Meet Mushu!

So I have so much blogging to catch up on. There is Christmas and birthday's and our sweet dog Yoshi having to be put down, but here is the newest member of our family. Isn't he the cutest. I promise to blog more soon!

Because it's easy for me to forget...

the true spirit of Christmas.

Christmas in Disneyland

We had to take Pyper to Disneyland for her birthday because she was finally tall enough to ride the big rides. She has been having us measure her every few weeks to see if she is tall enough and now she is (if she wears the right shoes.) We also REALLY needed a family vacation. We were even looking forward to the drive, just so that we could talk and be together. Disneyland was all decorated for Christmas and it even snowed at the end of the fireworks! So cute. Pyper loved having all the cast members wish her a happy birthday and riding all of the "big" rides for the first time. She was a little nervous on Tower of Terror though, and Splash Mountain broke down and we had to be "rescued". But all in all, she had an amazing time! Asher loved meeing the characters, especially lightning McQueen and Woody. He also had to drive every car in toon town. London was a perfect angel and didn't have to ride in a stroller once the entire time. She never complained. She really is growing up.

Happy Birthday Pyper!

Pyper turned five last month. I am a little bit behind on blogging but I wanted to post a few pics of her party. Pyper is still way into dressing up. She loves to torture her little brother by hugging and kissing him to death. She is kind of like Elmyra.

Remember her? She wants to hug him and squeeze him and as soon as she gets within 3 feet of him he starts screaming. She loves preschool. She loves to play games with mom. She is still really stubborn and she needs constant hugs from her family. She is my one child who not only wants to cuddle, but needs to on a daily basis. She loves to play outside and ride her bike, even if it is all by herself while London is at school (in the safety of the back yard of course.) She is incredibly good at memory games (she beats London every time). She is such a little sweetie and we love having her in our family. Here is the birthday cake she decorated herself. She said she needed five princesses to wish her happy birthday.

We love you Pyper!

Photobooth Pics

I finally got the photobooth pics scanned in from my sister's wedding. Here they are.

Can you believe the girls did this in the booth by themselves?

Ladyhawke

When I was child and my dad and brother would go on the father and sons camp out, we girls would rent Ladyhawke and have a slumber party. I thought what better way to spend deer hunt weekend then with my girls watching Ladyhawke. So we put Asher to bed and stayed up late watching this. . .


It was as good as I remembered (but a little more violent). The music is pretty awful. If you haven't seen this little gem in a while (or ever), I highly recommend it.

Cornbelly's

It was time for our annual trip to Cornbelly's with Grandma Dorothy. We were espcially excited because Lennon and Rach came with us this year. We all got to do our favorite things like...

riding in the choo choo,

jumping on the bounce pillows,

sliding off of haybales,

rocking,

riding on the tractor train,

duck racing,

dressing up,

swinging,

and meeting the Pumpkin Princess, not to mention all the corn mazes, food and haunted house. Thank you Grandma! We had a blast as usual!