M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!!!

We decided to celebrate the jewish holiday at Disneyland! Okay, so we're not jewish but Carter had the day off from school so we thought we'd go before Ella turned 3 and we had to pay for her. It was very hot! But lots of fun to forget for a day about the economy, life stresses and most important it was great just to be together as a family.



The kids have graduated from Dumbo. Now only the faster rockets will do.



I'm sure this will come all too soon.



The favorite ride for Ella was the toon town rollercoaster. She cried everytime it was over.



Matt didn't dare ride the tea cups right after lunch. Last year I was pregnant and sick at Disneyland so this was a piece of cake!



It's obvious that Matt did the better job of taking the pictures. He is sadly not in very many and this one is blurry but it's the best I got. And yes, Parker was there.

A Random Smattering of Pictures

Carter played Mighty Mite Basketball in the summer. His favorite thing about it was sitting on the "bench" or lack thereof with his friends. So maybe we don't have a future NBA star on our hands but look he got a cool trophy!




Bath Time! Parker and Ella both love their baths. Carter is now into showers and well he's old enough that he won't let me take a picture :)



Carter and Ella both love their baby broder Parker (in Ella's words). What's not to love. He's cute, smiles at them whenever they talk to him and he's too little to take their toys yet.

Bathroom completion

Okay, so this post is really for my mom. As many of you know my parents are on a service mission for our church in Hawaii. While this is great (especially the perk of going for a visit) it means that they don't get to visit us and see the little things that I've grown accustomed to showing them. Therefore, my blog is my way to do that. This is my downstairs bathroom now complete with it's new towel. It's been over 3 1/2 years since we've moved in here and I never was happy with the towel that I had in this bathroom. I finally found one that I think works perfectly with the pictures on the wall and paint. A fancy towel! I've never owned one before. So I wanted you, mom, to see it. It's funny how happy this little purchase made me. I grin every time I dry my hands.

Trinity Lake

We spent 8 days camping on Trinity Lake with Matt's family and some other friends. Parker was only 9 weeks old but it was fun to be out of cell phone reach for a week.

Trinity Lake cont.

Ella after enjoying a smore



Carter and his spaghetti



Poppy and Parker



Matt showing off his skiing abilities



Taking the kids for a ride