Good Times

Grandma Jill, Heather, Anli and Sadie came and stayed with us. It was so much fun to have them here. Now if only the sun would have come out for them! It was overcast the whole time! We went to the beach, Disneyland, Arboratum, Aquarium and the Flea Market. One of my favorite things was watching these two babies crawl around in the sand together. It was adorable! Thanks for coming guys! Love you!

Santa Anita Horse Races

This is the first horse races I have ever been to. It was so much fun. We live so close to this and drive by it all the time. I can't believe it took us this long to go! The boys loved it. It is the racetrack where the famous Seabiscut raced.

Long Beach Aquarium

It was a perfect day at the Aquarium. The weather was gorgeous, 82 degrees. We had gone the week before with Grandma Jill and Heather and it was pouring rain (sorry guys). So it felt nice to have the sunshine this time. We spent the whole day there looking around and enjoying the day.

Feeding the Lorikeet birds

Ellie loved the fish

Queen Mary. (What a bunch of cute boys)

Happy 2009!

We went down to the Rose Bowl on New Years Eve with our good friends the Bates. We got to take a sneak peek at some of the floats for the Tournament of Roses Parade. It is amazing to see these floats up close like this! They are gorgeous covered in all those flowers! (The picture below is of the Asimo robot float.)

Christmas Vacation!

We are having so much fun on Christmas break. We went to Utah to visit our families but unfortunatley, I forgot to pack the camera so I have no pics to document the good times! Cole had a blast sledding down the huge hills behind Grandmas house. There was SO much snow! It was beautiful seeing everything covered in white. The day after we got home we packed a lunch and spent the day at the Arboratum. After the cold Utah weather, the sun felt so good! It was the perfect day. Cole said, "Mom, this is one of the best days of my life." So sweet. Playing in the leaves
"Catawampus"

We hiked to the top of this little waterfall


The leaves were Gorgeous!

Feeding the ducks

There is the most amazing plants there

Climbing trees

I have posted a few of the hair bows I make on a blog. You can take a peek at http://www.tickledpinkbowtique.blogspot.com/

Happy Thanksgiving!

This is our fourth Thanksgiving being here and away from our family. I can't believe how quickly time goes. We had our Thanksgiving dinner here at our apartment together. Bryan is quite the chef when it comes to cooking his famous Turkey. I thought I might die from holding in my laughter while watching him baby that thing. I seriously think he took it out and basted it at least 10 times. But sure enough it did turn out super moist and awesome like always. After dinner we went and played a little golf together. Then we came home, popped a little popcorn, and watched Space Chimps with the kids. It turned out to be a really fun day. I love Thanksgiving for the opportunity it gives me to focus on everything I have to be Thankful for. Here is a small list of a few blessings I've had on my mind.
-I feel so blessed to have such wonderful parents. I can't imagine them parenting any better than the way they did. I had a great childhood because of them. They are a never ending example to me.
-The Gospel. I am so grateful to belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. I am grateful for the knowledge that it gives me that we have a Savior who loves us and died for us. The opportunity it gave me to enter the temple to be sealed for time and all eternity to my family. And for a prophet here on the earth to guide us.
-My family. I don't think I ever realized how much a heart could love someone until I had kids. I am so grateful for my 3 little sweethearts and a wonderful husband.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Bryan cooked this mini turkey and set it in front of Ellie just to be funny. She was ready to dig in!