Disney trip day 1 and 2

We surprised the kids with a trip to Disneyland!

  Nearly everyday, Isaac prays that we can go to Disneyland... so Saturday morning during Ben's breakfast prayer, he asked for a blessing of safety as we drive to Disneyland the next day.  Isaac started whispering during the prayer, "He said Disneyland! He said Disneyland!"  They were so excited.

Sunday morning, we went to sacrament and then drove to Las Vegas to stay with Brent and Shelley for the night.  We made it in time to watch the super bowl.

 leaving the house Sunday morning

 We made it to Vegas!

We were so excited to see our Vegas babies!

 It was such a nice visit with my brothers and their families

 Monday morning, we finished the drive to California.  We got there in the afternoon and checked in to our hotel.  We walked to downtown Disney, bought our tickets and looked around at the shops.

 Our hotel description said that we had a sofa bed.  Which I wrongly assumed to mean a normal sized sofa bed.  It only slept one person, which meant we had three people in both of the double beds.  We won't make that mistake again... although we now have some fun memories.

 We could see California Adventure from our hotel, and it was an easy walk to the park.

 Monday night, the kids and Ben wanted to swim.  It was still a little chilly, but they didn't mind.

How we got through January

The kids played twister

 Isaac got new bath paints for Christmas... which were very hard to wash off the walls after.

 Luke went to a Weber State game with his friends, Ben and Griffin.

 Carly was so excited to use her new paint set.

 Isaac started sitting on my feet while I was putting on my make up

 Isaac falls asleep everywhere

 relaxing after a long day

 reading books together

 Abigail made this awesome nutcracker at school

 Luke drew a fun 'Cars' picture for Isaac at school

 selfie of Luke on my phone.

 Abigail wanted a few inches taken off her hair

 Cute kid in his baseball hat

 Isaac wanted to go to the Treehouse museum

 I love our lunch dates together

 We celebrated Ben's 36th birthday.  He usually asks for apple crisp.

These three put on the cutest talent show ever.  Tana even bought them flowers!

Volleyball

Abigail played comp volleyball this year.  She loved it and learned so much.  They won all of their first games, so they moved them up a league and they won a couple more after that.  She had such fun kids on her team and loved her coaches.

House progress

We're getting closer every day.  

 finished getting the paper on the house

 Dry wall is delivered!  Its' so fun being next door and watching the progress!

 We picked out the hardware.  We got this in brushed nickel.  I think the cabinet guy ended up choosing the style, because I was starting to lose it with all the choices!

 tile, cabinet, and countertop for the master

 Tile, countertop, cabinet, and paint for the boys bathroom

 putting on the first few pieces of siding

 kitchen flooring

mud and tape!