California Physical Therapy Conference

About the end of January we had told the kids that Jim had a Physical Conference in California.  We told them that me and the kids could stay home or the kids and I  could do a long drive with Jim and play at the beach or swimming pool while Jim was at the conference.  Of course they chose the beach :)

Day 1: We got there Wednesday February 4th in the afternoon and spent the rest of the day playing at the beach.  I just love the beach and beach pictures.

Huntington and Newport Beach

 

 Day 2:  A SURPRISE TRIP TO DISNEYLAND!!!!  On Thursday February 5th we got the kids up and ready for the day.  We told them we were going to walk and take dad to his conference.We totally surprised our kids and instead took them to the "Happiest Place on Earth."  They were quite surprised.  Like almost didn't know how to react surprised :)  It was super fun.  We spent the first day in California Adventure. 




Picture right before we told them we were going in. :)  We had told them Dad's conference was by Disneyland and just for fun let's take a picture by the sign.

 

 

Day 2:  February 6th- We spent this day between California Adventure and Disneyland.  A lot of walking but still a super fun day!!!

 

 

 

 

Day 3:  February 7th- We started heading home after a little bit of breakfast at the hotel we stayed at. 

 

 One the way we decided to stop at an Old Train Museum in Barstow.

 

We also stopped at Calico Ghost Town.  We are good having that checked off our "have you ever been to" list and never need to return :)  It was $36 just to walk around old buildings with stores trying to sell you more stuff.

 

 

We got into Vegas that night much later than we had planned.  But we still were able to spend some time with Nate and Liz.  We went out to eat all together and then we were able to go see tremendously precious babies at the hospital. We got to Nate and Liz's new house later that night and stayed the night.

Isaac- almost 5 weeks old

Annalisa- almost 5 weeks old

Asher- Almost 5 weeks old

Precious babies!!!!!

 



Day 4:  February 8th-Hung out with Nate and Liz in the morning in their new house and had some delicious waffles.  Then we started the rest of the drive home.  It was a fun quick vacation and we can't wait for another one of Jim's conferences to come again :)

January

How is it already the last day of January?  That month just zoomed by! 

Here are a few pictures of what we have been up to.

 

On January 1st we headed over to explore the Living Planet Aquarium

During one of the last few days of Christmas Break we headed over
to my friend Nicole's house (also the school principal)
 and had a little tea party with our girls. 
Her daughter Josie is also in 1st grade with Afton and Lilly.
  Look at that yummy spread.



The 3 cute girls watching a video surrounded by stuffed animals.

Always exciting when a neighbor girl brings over
 some dresses she has outgrown :)

What Lizzie does when she makes her own salt
 dough and grabs some perler beads  :)

January was the month of lost teeth as Afton lost her two top teeth.
 She has now lost 6 total.



I had another birthday.  I am now 38 years old!  
This was the last picture I took of myself as a 37 year old.

My birthday was nice.  I sent all the kids off to school then purposely didn't exercise, do dishes or laundry.  Took myself to lunch and then later that night we all went to Leatherby's as a family.

As a special birthday bonus LILLY LOST HER FIRST TOOTH ON MY BIRTHDAY!
  It was so cute to see her running in the
 house from school and see how excited she was to tell me she lost her first tooth.

January was also the month of Science Fair projects.
  Each of the girls did a project.  We went through about 6 glue sticks in one night.
Lizzie- What liquid affects gummy bears the most?
Afton- Which color of M&M melts fastest?
Lilly- How liquid makes motion.