December Temple Trip

 December was our ward/youth temple trip. We were excited to go because Mallory turned 12 in November and could go! She was so excited! Since I am in the YW presidency I already had to go, and Michael came to assist with the baptisms. It was such a wonderful day, long but wonderful! Living in Arizona we have to sacrifice a little bit more to make it to the temple. It's not just a 2 minute drive with all sorts of family around to babysit the kids. We meet at the church early in the morning, arrange transportation, then make the 2 1/2 hour drive up to Vegas. A couple from our ward goes up to babysit the kids across the street at the church (this is awesome). We switch off every month. Since it was the youth baptisms also, it took a little longer! Michael was able to do the baptizing with Mallory. She looked so cute and sweet! When we were done we retrieved all the kids and then went to dinner with some other families (this month Olive Garden won out over Cafe Rio). Then we drove home. We were so tired we didn't even stop at Costco or Target! Took us 12 hours to do the temple trip!

 My little Beehive!

 Our YW/YM

The Las Vegas Temple is so beautiful. Excited to go back in February!

Thanksgiving 2012

 We went to my sisters for Thanksgiving this year...I am still not over the Thanksgiving I had super bad morning sickness with Hallie!! Maybe next year I will be ready for it again! The cousins were so excited to be together. They have such a fun time.

 My sister had a beautiful table set up...she has so many dishes and table things it is crazy!!!

 She also spiraled my hair all crazy! Hallie was so excited for her chocolate turkey!!  She is a chocolate turkey!!

 Actually, all the kids just wanted the chocolate turkey! Gramma always brings them.

 My mom, Nana, and sister...Cute!

 Me and husband

 She finally got her chocolate turkey.

 Elf on the Shelf came Thanksgiving night. He is a dickens!

 We stayed at my sister's for a few days. We had lots of fun eating, hiking, getting my butt kicked running, and watching movies!

Jillian is the champion hiker! She is so intense and can beat anybody!

California Adventure

Our second day at Disney, we ran for the new Cars ride! We waited for about 45 minutes and it was worth every minute of the wait. The ride is amazing, and so so so fun! I can't wait to go back to ride it!

They did an awesome job of recreating the movie.

When we went to Disneyland in May, Jillian threw up all night so we didn't let her ride any crazy rides. She had her hope set for California Screamin! So, we were excited to be able to ride it with her for the first time. She was hilarious to listen too on the ride. She sat behind me with Michael and screamed like she was free falling and going to die. As soon as we stopped she said, "let's go again!" What a funny girl.

We are a little cheesy!

We love the river raft ride, especially when it is hot...and it was HOT!

Hallie and I played while everyone else was on the ride. She is so fun to play with.

Then we switched out!

Logan loves the swings which make me so incredibly DIZZY! We rode them 3 times in a row! BARF!!!

Back to Disneyland for silly ride pictures!

I love making Michael ride Space Mountain...he gets so sick on it.

Megan and I are dorks for sure...don't even know what we are doing. Having fun though!

Jillian loves her pickles...just like her mommy!

We will miss Disneyland...until we can afford to buy everyone another pass again! (and Hallie and Logan can grow up a bit)

Disneyland

We made a quick trip to Disneyland in September, since our passes expired in October! We had to get our last fix from Disney...for awhile! My parents and brothers met us there. No cousies, sad!

We stayed at a different hotel this time, the Quality Inn and Suites on Katella. It was super cheap, but surprisingly nice! It was just a few more minutes of walking.

Getting on Thunder Mountain! That is a crazy fun ride when you are in the back!

Jillian makes me laugh!

Tie-Dye Crazies! Love it!!

I love castle pictures! Wearing tie-dye made it so much easier to stay together and keep track of the kids. It should be mandatory!

Michael even put on a shirt for about 10 seconds!

Just the girlies!

More waiting in lines!!

Space Mountain..Ghost Galaxy, is somewhat freaky and gross for the kids. Don't love it. We did totally get stuck on it and had to wait to get out of the seats. We had just come out of the roller coaster area, so we were mad we couldn't see it all inside with the lights on. The worker dude told us how much things fall apart on this ride...nice, huh?

Michael and Mallory having fun!

Gramma taking care of little fussy pants!

Sweet Buggie!

Splash Mountain, favorite ride!

Hallie getting some playing time with her daddy!

My cute girls!

Hallie is too cute!

Space Mountain...gramma and Mallory being silly.

We love taking pics of our pictures from the rides...we are so dumb, I love it!