Monday, December 20, 2010

Getting ready for Christmas

The kids insisted on putting up the tree the day after Thanksgiving. Since I had to work that night, they had to wait until that Saturday, but it went up pretty quickly. I let them decorate it themselves, and I think it looks great!

Bella has a nightly ritual of camping out in front of the tree while listening to Christmas music on my ipod. It's so sweet.

We went to a great Christmas party and had fun with face painting, a cake walk and lots of other activities.

Bella even got to visit with Santa. Merry Christmas! More to come....

Halloween and Thanksgiving 2010

So, it's a little late, but there was a LOT going on these past few months. Here's what we've been up to...

Halloween was fun, even with the storm that hit about 3 minutes after this picture was taken.

I liked our decorations this year. Kinda creepy, kinda fun.

I talked Mario into going to see Thriller up at the U this year. It was really fun!

We spent part of the Thanksgiving holiday at Disneyland. We had fun, but I don't think we'll be going during the holidays every again! It was beautiful, but WAY too crowded.


Bella cracks me up in these ride pics. She was having so much fun, I swear! She wanted to ride again and again, not nearly as terrified as she looks.


We were so happy to see Jack, Amy, and Logan! They met us at our hotel and spent a day at Disneyland with us. I just love this kid!!! I wish they lived closer, or we made monthly trips to SoCal, either way...

Jack, Amy, Logan and Bella in front of the castle.

"F"....fun, family, Fatafehi!

It was overcast and rainy for most of the trip, but we had fun anyway.

We decided to splurge and stayed at the Grand Californian this time. It was amazing. So beautiful, so fun to be right there by the entrance to California Adventures. The kids first reaction was "Wow....this is, like, royalty!"

And, of course, the gorgeous castle, all decked out for the holidays. Beautiful!


We spent the next couple of days in Mesquite with my family for Thanksgiving. The only pics I got there were of family members sleeping after the feast.....I'll just leave that to the imagination. :-) Next up....Christmas!