We got to our hotel around 8pm and the girls were so excited to go to the pool. So by the time we got in our room and down there it was late and they had the pool all to themselves, they thought this was heaven! Still, no clue why they are all the way in Orlando, Florida (they know where we are, but have no clue what that means). The pool was HUGE and a really cool jacuzzi, but didn't get a chance to go in there.
Here we're taking off for Florida, still the kids don't know where we are going.
Asher is enthralled by airplanes, he signs it whenever he hears one and at exercise class there is a boy who always brings these toy fighter airplanes, which Asher always gravites to, much to the dismay of the boy. It would've been fun to be inside his little noggin to know what he was thinking. I wonder if he understood that he was inside of a real airplane.
We had two rows and Chadd sat by this older couple who were great, especially after we gave them free drink coupons that Chadd gets for flying so frequently. All the kids did great on the plane, suprisingly Asher did really well for 4 hours sitting in a little space. I think all the passengers were relieved, especially after seeing us board up:)
This is right after picking up the kids at school and on our shuttle to the airport, after dropping off the car. Doesn't Asher look so excited?! The girls did not have any clue where they were going yet.
We are leaving today, Friday, to take our kids to Disneyworld in Orlando, FL. The fun part is that our kids have no clue that they are going anywhere. They'll go to school in the morning and around 10:30am we are going to pick them up and drive to the airport. We are not going to tell them anything till we get there, in florida. I'm so excited, it's like Christmas. We haven't done a big trip like this for our whole family, so I'm super excited and hope the kids are too. We will post pics as soon as we can and hopefully some video of their reactions. (oh, and London had her birthday on tuesday and so I keep telling her we're having her bday party this weekend-won't she be surprised). Well probably should go to bed so I can get some sleep before the big hurrah:)
Asher is in love with pumpkins. He has to go outside and show me our neighbors blow-up pumpkin everyday. He especially loves this pumpkin that plugs in and lights up. So guess what I'm doing everyday?! He's going to go nuts at Halloween, it will be fun to see.
We took the kids to Lowes to build their own pirate ship. They thought it was great fun, especially Asher, as he got to use his own little hammer. He is all boy, with his love of tools, balls, cars, and makes everything into a gun--already!!
We went to one of my favorite places, Buca Di Bepo, for a belated b-day dinner. I got a free dessert, a huge brownie sundae that we all shared. London was loving it. And then she says, "mommy I'm full, my tummy hurts." Well, if any of you know London this was a first in her young life, so we had to make sure we captured this moment on camera and record it for our family history:)
Asher is a lover of toilitries and always reorganizes the cupboards and drawers in our bathroom. This is when he found some powder that was open and went to town. He thought it was great fun and got a good laugh at himself.
This was right after our family reunion. We went to an amusement park in Colorado called Santa Claus' North Pole in Cascade. Everything is about Christmas, and the rides were all geared for the kids and very inexpensive. They had a blast and had the whole park almost to ourselves. This pic is us touching the north pole, it is cold all year round.
I just added another thing to distract me, Facebook! It is fun to find friends that I haven't seen or talked to in years, so I guess it's okay. I'm really happy that I could get a video uploaded on there that for some reason couldn't do on my blog. So check out my facebook profile and if you aren't on as a friend yet, sign up to and I'll confirm you as a friend and you can check out Asher getting his groove on. I thought Addi was a dancing queen, but I think Asher is Mr. John Travolta. Any time he hears a rhythm with anything he gets his groove on. I'm trying to prepare Chadd for a boy that wants to be a dancer:) Anyways, he just makes me smile.
Here is our little family (in comparison to my sisters) at the last day of our reunion making our family pyramid at the end of our crazy olympics competition. We won honorable mention:) Check out what Addi is doing on her own volition (sp?), well you know she is like the spitting image of her Dad. If you can't tell or don't know Chadd very well, she is doing the "rock on" sign! Cracks me up.
We went to Colorado for my family reunion and got to see Chadd's brother, sister-in-law and cousins on our way there. They live in Denver, so it was perfect place to stop on the way to Granby, CO for the reunion, with my side of the family. We got to see Kyle and Melissa for a couple of days and the kids had a blast with them. Melissa did the girls hair and made them look cool. Addi got to play guitar hero. They came up to Granby on labor day and played games and ate dinner. We had a great time! Oh, and Chadd whipped Kyle in a thumb war:) It's fun to hang out with family, we are glad they are closer to us now.
It was my birthday this week. I turned 36!! It felt like just another ordinary day. It definitely wasn't my most exciting birthday, but every year can't be as fabulous as last year. I went to Red Robin for lunch with my girlfriend to get my free burger, went visiting teaching, ran on my treadmill, did a little shopping at Ross, taught a piano lesson, helped the kids with homework, did laundry, then went with the family to a pizza place called Dion's and had a salad, then went to Baskin-Robbin for my free ice cream, which I gave to my kids and they loved it. Chadd gave me the greatest gift--John Mayer's new cd, love it!! My favorite song is his cover of "free fallin'". Then put kids to bed and went to sleep. Well, I love being 36 so far and feel like I like myself so much more than when I was in my 20's, it's a good thing. In a few years Chadd will be able to tell people he married a cougar:)
This year I'm in charge of my family reunion. There will be 29 of us and we are going to CO. I've been racking my brain for months for fun things to do together that are memorable. We have some fun things planned, but I sure would love any last minute suggestions, ideas, thoughts...of things to do (it's this labor day weekend). Any fun outdoor games or activites. Anything that you have done and loved. So send them ASAP!! (I know I should've done this sooner!) Thanks in advance.
