CATCH UP

I have so many posts running through my head & just no time to keep up. So, here's a catch up post of what happened during one weekend...

The 11th of December my Kylie turned 10!! My how we love that girl. Even when she's crazy - which is pretty much all of the time! How did I get so old to have a 10 year old? She told me a few times throughout the day, "I'm 10 now mom. Double digits. Do you feel old now?" Why yes, yes I do. Here she is with her Phineas & Ferb pin she got... (She loves that show.)

We love that she's not shy. Sometimes it can be much, but for the most part it's wonderful! We have no idea where it comes from as Erik & I are not very outgoing. She loves life & loves to be in charge. If you've been around her at all you know she can keep you busy all day long with activities made up on the fly. We're so happy she's part of our family!!

The next day the girls participated in a movie. A couple in our ward has a daughter in film school. She was making a short film for her class & needed girls for one of the scenes. They had to be crazed girls at a birthday party. (Not very hard for my girls.) They had a blast!! They actually filmed stuff a couple of weeks ago, but the camera broke towards the end. They had to come back to refilm & my girls were quite happy with that idea.
They loved being "on set" for a day. I came for a little bit to take some pictures & I'm so glad I did! Check out what they did to my girls....

I was laughing so hard! I loved it! (Do you love Kylie's dress EmmaLee?) They had some dresses for the girls to wear, but asked them to bring some more just in case. Kylie was the oldest & they didn't have anything that fit her. All we have is old dance costumes & she chose the lovely pink & white number to wear.

I asked a guy at one point what was going on in the story & he mentioned something about zombies. But, they did not tell the girls that. They just told them to act crazy. At one point they had to dig in & destroy a birthday cake making grumbling noises. Again, I was just laughing! Then, a guy stole a bike from the party & the girls had to chase him. I can't wait to see the finished product. We'll be getting a copy of the film once it's all edited. And I'll probably need to watch it before I let my girls see it just to be sure! ;)

DISNEYLAND

We went to Disneyland Dec 3rd - 6th & had a BLAST! How could you not? It's Disneyland! It's no secret that I absolutely love this place. I could live their & be just fine. We met some friends their which made it all the more fun. The Paez family & the Wallis family. It was great to see them again. The girls love Tinkerbell & all of her friends. One of the highlights for them was getting to meet Rosetta....

The classic castle shot...

I love this castle. I could stare at it all day. Did you know it was patterned after the Noschweinstein castle in Germany? That castle is also one of my favorites. Erik & I on the Peter Pan ride....

All the times I've been to Disneyland I have to say that this was the first time I remember going on this ride & it was cool. Even Erik loved it.

I have to tell about my Grizzly Rapids adventure. Have you been on this ride? Well, I have not, until now. It's the Wallis kids favorite ride, so we went. I got drenched! When we got off I rubbed my hands down my jeans & water flowed like I was wringing them out. But, I just touched them. That's how drenched I was. Not to mention that it's FREEZING outside. A nice worker told me that the first aid stations have dryers. So, I went & spent 30 min or so trying to dry off. I never completely dried off, but it was better than the alternative. And I was not about to walk back to the hotel to change & miss out. It was an adventure.

Our girls were awesome! We had prepped them for months that they needed to be tough & try all the rides. They did have a couple of nervous times, but all in all they did pretty good. They even rode Space Mountain a few times. Jadyn rode the Tower of Terror with Erik & loved it. She's crazy - I hate that one. I was happy to sit out with Kylie for that one. I hate that pit in your stomache feeling.

This picture just makes me happy - I LOVE IT!!!!

Thanks to my job (Disney Store) we were able to go. Free tickets is not too shabby!! Not to mention I got our group into a special store for employees called "Company D" which has park merchandise at good discounted prices. Then, I discovered that they were running a special that week that even store employees got 50% off all park merchandise!! How lucky is that? It was pretty sweet! Especially considering I only work once every couple of months or so!