FIRST ONE!!!!

HOLY MOLY! I just realized this is my first post of 2010! WHAT A SLACKER AM I!



We have had a FUN and very eventful 1st half of the year...A surprise trip to Disneyland, Clogging Competition and Mister Jack growing like a weed!




SPRING BREAK 2010-



We drove to California as a family to visit Rus, Lisa and their sweet and adorable baby Blake. On our way we stopped to see Great Grandma Stephenson. She is such a lovely lady and we were happy to be able to spend sometime with her.

Little did the kids know we would be spending the rest of our Spring Break in Disneyland! We told them a big fat lie----we told them we would be spending Spring Break in San Francisco but, we drove to Anaheim from Manteca, CA (5.5 hours) and surprised the kids with 3-day Hopper Passes. YAY!

Julia with sweet baby Blake


Ike with adorable baby Blake


Miss Maddy Paddy with cutie pie Blake

Aaahhhhhh. Isn't he sweet?

The proud and happy Mom's!

Thanks Rus and Lees for letting us stop by and snuggle your little man...it was awesome!

I must say that our kids are seriouly the best travelers! There is NO complaining and barely barely any whining! I am not kidding! They were happy to do whatever! We hopped back and forth and back and forth between Disneyland and California Adventure all the days long...riding on as many rides as we could with the awesome "Rider Switch" pass. Those passes are the bomb, by the way, when you have a baby in a stroller. Disneyland is so accomodating to families with small children...my favorite was the Baby Center.

The baby Center is a place you can feed and change your baby. You can either feed them in a high chair or sit in a quiet private room and nurse. It is absolute HEAVEN in there! They also have lovely padded changing tables AND microwaves to warm up your baby food! LOVE IT!

California Adventure

Of course we HAD to get some Mickey Ears with Jack's name on it! CUTE!

Do they look a little wet? They (except Jack) just got off Splash Mountain and got soaked!

My favorite part of the trip!

On our way home we stopped off at Huntington Beach and played in the water a bit. Jack LOVED the sand!

And here is Mister Jack...almost 9 months old! He has a ton of blonde hair...it's just hard to see in this pic. He is such a darn cutie! We are so grateful he is ours! He is an absolute joy to have and is so funny! He loves playing outside...especially with his brother and sisters.

State Clogging Competition in Pocatello:

Yup, that is me...lip syncing to "Let's hear it for the Boy." This was our 80's dance! Too much fun! We took GRAND CHAMPION on this dance!

Costume for "Die Another Day" dance. We took 1st place!

Maddy and her "Footloose" 80's dance. They received 1st place on this dance!

Maddy and her "Splish Splash" dance. They received 1st place!

Julia and her "Mickey" 80's dance! They took 2nd place!

Julia and her 'Walking on Sunshine" dance. They received 1st place on this dance!

All three of us girls will be performing in Lagoon at the National Competition in May! We are thrilled and sooooo very excited! Wish us luck!

I think that about wraps things up! Since I am unable to download pics to Facebook, it looks like i'll need to start regularly blogging again (sigh). So, stay tuned for more!

Loves to all!