Thanksgiving and Christmas 2015

We spent Thanksgiving at the Spauldings this year! As always, the food was good and the company great! Love this time of year!

My Little Turkeys! Garrett: 5, Audrey : 20 Months

Christmas Eve:

Disneyland!!!

We finally made it!! Disneyland!!!! We had such an AMAZING time in Disneyland! So many fun memories and adventures! We spent our first two days at the parks, took a break on Wednesday and played at the beach, and then back to the parks for the last two days of our vacation. It was the greatest week! This was our first vacation as a family and Garrett and Audrey's first on roller coasters! The favorite rides of the week: Splash Mountain, California Screamin, Ariel's Under The Sea, The Materhorn, Teacups, Dumbo, Carousel Rides, and the Train Rollercoaster. Basically, all of them!!
I believe Garrett and I were the most in awe as we stood in line after line getting autographs from the characters. I think Garrett really liked Sleeping Beauty and Ariel!
We stayed  for the night parades and Fantas-Mic! So Awesome!!! This really is the most magical place on earth! Can't wait to go back!!

The Classic picture in front of the famous Castle!

On of the very first rides we took! Dumbo!

Disneyland was celebrating their 60th Diamond Year!

Donald Duck!

Mickey!

Minnie!

Olaf!

Elsa and Ana

Princess Belle

Princess Snow White (Dream come true for this mamma!)

Princess Cinderella

 On to the beach:

My little beach bums!

 Back to the parks for more fun and rides:

Tigger! He was awesome!

We also met Rabbit and Winnie the Pooh! So many characters, so little time! We had such a great time and can't wait to go back!

Halloween 2015

Happy Halloween from the Big Bad Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood!

Little Red and Big Bad Wolf

Disneyland, here we come!! Surprise!....

Happy Birthday, John!

John turns 30!! The kids and I met him for lunch and had cupcakes and then John and I took a razor ride up through the canyon by the farm. Happy Birthday, John! We love you!

Razor Ride

Birthday Boy!

4th Of July 2015

4th of July is always fun! We had a yummy BBQ at my parents house and then we all got in our swimsuits for some much needed swimming and splashing around in the pools! Later, the 4 of us got out the camp chairs and blankets and watched the fireworks from our yard!

Garrett (4), Audrey (1)  sporting their 4th of July outfits!

Dad grilling hot dogs and burgers! YUM!

Audrey relaxing in the pool

Cannonball!!!

Alturas Camping Adventure 20115

 We went camping at Alturas this year! It was such a fun time and the kids had the time of their lives! We played in the water, made sand castles, went for kayak rides, and did some fishing. John is always telling me stories from when he went camping to Alturas as a little boy so he arranged this whole trip together for us! We stayed in some cabins (no tents! Hallelujah!) and had a bathroom/shower facility, too! John cooked us Dutch oven dinners every night and we sat around the campfire at night and roasted marshmallows and ate smores! We made some great memories this week at Alturas!

John and Audrey playing in the lake! She had a great time splashing and playing in the sand!

The kids thought that jumping off the deck into the water was the greatest thing ever!

John taking Audrey for her 1st kayak ride

John and Garrett

Playing in the sand building sand castles

Garrett making a "sand angel"

Audrey just loving being outside!

"Can someone please take me again?"

Bella, Garrett and Brylie

Brylie and Garrett

Brayden, Ashlyn, Ethan, John, and Bella

Fishing with Dad!

Thanks everyone for making the camping trip fun!