Disneyland 2010

Our annual trip to Disneyland was a hit! Laurie and Ashley came with us, which was a lot of fun! We packed in 3 days at the park and fit in the beach as well. All in all we had a great time!

Laurie, Ashley, Ella, Ryan and Dallin on Grizzly River Rafting.

One of our favorite things was the new Toy Story ride! And Dallin's salsa dancing in Playhouse Disney Live on Stage was also very memorable!

Dallin and Ella buying their cotton candy to watch the parade.

Waiting to see if Dallin could get into the Jedi Training Acadamy. He didn't, but it definately wasn't for a lack of jumping up and down when they asked for volenteers!

Landon's favorite ride was Winney the Pooh. Dallin's favorite was Star Tours and Thunder Mountain. Ella's was Space Mountain, Thunder Mountain and It's a Small World. Ella turned to Ryan on their way up Space Mountain for her first time and said, "The most important thing is that we have fun." She was a little scared, but good at disguising it.

Dallin and Ella are getting so big! We didn't spend much time in Fantasy Land this trip! And Ella didn't care to take pictures with Princesses. I'm a little sad.

We left Disneyland early to head for Newport beach. It was a little cool , (we are used to cool beaches) so there was almost no one there. We had a picnic and saw dolphins! This was Landon's first time at the beach, (so sad!) There is just something about the ocean. This is definately what I miss most about living in California.

April in St. George

We have such a great time in St. George! We play from morning till night and the kids are so happy because their best friends, Tyge and Wyatt are with them. This trip we found some very cool narrows, a great bike course in Bloomington, and had a fun Easter Egg hunt to celebrate Ella's birthday.

Ella's 5th Birthday!

We worked hard to convince Ella that a family party would be more fun that a friend party - I am going to try to hold off on friend parties as long as possible! So Ella chose to go bowling and to JCW for shakes (where Landon licked ketchup out of a little cup while the rest of us had shakes!)

Dallin and Ella both bowled stikes and spares! Landon loved rolling the ball down the ramp.

Easter Sunday

We had a great Easter! The anual hunt at the park at Grandma Bott's, the Easter Bunny's Hunt at our house, another egg hunt in Grandma Bott's back yard, and the first ever St. George egg hunt for Ella's Birthday! That is a lot of candy!

Ella changed her clothes right when she woke up, because she had strong feelings about what should be worn to an Easter Egg Hunt. She also ran into our room Easter morning and said, "The Easter Beagle Came!"

Landon, after having an Easter Egg hunt yesterday, new what to expect. He would get an egg and yell "Tweat!", open and eat what was inside, and then move on to another.

The Easter Bunny brought Dallin a lightsaber.

Coloring Easter Eggs

We colored a ton of eggs this year.

And we even went Easter Egg rolling - something I have been telling the kids that we would do for the last couple years. The problem has been, that it has been cold the week after Easter, but this year we just bundled up, went up the canyon and "rolled" our eggs. It was great!