Birthday Boy

We had a pool party for Paul's birthday - he got to open his first gift- a pirate ship!

 Paul and Tommy - with Delaynee as motor

 Holly and Quinn

 Paul and Wren

 Eli

 Paul and Lydia

 Dylanee and Bobby

 Eli

 Joey

 Missionaries - Our friends had signed up to feed them that night, so instead of missing the party - they brought yummy rice and beans and the missionaries to hang out!

 Pirate Tommy

 Pirate Paul

Lightening McQueen coloring set from Lily, Wren, and Eli 

 Rocket from Dylanee, Bobby, Lydia, Tommy, and Quinn

Glow Explosion Sand from Joey, John, Arabella, and Lily 

Bobby, Wren, and John checking out the glow explosion sand 

Serious study 

 Angry Birds cupcakes and cake

Make a wish! 

 Lily

 Pirate Lily

Why, yes...

Yes it has been 3 months since I last posted.  And yes, incredibly fun things have happened. But tonight, I'm just going to post a few favorite pictures.

Before Disneyland

Paul was able to go to a preschool at Orem High with Jocelyn, Afton, Logan, and Gabe.  Brown babies were everywhere!

 Aunt Lexie is a kid magnet

 Paul got to ride a real horse, thanks to Cory

 Then Sam's turn - he had never ridden a horse in a field before - only in a circle at the fair

 Liz competed in Dixon's Got Talent - she rocked it!

 We stayed at Bishop's house in Murietta - "Look Mom, human pyramid!"

 Long story short - we spent the day in the parking lot/playground after the van overheated on the way to the beach. SO blessed to have shade, a playground, and a grocery store instead of being on the side of the road.

 Cute kids

 Silly faces

 Liz worked on her planking

 So did Sam

 Paul was too worried to do it the right way

 We couldn't ride in the car, so we tried to make the caterpillar take us to the beach - it didn't.

 Jared had flown into LA and stayed a day or so with Jill.  We were planning to meet them half way, but since we had no car, they had to drive all the way to Murietta in horrible traffic.  Thanks Jill!

 Sunday we spent walking around and visiting the park

 Paul's love affair with corn on the cob Monday when we stopped for lunch after the van was fixed, hooray!

 This is actually after Disneyland - we finally arrived in Mesquite at 4 am after leaving Disneyland late, then limping along after overheating repeatedly from Anaheim to Mesquite.

There was a little league baseball team at our hotel, so Sam played pool football with them - and was voted hardest to get the ball away from.

Sea Monsters

Disneyland

Our Christmas gift this year from my parents was a trip to Disneyland, and we were able to go in March.

 Pole dancing

 Our first stop was the train

Sam beat all of us on the Toy Story ride 

 Paul is one CRAZY driver!

 Plenty of time for pictures in line for Finding Nemo Submarine's

 Paul was a little nervous going into the whale's mouth

 Chad, Katie, Addison, and Kenya came and spent the day with us on Tuesday

 Mickey the Mouse

Sam was an expert pin trader - he got some really cool ones

 

Paul chose R2D2 for his ears

 Jared finally got to try a turkey leg on the last day we were there

 Soaring over California

Paul and Sam got their pictures taken with McQueen and Mater

 Watching the parade on the last night - we partied so hard and had a great time!

 Last ride - monorail

Thanks mom and dad for the fun!