February, lots of visitors!

February was a really fun month for us. Brinley was off track the whole month and so my Mom and Dad came down for a visit. We had a great time with them. We went to Disneyland three of the days and then we went to sunny San Diego.
Of course I don't have very many pictures but when I get them from my Dad I'll post more.

Here are some of San Diego

 Always so fun when they come to visit!

Next, we had Greg's brother Tim's family come down! Its always so fun to see them and all the girls. My kids were in heaven!
The first day we went and met them at Danny and Melanie's and went to church with all of them. The we ate dinner together. Dan and Mel live in a Beautiful place Laguna Nigel. It's gorgeous. Danny took us on an awesome hike over looking the ocean.

 Mary and Brinley are best buddies!

 Tim and Jen's family. So cute!

That night we slept over at Dan and Mel's, then woke up bright and early and met everyone at Disneyland!
Greg and I felt like it was a vacation for us because for the first time we were able to go on rides together! All the older girls always wanted to take Mckay with them, so it was so fun!

Everyone on Screamin'

 Emma and McKay

 Sami and Julianne

 All the kids

 Emma and Julianne on Autotopia

 Meagan was brave to go with Brinley!

 On the tea cups!

We had the best time!!

January, Disneyland and more Disneyland!

One of our most favorite things about living in California is being so close to Disneyland!!! We have been able to go so much because Greg usually has every Wednesday off and Brinley also has early out that day too.
I LOVE Disneyland. It's so much fun to see this place through my kids' eyes. Its like all their fantasy's and dreams come to life and for the time we are there, we are in a whole new world!
The first time we went was on my birthday! It was the best birthday ever!!!

  In Bugs land

 First Time on Splash Mountain. She was so scared but after we went down the big drop she said it was her favorite ride!!!

 We got to see "Its a small World" before they took down the Christmas lights.

Greg and the girls going down!

 Meeting some very special friends!!

 Toon Town

 PIXAR Parade!

 McKay on one of his favorite rides, the merry go round!

Meeting some crazy chip n dale!

 Meeting princess Aurora!

 Minnie Mouse!

 She loved McKay!

 Everyone has to go on on Dumbo!! Classic!

 ALWAYS the wait time for meeting Elsa and Anna!

 Tarzans tree house!

 I HATE this ride! I can go on roller coasters all day, but this swinging Farris Wheel TERRIFIES ME!!! The only reason I go on it is to see McKay's face when we swing back and forth. He LOVES it and just smiles and laughs so hard. It's so cute to see. ( The sacrifices we make as a mother!!)

CALIFORNIA BABY!

WE FINALLY MADE IT TO SUNNY CALIFORNIA!!!!
After a long trip we made it safe and sound to our beautiful new home in Southern California. It was about twenty degrees when we left Utah and I can't tell you how welcoming it was when we arrived and felt the amazing 70 degree weather!

Moving into our house was quite crazy! After a very long days drive to get to our house I walked in for the first time only to find that there had been a water leak the whole time we were gone to Utah!!!! I walked in and saw a huge bulge in the ceiling right above our brand new TV and there was water leaking everywhere! It was the most awful, stressful feeling ever. We immediately called our landlord and he rushed over to see what the problem was. As it turned out there was a leak in the pipe where the washer hooked up and he thought it was fixed, but as you can tell it was not fixed! It was the straw that broke the camels back for me! I just sat there and stared at the big mess for a long time and wondered what in the world we we going to to!!!
Luckily my mother in law Carole was there to help us unpack and get things settled while our landlord worked on fixing the problem!

Here is a picture of some of the damage.

After a few LONG days of unpacking and settling in, we finally got around to enjoying our surroundings. This is on DECEMBER 31st! A picnic in the backyard, enjoying the 70 degree weather!

I don't know why, but this has been one of my favorite things about our house, this beautiful Lilly flower bush. I've always LOVED Lilly's but have never seen them grow before. This has been so amazing to see each day! 

 Here in the crew celebrating NEW YEARS EVE!! Happy 2014!

On new years day, we were just dying to see the ocean! So we drove out to Santa Monica pier in LA and went and saw the beach! It was incredible! I love the ocean! I've always said that when you look a the ocean it increases your lifespan, because it nourishes your soul with the most amazing feelings! WE had so much fun!

We are loving our California Adventure!!!