Day #4- Legoland

Monday we went to Legoland

One of the first creations we saw was this elephant, which shot water out of its snout.
Then we went on the first of many rides, which the kids LOVED!!!

Alexis loved driving

Jen and Tyler did too.

A bunch of Lego Lions

Alexis and I in a boat on a water ride

Tyler loved this slide

We took a break to eat in the car.

Then we walked through a mini lego creation. Which represented a lot of different cities. This one is from New York. It was amazing to see the buildings that put together.

After that we went on a ship that moved up and down and spun in circles(we were a bit dizzy after that one)

Then we flew in circles on some airplanes

Brayden and Tyler raced around the track in their very own cars.

Then we all moved way up and down, and round and round in some helicopters.

The kids had so much fun! The park closed at 5:00 and none of them were ready to leave when that time came. The boys both fell asleep in the car on the way home.

Stay tuned for Day #5(A very special day)

Day #3- An afternoon at the beach

Sunday- We spent the morning at home while Jason went out with Jeff to fly his airplanes. Once they got home we were headed to the beach and then to downtown San Diego.

Beautiful!
Watching the surfers ride the waves

Jason and his sister Jena

Alexis loved the waves

Sydney wrote in the sand

and then Brayden started too:)

Our Family

and again

The kids

The waves were really big the day we went out.

Our Family again

Running from the waves

Sydney and Tyler walking towards the waves

Sydney and Alexis looking for shells

After an hour or so we got back in the car and drove down to San Diego. Where the navy ships come in. We saw a few pirate ships...

and a submarine while we were there.

we also ate a little bit and did a little shopping at the mall. Then we were on our way home.

Stay tuned for Day #4

Day #2- January 30th

Saturday morning arrived and brought us a beautiful sunny day. It was in the mid 60's.

The kids were begging to go in the pool. Jeff started up the heater and it wasn't warming up very quickly. Meanwhile the kids were dipping their toes, hands and heads in the 59 degree pool water. He started to warm up the hot tub which warmed up within a half hour. The kids and Kayla hanging out by the pool.
Jason relaxed in the sun while reading.

When the hot tub was warm enough the three little ones hopped in. While Jeff, Sydney and Jason watched. Jena and I did a little grocery shopping.

Tyler

Tyler and Brayden in the Escalade

Stay tuned for day #3

Leaving on a jet plane...

For Christmas we bought the kids airplane tickets to visit their Aunt Jena, Uncle Jeff and Cousins Kayla, Sydney and Tyler in California. They were very excited to go. I heard no worries or complaints until the morning we were to fly out. Alexis had a stomach ache, so much that she was sick, from anxiety. We made it to the airport with plenty of time to watch the planes take off and land, and buy some very expensive airport food(because I didn't have time to feed anyone before we left home).

Alexis decided that Brayden was getting the window seat. He loved it!
While getting up to altitude Alexis decided that flying wasn't so bad!

We were able to see a few mountain peaks on the way to San Diego:)

We arrived almost 30 minutes early to the sun going down over the ocean. We stepped out of the airport and enjoyed the 60 degree air:) Jeff picked us up and whisked us away to their home in Poway.

Stay tuned for day #2

Outside our doors(and a few inside)

Long time no post...I will start off with a few pictures from around our house. There is so much I could write about but I will let the pictures do the talking, until I get the blog up to date.

We got lots of snow around Christmas and the the snowmobiles were buried.

The fallen down tree was covered
The cats love watching the birds

and Bella tries to catch them

A few weeks ago we had so much frost everything looked all wintery again.

The trees were covered in frost

The birds left some tracks on the sidewalk

and the cats that run around the area did also

A cardinal friend

and a squirrel

along with a bluejay

We also have had this golden squirrel

who must have been really hungry the way he was trying to get the food out of the feeder

Snow fun

Christmas time brought us lots and lots of snow. It snowed for at least three days straight, with only a few hours of breaks inbetween. The snow was so deep the kids had a super hard time walking to the snowhill out back.

Brayden in the sunset
Brayden crashed on his face, a few times.
Walking to the hill

They made it. Once the hill was smashed down a bit they were able to slide fast down it.

Alexis made a snow angel