacation and it was an afternoon where we played, swam, danced, sang, and ran around at a play area/pool and had a BALL! These pictures and memories just make me happy and put a smile on my face.

Some things I don't want to forget about this day:

-Halle dancing to "I like to move it, move it" and loving every second of it!
-The best swimming pool day on our entire trip and we took full advantage of the nice weather.
-Caleb and I braving it to go down the water slide, only to find out he had to go by himself behind me. He did it and had a huge smile on his face when I caught him at the bottom.
-Playing tug boat with both kids in the water
-meeting 2 families and listening to them tell me how cute the kids were and how fast theirs had grown up and to enjoy these days and moments like these ones.
-lots of laughter and dancing to the music the DJ was playing all afternoon
-an empty playground
-root beer floats by poolside
-the best pizza for dinner from Flippers Pizzeria
-watching Caleb and Daddy hang their feet in the hot tub and chat
-Caleb loving his feet in the hot tub and not wanting to leave the pool
-skipping Caleb's nap and then watching him fall right to sleep the moment we got into our car














Hope your week is a happy one!

last of Spring Break trip and Easter

These are the last few pictures from our trip to California on Spring Break. Fun with friends on the beach. Caleb could hardly be pulled away from his shovel and pail. He really enjoyed digging in the sand while Halle ran around with her friends collecting seashells.





Easter this year was so wonderful...we had the 1st celebration with our friends at their country club where we visited the Easter Bunny and had brunch with crafts, a show and an egg hunt. We were in the bathroom when they started the egg hunt so we missed out! My kids only got 3 eggs between the 2 of them and those were given to them by other kids who had a basket full. Caleb loved the Easter Bunny and Halle flat out refused to meet him. Caleb kept asking me "Mom, where the Eater bunnee?" Then when he had the chance to get a photo with him Caleb would become shy and scared. I finally jumped in there with him and got the photo. Caleb carried that Polaroid shot of him and I with the "Eater Bunnee" for a couple of days. I will definitely be adding that picture to his scrapbook.....
Caleb peering out to see the Easter Bunny but not get too close to him...






The next morning on Resurrection Sunday we went to Church at Sandy's house for the service and lunch with an egg hunt. It was a wonderful message, I sang "The Glory", and it was just a powerful service. The food was delicious, the fellowship sweet and the egg hunt was memorable. The weather outside was misting a bit of rain here and there so it was quite muddy and humid. Caleb would hunt the eggs then shake each of them after finding them, then throw them in the sack-he had a great time! He had Nana to hold his bag while mommy ran around taking pictures and giggling like a child. It was quite the scene. Needless to say, all of the kids did quite well and we had so many prizes and candy that we could hardly count them all.








Halle loved opening them all and finding money, toys, candy. Caleb just loved the hunt and shaking them. After opening them, he really enjoyed the toys inside but I don't think he ate one piece of candy. It was a beautiful day and even more so because we serve a savior that LIVES! He gave his all that we might live eternally and Hallelujah He is Risen!

It's getting late and I haven't been to bed before midnight in about a week-it is killing me and I have some baggy dark circles under my eyes! Good Night!

I forgot to charge up the camera battery for Disney...

however, I was able to snap a few photos from the day. We drove from the San Diego area up to Disney for the day. The kids were sooooo excited. Caleb is smitten with Mickey Mouse and most of the disney characters so he kept talking about who he saw on the banners on the way into the park. The moment we stepped through the gate we happened to stop at the castle and saw a line of characters including Mickey!! They were lining up for a small parade and show in front of the castle. Caleb kept pointing and asking "Want to see Mickey Mouse!"







We rode several rides but Caleb would not stop requesting to see Mickey so we headed for Mickey's house and finally were able to see him up close and personal. Caleb was intimidated by him up close but blew him kisses on the way out. Halle told me she had prayed while standing in line that she would not be afraid of any of the characters-she has the "I'm being brave look on her face"



Halle playing the piano in Mickey's house


Here are the two adventurers strolling through Toon Town....



Fun time exploring Goofy's house...."boofy" as Caleb calls him.

Last thing that happened before my camera died for the remainder of the day was we were able to meet Tigger and Pooh. Caleb was very excited for this but when we got really close he was scared. I waited in line for awhile so I made him take a picture right next to each of them!




It was another memorable day for us....lots of fun, great memories...just wish I had a few more photos. Halle's favorite ride of the day were the teacups and we had to sit in the one that was pink with a heart on it if at all possible. Caleb loved Toon town and the Jungle Cruise with all of the animals to look at, not to mention he loves the water. I had fun doing it all but especially enjoyed Peter Pan's flight with Halle. I don't remember riding that as a little girl and loved experiencing it for the 1st time together. Well, all for now as I have to get these kids to the Library as promised today and home for lunch and naptime!

We loved SeaWorld!!

The pictures and there are alot of them really say it all...We did have a great day at Sea World. We made sure to catch the Shamu show called Believe-excellent show and Halle's favorite event of the entire day! I would have to agree with Halle that is was unreal and my favorite part, but we just loved it all....amazing things happen at that park everyday. It was hard to capture very many photos without missing the show entirely. I tried to capture the awe and amazement we all felt during the show.

Daddy bought Halle a shamu cup filled with lemonade after much pleading and begging. They came back to our seats and she was beaming-you would have thought he bought her the moon. The cup cost *choke*gasp*choke $11.50 choke*gasp*!

If you click on this picture than you will see that there is a girl who came bursting out of the water on Shamu's nose....and she looked graceful.


This was the dolphin show and I loved it as well. They are very smart animals and they can jump!


The kids loved looking into the various exhibits to see the marine life- and alot of my pictures consist of the back of their heads talking about what they are discovering inside the tanks.







We ended up buying both of the kids one item because Halle had some birthday money to spend and they bought a stuffed Shamu and had a ball swimming them around the park and pretending that Halle's Shamu since it was slightly bigger was Caleb's whales mommy. So much fun!






The story of the day was after buying the whales from the gift shop we ran into a man who worked there and he told us that if you go to the Killer Whale underwater viewing area and hold up the stuffed whale then the whale might stop and look at it or come over to see it because they recognize that it has markings and they will often come to see what it is. Halle immediately had to try this...Here she is holding her newly purchased treasure against the glass. The whale was swimming circles and scratching her back on the rock at the bottom of the tank. In just a few minutes the whale did exactly as he had said and came right next to the stuffed whale and stopped there at eye level with Halle and her pet whale and stared at it for 60 seconds-a long time! Halle and all of us were soooo excited to get that close to a Killer Whale. I tried to snap a few photos. If you look close you can see the whales eye. WOW! Another girl said that the reason the whale had done this was because they have maternal instincts and come to see if the stuffed whale is a baby who may need some help and is swimming alone. Who knows for sure-but it certainly was fun to see it happen right before our eyes!






A cute shot of Caleb while Halle is watching the dolphins....

Halle was dying to see the flamingo simply because they are pink-her favorite color. They are that color because they eat so many shrimp. I learned something new...:)


The only picture that had me in it- but the lady who took it cut off the manatees heads on the statues behind us. Heidi-I said hello to your favorites for you...

The shark tank exhibit was a little terrifying as you literally go through a tunnel with hundreds of sharks above your head and on the sides of the tunnel behind a glass tank!


Caleb fell asleep immediately upon getting into the car grasping his stuffed whale. We had stayed at the park until they closed at 6pm-that was about 4 hours after his naptime and 4 hours longer than we had thought we would leave but it was worth it and a great time!