Dance Concert

The girls' Spring Dance Concert was so cute.  Ivie did a dance to the Glee version of Jump.  We loved her costume.  She did a great job, she is a great dancer.

Claire did a Daddy-Daughter dance.  It was so cute.  I think all of the mom's cried.  She danced to "If I Didn't Have You".  She is also a great dancer.  Trav and her both did awesome.  Although we loved her costume, we were a bit disappointed since it pretty much looks EXACTLY like her costume from last year.  But, one thing I love about their dance studio is the costumes, the are so cute and modest.

The latest

Bo's 4th Birthday was on April 27th, which we were in Disneyland, so we celebrated it a few days early.  He had a great birthday and got lots of fun presents.  At Disneyland we got him a button that said Happy Birthday.  All of the employees wished him a Happy Birthday.  It was cute.

His Cupcakes:

Opening Presents:

Easter was a fun day.  The kids looked so cute.  I'm not such a good photographer, but they're okay.  Claire put her dress on Easter morning and was freaking out because it was too itchy, so she ended up with a t-shirt on under it.  Oh well.

The day after Easter, we spent the day getting ready to fly out to Disneyland.  We did laundry, went shopping, went to lunch, and packed.  Flight left the next morning.  Once we arrived in Long Beach, we had a surprise for the kids.  A Limo picked us up.  They LOVED it.  I think it was one of their favorite things.

After we got there it was over to Downtown Disney for a bit before the Angels Game that night. 

The Angels game was fun.  But, for those of you who know me, you know that I'm always cold.  The game was no different, I wish it would have been a bit warmer that day.  The rest of the trip was a lot warmer, it was so nice.

We had a great trip.  We were lucky to have Trav's parents, his sisters, and our nephew along with us.  It was a really fun trip with great weather.

Grandma Kandi waiting for the fireworks to start:

Bo playing in the water at California Adventure:

Claire's sassy new hat.  It has a green Mickey head in the back:

Grandpa Rex smiling for Claire to take a picture:

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride:

I took the boys (Parker and Bo) on Tarzan's Tree house while everyone else (who was tall enough) went on Indiana Jones:





An update

Well, I'm pretty sure at this point that you all know I'm not the best at updating my blog.  Oh well, Life happens.  But, I decided it's time for an updated.

November:
Thanksgiving -- I love Thanksgiving, it's my favorite holiday.  I love good food and being with family.  I LOVE shopping the day after Thanksgiving with my mom.  It has become a huge tradition for us.  Some people think it's crazy but we love it.  I don't even think that it's the shopping, its just being together and laughing at everyone and their crazy desires.  Another fun tradition we have is that my parents take all of us adults to The Roof restaurant on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.  We've done it for years an I love it.

December:
December is always such a fun and busy month.  The girls had their in-studio concert this year.  Personally I actually like it better.  I wish they would do it every year.  I don't have to buy a costume, it's just during class, and I can see them so much better.  Here's pictures of the girls at their in-class concert this year.

Lots to do in December. Christmas was a blast. The kids are at such a fun age. They seemed to love everything that they got.  I didn't take a lot of pictures (I know you're shocked), but here's one of each of them:

New Years Eve was a BLAST.  We had a small party at home.  The kids all made it up until about 12:30, with the help of a few little friends.  They loved it.

January:
I love the start of a new year, it always bring such new beginnings.  New Years Day is always fun.  Trav watches football all day with his family.  I usually hang out at home and then go to my mom's for an early dinner and games with the kids.  I love to play games and Trav doesn't, so this day gives me a good opportunity to do it.

February:
Valentines, I'm not really into Valentines.  And, I was actually out of town on business.  I had to go to Anaheim for a USANA Celebration and then to Las Vegas for a Logo Merchandise Show.  The kids and Trav hate it when I'm gone, but I think it makes them appreciate me more.  I love coming home.

March:
This was kind of a sad month.  We lost my uncle to Pancreatic Cancer, we will miss him.  I ended up going to Arizona with my Mom, Dad, and sister Jen.  It was a sad time, we did have fun being together.  I also got to see some of my cousins that I haven't seen in almost 10 years.

Here's to looking forward to a great April!  Hopefully a lot of sunshine and warmer weather.....and a trip to Disneyland! 

Here's a few cute pics to finish off this post:

Halloween

Well, I've been down for the last 2 1/2 weeks from my surgery.  It's been really hard, and not so fun.  I don't think I realized what an ordeal it was going to be.  I hope in a few weeks I'm actually glad that I did it.  I'll be glad to go back to work next week.  Anywhoo, now that I'm finally feeling a bit better I thought I'd do a little post with Halloween pictures.

Here are a few from the pumpkin patch.  The kids love to go and it's become a fun tradition.  They love the little corn maze and the tractors.

These are from Bo's preschool parade.  He has the cutest, funnest teachers.  At first he had a really hard time going to preschool but the last couple of weeks he has been so excited, so that's good.

Now, here are Halloween.  Ivie was a Baseball Girl (her pictures turned out a bit blurry, don't know why), Claire was a Witch and Bo was Knight in Shining Armour.  They all looked ADORABLE and had a blast.  It was hard for me to watch them leave to do all of the festivities without me.  But, I'll always have next year.

Happy Birthday Ivie!

We've had somewhat of a crazy month but in there we did celebrate Ivie's Birthday.  Ivie is such a sweet girls.  She is a great helper and sometimes probably has to help a little bit too much.  I love that she's getting a little older and we can have some really nice conversations.  She is very smart and responsible.  She only wanted Roller Blades and a Diary of a Wimpy Kid book.  That's pretty easy to handle.  She was SOOOO cute while opening her presents.  She LOVED everything and was so excited and appreciative about each present.  I loved watching her and wished I would have had more to give her just so I could watch her open them.  I sure do love that girl!