DISNEYLAND

This will be the longest post in all of history but this is pretty much my kids scrapbook so I want to document it all!! We gave the kids a trip to Disneyland for Christmas. They were so excited and especially to fly. Well Peyton not at first but we hyped it up and in the end that girl was in heaven and loved it!! We flew in on Tuesday night so that night we got settled all in and hit the sack. Wed we were up bright and early to get in on all the fun. Caleb was a stud and couldn't wait to do every single ride, Peyton on the other hand was being a pill and was scared to do anything. So Wednesday was spent with Caleb and Quinn doing all the fun rides and me and Peyton going around and seeing ALL the characters. Caleb has never been into the whole character thing even when he was young, she on the other hand loved them all!! Wednesday night my Mom flew in so we were excited to have Grandma there. By Thursday Peyton became smart and decided that the rides were all fun as long as we didn't take her on any that were dark!!

It was a fun, long, exciting trip but Quinn and I said we need a vacation after our vacation.

Welcome to Disneyland

My mom, me and the kiddos in front of the castle

CHARACTERS

TinkerBell

Belle

Mulan

Cinderella

Snow White

Woody and Jessie

The one and only picture of Caleb with a character

Goofy

Minnie

Mickey

Pluto

Captain Hook

Jake and the Neverland Pirate

THURSDAY

We had a early morning entry today so we were up and going at 7:00 got to the park at 9:00 and didn't get back to the hotel until 10:00 that night. Needless to say we were all really tired. Grandma flew in on Wed night so she joined us today as well and helped out a ton with Peyton so that I could go on the rides with Quinn and Caleb. Peyton also got to do a really special thing it's called Bippity Boppity Boutique. Princess Peyton got to go have her own salon day. She got her hair done, like a true princess, makeup, and nails, all topped off with a little princess magic dust(also known as sparkles and lots of them). It was such a fun thing and a must for anyone with a little girl. Her face was priceless and I loved how special they made her feel!!

BIPPITY BOPPITY BOUTIQUE

To the way they even decorated it, it was so cute

Getting ready to start

Makeup time..

finished off with some lips...

some magic dust...

The moment we all have been waiting for..

It was cute she said "bippity boppity" and then the birds magically opened the drapes to reveal her makeover.

BEAUTIFUL

Peyton and her fairy Godmother

RIDING RIDES

Somehow Dad through in the card "I will puke if I go on that ride." So I got stuck going on Teacups with them. Luckily Caleb's not that strong so he couldn't get it going to fast

It's a Small World

Peyton was a wuss and didn't want to get wet so Grams stayed back with her.

Caleb and Peyton waiting to ride the bumper cars

Grandma and Caleb going on California Screamin. This was Caleb's favorite ride and he went 4 times

WORLD OF COLOR

It was so cool and worth staying late to see it.

Waiting for it to start

Pictures don't even do it justice

Caleb with his new Club Penguin, waiting for the show to start

What are Daddy's for?

A boost when you just don't have the best seat in the house

I put the kids to bed, went the bathroom came out and they were out, bun and all in Peyton's hair, we had some tired kids!!

FRIDAY

Friday was a lot more crowded then the other two days and since we pretty much rode every ride in the two parks we just repeated all our favorite rides. Then our awesome friends/neighbors the Tuellers got there so we hooked up with them for a couple of hours and let the kids ride some rides together. Then we headed back to the hotel around 5:00. My Mom volunteered to watch the kids so we could go on a date. So we headed to dinner and were talking about all the fun things we could go do, stay out all night. Then reality hits in and were both EXHAUSTED so we grab some cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory head back to the hotel and our both OUT at 8:00. How sad are we?

Bestest Buddies

Mylie, Peyton and Annie

Best Buddies

Zach and Caleb

Annie, Peyton, Caleb and Zach about to get soaked!!

All the gang on Buzz light year

Do you think they were happy to see each other??

Beardall's and Tueller's

The gang minus Luke, he was with his cousins.

Us with Grams

ARIEL'S RIDE

Peyton's all time FAVORITE ride. Which we rode 8+times. Her face was priceless and she was soaking in every second of that ride.

I just love her face here:)

Caleb and Dad not so happy to be there after the 5th time of riding it.

Then we found a friend who enjoyed it as much as Peyton. Quinn was the lucky one who got to ride it with the girls!!

BEACH TIME

SATURDAY

We headed to the beach on Saturday it was a little chilly that day but that didn't stop the kids and the hubby. They jumped right into that freezing COLD water and didn't stop. They played for hours collecting a thousand seashells(that we had to bring home), making sand castles (from the limited supplies we had on hand, which was a cup from the hotel). I just love watching my kids play when its something so simple as the beach.

Look how happy they are?

The fam at the beach

My two men in my life!!

Is that not the cutest thing?

I love how Peyton is looking up to her Daddy

SKIING

We finally were able to use our ski passes this year. Not the best snow but since we were taking Peyton for the first time and I was going up for the first time since my knee surgery we figured we weren't going to be going in the back woods looking for fresh powder!! We were so nervous about Peyton but she took it like a charm and LOVED every second of it. She was yelling at us to let her go because she wanted to go faster!! That was until the final run Quinn let her go and she was flying down the mountain heading straight for the lift. Quinn speed up and tried to cut her off and save her from flying into all the netting. Well Quinn made her go down and then Quinn ended up flying into all the netting taking it all down with him. Thee funnest thing I have EVER seen just so you know!! She's bawling, Quinn's caught up in all the orange netting, and the ski lift guy is running down to help Quinn and wanting to know if she was hurt because of how loud she was screaming. We proceeded to let him know that is how loud she is even when she really isn't hurt. We get all untangled and settled down and Quinn was explaining to her why he had to do that to her and her response was "you ruined my skiing" So we knew we had to end on a high note so we headed up one more time and then all was good!! She says she can't wait to ski everyday of her life. Caleb picked it back up like a true pro and was a good sport hanging out on the bunny hill while we taught Peyton!!

Getting all suited up and ready to go down for her first time

So excited

Peyton and Daddy going on up

My skiing buddy for the day

Peyton the skiing pro

Caleb going off his jump and then he...

CRASHED

But after that he was able to hit it every time!!

Peyton going down all by herself

Full fun day of skiing

Fun little activity this is going to be for us

5..4..3..2..1..HAPPY NEW YEARS!!

We had a laid back New Year's we went out to dinner came home played some Minute to Win it games. You received play money for the games and once everything was over I had a whole bunch of dumb little prizes that they could exchange their money for. We let the kids stay up until 10:00 showed them the ball dropping on the news which they had no idea they didn't make it until midnight. They then set up the blow-up bed in the living room and had a sleepover in there. Then Quinn and I headed to bed only to be woken up by those annoying neighbors who set off the fireworks at midnight:) J/K I only wish my old body could stay up that late!!

Caleb trying to balance Fruit Loops on a stick and walk around the room

Caleb knocking over his cups with his "trunk"

Peyton knocking over her cups with her "trunk"

*Please don't mind Peyton's outfit she is into picking her own PJ's at night and this is the beauty she came up with. Sad to say this is calm compared to some nights!!

They had to blow the cups across the counter

One of the games was where I wrapped this $5 dollar like 40 different times and Peyton was the lucky winner!!

Happy 2012 glasses

Glow sticks were one of the prizes which they ended up making all kinds of things out of.

Caleb told me they are dancing like aliens

I was thinking silly string would be fun to spray outside. Well Quinn had the brilliant idea to let them do it inside. It was the biggest MESS but the kids thought it was the COOLEST thing ever!!

Peyton all covered

The aftermath of the string

Goodnight and sleep tight

Here's to a HAPPY 2012!!