Newport Beach

We went to Newport Beach for spring break. I was REALLY ready to take a break from my class and leave town. We went during St. George's spring break which was the first week of March. This was a little too early. It was still kind of chilly in Cali, but it was still fun. I sure wish St. George would decide to change their spring break to the third week in March. Cali would of been great then. Oh well, what do you do. Enjoy it anyway!

We decided to do something a little different then we've done before and take a trip to LA. It was kind of a long drive in all the traffic. I guess that's why we don't usually go that direction. Anyway, we went to the Griffith Observatory. It was pretty fun. We have never been there before and I have never seen the Hollywood sign that close. It was fun but cold and very windy-if you couldn't tell by my sweet hair-do in this picture!

We ate Mexican food one night for dinner. My plate was as big as the table.

I have never seen so much food in my life.

We were pretty stuffed when we finished and I bet we only ate about 1/8 of the food.

We headed to Newport beach for a fun day.

One night we took a walk out on the pier and

noticed something down on the beach.

We went down to the beach and found this dolphin dead.

It was so sad.

We wanted to see some dolphins but not like this.

We decided to take a boat ride to go whale and dolphin watching.

We hoped to see some dolphins alive and doing well.

We did spot lots of dolphins.

We didn't end up seeing any whales. :(

Maybe we will next time.

But we did see lots of these.

I would take any one of these.

SOME DAY Chayce and I will own one of these.

You can't really tell how GORGEOUS all of these beach houses are

by looking at my crumby pictures. They were so beautiful and so fun to look at!

We love the beach!

I love this picture of Alyssa picking her wedgie

while I am trying to take her picture.

So cute!

I can't believe some of the crazy fish that people would catch off the pier.

They were very interesting looking.

I hope we make it back to the beach soon!

It Wouldn't be a California trip without....

DISNEYLAND!!!
We ended our great trip to California by going to the happiest place on earth, well at least most of us think that!

We always have to take a picture right inside the park. It's tradition. The kids dressed up in their matching clothes so we didn't loose any of them.

How sweet are these two!

Me, Lyss, and Aiden meeting Mr. Pooh.
Aiden is our nephew for all of those wondering why I have a baby boy in my arms.
He was so dang cute meeting Pooh.
He laughed and laughed at him and then honked his nose. It was adorable.

This usually happens after a couple hours of fun at Disneyland!

Of course we had to go on Alyssa's favorite ride.

AND

of course we had to have the "red teatup".

Pure joy

It wouldn't be a Disneyland trip without going to Bibbity Bobbity Boutique!

Thanks grandma and grandpa for pampering us!

What would we ever do without grandparents?

Alyssa thinks that the finger nail polish doesn't dry until the next day.

This would be her trying not to touch anything.

It doesn't matter how many times I tell her their dry, she still doesn't believe me.

And I quote, "I don't want to ruin my princess polish!"

How cute our these princesses?

Can't wait till the next trip!

Family Pictures 2009

I love, love, love our family pictures that we had taken in November. Here are several of my favorites. I wish I could have made them bigger, but I don't have time to figure it out. Hopefully they still do the pictures justice.

I also had Alyssa's pictures taken in LaBella Photography studio. They turned out great!

I love this picture because it is Alyssa doing her sassy face.

I just LOVE this little girl!