Disney On Ice

We went to Disney On Ice a couple of weeks ago. It was raining so we left a little earlier than normal. We arrived at the event at 6:00 pm only to find out that doors did not open til 6:30. So we stood outside for 30 minutes. Once the doors did open we found our seats and waited until 7 (when it started). A few minutes after 7 the show still had not started so I looked on our tickets low and behold the show did not start until 7:30. Poor boys. They were so patient. Once the show started the boys loved it! We saw the "Cars" characters, "Little Mermaid", "Lion King", and "Tinkerbell". I hope that we will be able to go next year.

Christmas in Layton

We spent Christmas in Layton with all my family. My sister Kelly (who lives in TX) and I planned to be there so we could all be together. My mom and dad put a lot of work into making our trip there super fun. We had food, games and best of all the whole family was there.

While in Layton we went snow-mobiling, the boys had a great time. Yes that is Beckham asleep on the snow-mobile. How he fell asleep and then stayed asleep when I took all his snow clothes off I will probably never understand. Cooper loved helping us drive. If you can imagine he wanted to go as fast the possible.

Beckham's Birthday

Beckham turned 3 mid December. He was so embarrassed anytime we sang to him. The picture of him sitting in the garage is when we were singing and he hid behind my legs. We pretty much celebrated the whole week just about everyday he got another present or we had our birthday dinner. We did not do that on purpose that is just how it worked out. Beckham is really into "Star Wars" and wanted a green lightsaber for his birthday so of course he got that. Chet and I thought it was time that he had a bike of his own so that was his main present. He loved it, although I don't think it beat the lightsaber.

We are so thankful that Beckham is in our family. He brings a smile to our faces everyday. He is so willing to help out and eager to please. We love him very much.

Trick or Treat

Well I know that I am nearly one month late with this post but here it is. The boys were so excited to be super heros! Cooper was batman and Beckham was spiderman. We bought their costumes two weeks or so before and they wanted to wear them regularly. Needless to say many days we watched tv or colored or whatever with our two super heros.

We had so much fun trick or treating. It first started Thursday (29th) with our ward Trunk or Treat; Friday our community had a trick or treat at the park with businesses from our area handing out candy; lastly trick or treating around the neighborhood. The boys made out like bandits.

Tournament of Kings

While Alisha (my oldest sister) and her family were visiting we to the "Tournament of Kings" We all had such a great time, especially all the boys (cousin Easton) along with my boys. They were staring at the tournament totally awe-struck. I had Beckham on my lap so I would just put food up to his mouth and he would eat it. I could have given him vinager and he would not have even noticed. Chet said Cooper was the same. It has been a couple of weeks since we saw the Tournament and the boys keep asking when we can go back. The other day the boys and I went to Michaels and they found foam swords and shields that they were fighting with while we were there.

Disneyland

Saturday, Oct 17th we went to the Happiest Place on Earth. DISNEYLAND!! We had so much fun. As we walked to the entrance I told Chet that we are now an official family since this was our first real vacation without either of our families. We went at our own pace and rode as many rides possible. The lines were not too bad 15-20 minutes. Some of the favorite rides were DUMBO, Star Wars (for Cooper, Beckham was too short), Autopia (where they get drivers licences and get to drive a car), Rocket (inside CA adventures, which we rode like 5 times in a row) and of course the Tea Cups. Chet and Beckham thought that the Farres Wheel was fun, Cooper and I thought we were going to die. I had like a death grip on Cooper at some point. For lunch we ate the most giant turkey leg I have ever seen. Cooper and Beckham had worked hard to save some money for a souvenir. Beckham knew right away that he wanted to buy a light saber. After much searching Cooper too choose a light saber. Again, we had such a great time and are looking forward to returning to Disneyland sometime.

Laguna Beach

A couple of weekends (October 16th) the boys and I went to Laguna Beach while Chet was at a lunch meeting. The boys had so much fun playing in the sand and getting washed away with the water. Cooper said his favorite part was when he fell in the water and the surfer dude helped him up. Beckham mostly liked playing in the sand. We could have spent the whole day there. After Chet's luncheon we checked into the hotel to get ready for our big day at Disneyland.