Messin With Jax!

Jaxsen (my nephew) cracks me up! He is at that stage where you can get him to say anything.

I was messin with him and he was cute.

I wish that kids could stay this age a little longer than they do. Not that I don't like where my kids are now, they just grow up toooooo fast!

Discovery Children's Museum Gateway

On Friday, March 27th, we had another fun filled day with the cousins. It was also my dad's day off and he came with. On the way into town we stopped at a few places so he could do his errands. Then he dropped us off and went and got a hair cut. He came back about an hour later and played with the kids. It was SOOOO fun. That was our first trip to the children's museum since they moved to Gateway. I think we were there for almost 4 hours and the kids would have stayed longer. They had so many neat things to play with and experiment. Thanks Aunt Hilerie for organizing making it happen. ;)

Swimmin - Friends - Cousins

My great friend Tammy met me over at the South Jordan Recreation Center for a fun time of swimming on my day off. (March 20th). My sister's were also able to come and we had a great time for a few hours at the pool. It was great to play with friends and cousins. They are like little fish, love the water. We had Camden, Riley, Morgan, - Alicyn, Zachary, - Emily, Spencer - Colby, Jolie - Hayley and Jaxsen. Aunts, Christy, Adrienne, Andrea, - me and Tammy. Also Grandma Diane, and Aunt Hilerie came but didn't swim - they were our cheering section.

After we had enough swimming - which conveniently ended when someone did something in the pool that they weren't suppose to (I was way ready to go then anyway, and it helped get the kids out without a fight) Not saying that it is OK to do that! but, it made my life easier at the moment.

Our family went to La Luna for dinner afterwards. So Yummy! What a fun filled day! Thanks for going everyone!

They are weapons!

I came down to the kitchen and every action figure that Zach could find was holding a new weapon he discovered. He thought that was pretty cool. I didn't say anything, just smiled. He was being inventive. Notice how his action figures don't miss out on anything, even if they are missing a limb. Must be those cotton swap light sabers. We have and armless power ranger, a legless batman, but they don't miss a beat with Zach.

A little bit later I came back into the room and the whole box of cotton swabs was dumped out on the couch....yes, more weapons were needed.

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Day 4 at Disneyland - California Adventure

Our Last Day!
My feet and ankles were ready, however, the little kid in me wasn't.

We hopped back and forth between parks today. Rode on our favorite rides in each place.

It was our early morning entry today. We got in an hour before the park opened. Not sure how many other hundreds of people got to do the same thing, but the lines were pretty short. We went on Space Mountain and Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters first thing.

We waited in line to go in pixie hollow to meet Tinkerbell and the fairies. We probably waited 45 minutes or so (20 minutes before the park opened to the general public). Dave and I were let down, we were disappointed, but the kids weren't. They were able to meet Silvermist, and Tinkerbell. It looked so big, Dave and I thought they would meet more fairies than that. We were glad that we got in line before the park opened so we didn't have to wait over an hour for that. Silvermist was really nice and talked with them really cute. Tinkerbell lives in a teapot. They are standing in front of that.

We went to Jedi Training in hopes that Zach would be picked to go up. He was so excited to maybe become a padawan, and learn some moves. Before the training began one of the Disney workers said that 32 kids are chosen. The "Jedi Master" feels the force and calls you out. Those who are more energetic and rowdy might be picked. So Zach and I made a fool of ourselves, trying to draw attention to him. It didn't work. Our "FORCE" wasn't strong enough. Zach had fun watching the other kids though. They taught them a few moves and then they had to fight the dark side in order to complete their training. That was when Darth Vader and Darth Maul came out. They each fought one or the other and then got a certificate afterwards.

Darth Vader asking

"Who will join me?" "Who will come to the Dark Side?"

Yoda talks at the end (Speakers) and states they all did well etc, etc.

When it was over and we were waiting in line for another ride, Zach asked Dave and I if we heard Yoda talking from heaven. (Since he died in the movie.)

Darth Maul

Also, after we left watching the Jedi training, Zach said: "mom, dad, you know what?"

"I would go with Darth Vader" - "I want to be on the Dark Side" - "I want to be bad" -

"I want to be just like Darth Maul" I can just picture him THE only one that would raise his hand in the whole crowd and go to the dark side. LOL!! I laughed out loud. Dave and I got a kick out of that. We laughed about it all day.

We always get a picture of Ali in the "A". Zach had to accompany her this time. He wanted to lie down on the "C" and I didn't realize it at the time but Ali had her fist up shaking it when I took the picture, cause she wanted to lie down there instead. It actually looks like she is going to stab him or something.

With Mater and Lightening McQueen.

Grizzly River Run - Ali really loves the water rides. Once she and Dave went on it, Zach had to go too. He wore the poncho that Dave bought for me when we first went on it. He didn't get as wet that time. Ali didn't mind!

California Screamin....this is right before they shoot off like a rocket. I caught them with my quick shot mode on my camera. Pretty Cool!

Tryin on hats again....SO FUN!

One funny thing, we got off Splash Mountain and Zach saw Rabbit standing by Pooh and Tigger. He was so hilarious! Just had to go see him and get his autograph. We haven't ever seen Rabbit at the park before. So this was exciting to them.

And then Brier Fox too.

Splash Mountain again....a few times actually. he he

Goofy - We love Goofy.

Tower of Terror - Last Time

Zach wouldn't even look up this time. Just buried his head in Dave's side.

Last picture with the cousins....just before we left the park and headed to the hotel, for some much needed rest.

Hayley, Ali, Zach and Jaxsen