How fast are you??

94 words

My sister had this typing test on her blog, and I had to prove to her that I could beat her 84 words per minute. Let me know if you beat me!

Cousins...

My niece Katelyn and Blake.

This last weekend my sister Kelly and her family came to visit us from Idaho. Brooklyn always looks forward to playing with her cousins. She gets sad when they leave, she doesn't realize that Idaho is far away. She's always asking to go to Aunt Kelly's house. Last year we bought some property in Idaho Falls, so we do plan on moving there someday. I would love for my kids to grow up around their cousins and my two sisters that live in Idaho. I grew up with all my cousins right down the street, and I absolutely loved it! I would love for my kids to have that same experience.

We borrowed my neighbors bounce castle for all the kids to play on last weekend. They had a good time.

Weston did not want to put the bounce castle away.

Weston, Emma, Brooklyn and Mason watching a movie in the basement. The basement is not finished, but it makes a great playroom for the kids.

Browning Family

Hi everyone! The Browning family lives in our neighborhood, and all their friends are trying to get people to nominate them for this home makeover. I cant think of a more deserving family for this makeover. They are an amazing family!

If you click on this link: www.americahometoday.com/homemakeover/stories.php and read the full story and video I'm sure you would want to vote for them and help them out! The story is entitled "Taking the next step". You do have to register on the website but it takes less then a minute. Thanks!

Blake Laughing

DisneyLand...

Here we are at Disneyland. Brooklyn has been talking about going to Disneyland for the past month!! We had such a good time. I was a little nervous about the lines and it being hot. But, the lines were very short and the 3 days we spent at the park it was nice and cool! The longest line we waited in was probably 20 minutes, most of the rides we only had to wait 5 or 10 minutes. Weston's favorite ride was Buzz Lighter, we rode that a few times. Brooklyn really liked Thunder Mountain and Splash Moutain, she did not like Space Mountain! It really scared her! I took about 100 pictures, so here are some of our favorite pictures from our trip


Weston LOVES trains! He really loved riding the train around disneyland.
Precious!
Teacups!
Do you notice Weston's kid leash he has on? This was the biggest lifesavor! It would have been really hard to keep him from running off. Weston can be hard to control sometimes, so it was great to have this. He loved it, he could keep a snack in the pocket of the bear. And anytime he would start to run off, we could quickly reel him back in. It was the best $20.00 I've ever spent!
Brooklyn loved the parade...
We went to storytime one afternoon, sleeping beauty was the princess who told the story. Brooklyn loves sleeping beauty, she wears her sleeping beauty play dress almost everyday.
Here we are at the swimming pool at the hotel. It was nice to stay so close to the park, so when we got tired we could go back to the hotel to relax.

We lucked out and saw Mickey and Minnie Mouse, we only had to wait a few mintues to get a picture taken with them. Brooklyn had her autograph book that she had the different characters sign when she saw them.


Brooklyn sitting on Minnie Mouse's couch....
I left Blake with my mom for the first day and half of our trip. It was nice to have her watch him so Rich and I could ride the bigger rides with Brooklyn and Weston. The last day and half that we had Blake, he was really good! He just slept in his snuggling most of the time.

Brooklyn getting goofy's signature...



We went to quite a few 3d shows, the kids loved it. It's nice to take a break from walking and sit down and watch a show. I've never spent 3 days in a row at Disneyland, we were able to do so much and not feel rushed.
I think this ride was called the sunwheel at California Adventure, it swings back and forth. I felt so sick on this ride, I usually dont get sick on rides. But I did on this one!!!

Rich took this picture of Brooklyn Blake and I, he was in front of us with Weston.


Bell and the Beast, I took pictures of the princess at the parade incase we wern't able to see them in person. Brooklyn did get to see Bell and give her a hug, but when I tried to take the picture I didnt push the button down all the way. So I missed it!!
TinkerBell...

Playing at the park...

My parents and Rich and I took our kids to the park near my parents home. It was fun to take the kids to the park that I went to when I was little. Brooklyn and Weston had a fun time feeding the ducks.

The beach...

Rich and I went to Ventura Beach with my brother and sister Lauren and Steven. My parents had a wedding to go to in San Diego that day, so we spent the day at the beach. We had a fun time, it was a nice day, the sun was out but it was a little cold and windy. The kids had a fun time playing in the sand. It was their first visit to the beach.

Blake stayed in the shade and slept most of the day.
Brooklyn has been so excited to wear her new cherry swimsuit she got for her birthday! Lauren and Brooklyn
Steven getting buried in the sand...
Weston playing on the boogie board with Lauren.