Disneyland!

This week we took a trip to Disneyland. We had a great time. My mom and dad went with us. It was so much fun to watch Lincoln experience it for the first time.

Lincoln waited for a really long time to go to Disneyland. For several months before we were able to leave, he asked when we would go. We started the countdown from 3 months! He was very patient to wait for so long.

Lincoln thinks Buzz Lightyear is totally awesome. We found a little action figure for him in the first store we went into. We also found the Mickey ears hat. We could not resist buying them for him. See how happy he is?
The park was all decorated for Halloween. I love Halloween so it was fun for me to see all the neat things they do to get ready for the holiday.


Grandpa was Lincoln's personal chariot for some of the time there. What a good grandpa Lincoln has.
One of Lincoln's requests was to ride Dumbo.

Linc was taking it all in....


Mom and dad rode in the caboose. How romantic. :)
We tried to get Lincoln to smile, but he was a little freaked out by the scarecrow. He did not want to get too close.

Minnie was so cute. She gave Lincoln a big hug.
The line to see Mickey was really long. It's a good thing that there are plenty of things to look at while you wait.

Seeing Mickey was worth the wait.

The Buzz Lightyear ride was fun. They have a big, talking Buzz to greet you in the line. Lincoln could not take his eyes off him.

We took Lincoln on almost every ride that he was tall enough to ride. He was barely tall enough to go on Splash Mountain so we decided we would give it a try. Almost immediately, Lincoln was regretting getting on the ride. It's pretty dark and loud inside and there are some drops that are in the dark. Linc does not do dark, loud, drops. We were almost finished with the ride, which means we were on the upward climb to the huge drop down into the water. All the way up, Linc was saying, "No. No. I don't like this ride. No. I want to get off. No I don't like it. No. Please. No." David was laughing so hard. We plunged down the mountain and got SO WET! I have never gotten so wet on that ride. Linc was very wet and cold so we bought him a new shirt. He was such a good sport.

It was so much fun to have my mom and dad there to enjoy Disneyland with us.

We watched the parades every night. They were incredible.



Lincoln was able to meet lots of his favorite characters. He liked to see them from a distance, but when it was time to meet them, he got pretty shy. We had to MAKE him meet some of them, but I knew he wanted to. He was just a little timid.

He was happy to see Lightning McQueen and Mater.

Don't ask me why, but this kid LOVEs Ferris Wheels. We had to go on the big one in California Adventure. Check out that smile!
My dad tried on every nerdy hat in the park. I think this one is a good look for him. Don't you?




We found a little petting zoo tucked back in a corner of Disneyland. Not many people know about it or go there. It was so nice. Linc loved these goats. He talked to them like they were babies.

In the petting zoo area, we found Woody. We knew he would be there so we waited for about 30 minutes for him to come. When he arrived, a bunch of kids ran up to meet him, but he knew that Lincoln had been waiting to see him. So, Woody asked the kids to wait and proceeded to give Lincoln some nice attention. It was so cute.





The haunted mansion is decorated like the Nightmare Before Christmas. My mom loved it so much. She rode it 3 times!
We had a great time in Disneyland. We are already planning our next trip!

Oh Boy! I've got Joy!

Does he look excited or what? He was actually really sick the first day of Joy School. Unfortunately, I didn't know he was sick until 15 minutes before our school was supposed to start at our house. Despite throwing up 3 times during Joy School, we made it through the 2.5 hrs. Teaching those cute kidders is so much fun.



It's going to be a fun year of Joy School.

Cherry Hill - We MUST do this again.

The day before Daniel's wedding, the fam headed to Cherry Hill. Only a few of us had ever been there before. We quickly learned that we had been missing out. We had so much fun! Cherry Hill is geared toward families (which is nice). There are not many crazy slides and such. Probably the main reason we had so much fun is because we are a bunch of nerds and we have fun everywhere we go. Here are just a few pics from the day. There were many memorable moments.


Why are these photos crooked you ask? Only Blogger knows.




Little Gook.


Fun stuff.

Dan's Day

Well, it's happened. My baby brother is married. We love Corrin and we are so glad she is in our family. She's great. They were married on July 31st. Here are some images from the day. They are not in order, but that's how blogger does it... :) Enjoy!

Camera man Mike.


The whole family.

Nerds.






If it looks like I am hot and sweaty, it's cuz I am. It was about 1:00pm on July 31. Wow. Hot.




Lexie. Cute.

Some memories from the day:

• Sleeping the night before on the floor of my parent's house. Daniel came in late with a friend from high school. Apparently, I was not under the covers and only in my undies. HEY! It was hot. Don't judge. Well, the next day at the wedding, the friend commented that he was happy to see me dressed appropriately. How embarrassing...
• Painting BRIGHT yellow on our toes and fingers.
• Laughing my face off with Daniel, Mom, and Tori in the kitchen.
• Nicole, Ali and Brett watched the kids while we were in the temple for the ceremony. I am told that while playing on the grass, Lincoln pulled his pants down and attempted to answer the call of nature on the temple grass. Fortunately, Brett scooped him up like a football and ran to the temple waiting room where there was a toilet for such emergencies.
• Corrin was so happy and nervous, she got confused a little in the ceremony. She was so cute.
• Uncle Randy shows his love by fake strangling. Well, he did that to me in the sealing room and he got in trouble by his wife.
• Changing clothes 3 times.
• Changing Lincoln's poopy underwear 4 times at the church where the luncheon was held. Yep. 4.... (He totally regressed on the potty training thing while we were away from home.)
• Seeing old freinds from Kearns at the reception. Browns, Glades, Murdocks, Noalls... so many good people.
  
• Lincoln trying to "wash" my van... another call of nature moment. Yes. We had potty issues that day.

Beautiful bride, beautiful ceremony, handsome groom, fabulous reception... good times.