Disneyland

Taking the tram to the "happiest place on Earth!" Haley was so excited that she was going to meet her Princesses and Tinker Fairies!!

According to Haley, we weren't going to Disneyland, we were going to Cinderella's house!

I remember riding Dumbo as a kid!!

Special Mickey treat!

The sunset in Newport Beach

Aunt Gina came too!

Haley and Snow White

Haley's first glimpse of Cinderella!  Priceless!!!

Unfortunately, this was all we saw of Cinderella.  They do a three princess rotation, so when you get to the front of the LONG line, it is luck of the draw which princesses you'll see!  So, we stalked out the door where we knew Cinderella would eventually come out of!  40 minutes later, we were able to wave to her!  Haley was satisfied!

Princess Aurora, a.k.a Sleeping Beauty

Mulan (ya...we didn't initially know that either!)

Waiting in line to see Silvermist and Tinker Bell.  It was HOT!

Silvermist

Tinker Bell (Haley's second favorite behind Cinderella)

This is Aunt Gina's tradition...long story (and no...she did not eat it all...not even sure she made a dent...then it miraculously disappeared)!  ;)

Newport Beach

Haley and Uncle Scott

We stayed with Uncle Scott and Aunt Marie while we were down south!  We had a great time!!!

Just some recent pics

Prepping for Preschool Part 2

Just kidding, we aren't really prepping her for preschool, but she will start this Fall! Yikes!
If you notice in the next two videos poor "M and N" and the number 16 rarely make an appearance. She will often times ask where they went too! :)

Prepping for Preschool ;)

A Day with Thomas

This weekend we took a morning and went into the Santa Cruz Mountains to see Thomas the Train. The kids loved riding on the train (even though Thomas was so far ahead that we had trouble convincing them that we really were being pulled by him)!

The Train Ride

Face Painting

Lunch

We even got to play some instruments as a guitar and banjo player led us in song!

I love this picture!!

Mid-Western Trip Part 3

Our final stop was Iowa, where we spent a whole week visiting Paul's family!

Here's a picture of the gang!

Haley LOVED being around her cousins!

Waiting to touch a sturgeon fish at the Riverboat Museum and Aquarium

The next two pictures are evidence of why you shouldn't swim in the Mississippi River!!!

Looking for lizards

On board the Riverboat with the Pfohl Family!

Let me drive this thing!

Visiting Mrs. Ehtessabian, one of Paul's old neighbors from Dubuque

Cousin Meredith painting Haley's nails

Visiting the Williams family

Grandma and Grandpa met us for the day (they had just arrived in Wisconsin)

Haley got to see her cows up close and personal!!

Ahhh...Iowa corn!

Scenic Pictures of Bellevue taken by Paul

Paul took this picture as a MASSIVE storm was just exiting our area!  I asked for a good thunderstorm while we were there, and it was delivered on our last night!!