Downtown Disney

Thanksgiving: "I'm thankful for....DisneyWorld!!!"

We were over at Ryan and Windy's house for Thanksgiving, and they surprised us with a Thanksgiving "gift." A weekend at DISNEYWORLD with them! We went home, packed our bags, came back and slept at their house until about 4am, when we all took off to Disneyworld. It was so amazingly nice of them, and we had a blast!!!! We got there, the very day after Thanksgiving, checked into our hotel, went swimming for a while, then spent the rest of the evening at downtown Disney, visiting shops, eating dinner, and some pretty scrumptious candy apples and yummy chocolate truffles. Then we went back to the hotel to get some sleep, and Ryan, Windy, Caitlin, and Britta gave Brianna and Sydney little princess dress-ups for them to where at Disneyworld the next day! So we went to sleep, and woke up bright and early the next day to spend the whole day at Disneyworld. Sydney was dressed up as Cinderella, and Brianna was Snow White. They are adorable little princesses! The day was spent, filled with as many rides as they could go on, and the highlight for the girls was meeting all the princesses and other disney characters. We tried to meet everyone. It was magical! Especially when evening came and we got to see the electric parade and the firework show, and Cinderella's castle all decorated for Christmas. Beautiful! Fun! Exciting! Magical! We were all exhausted by the end of the day. Sydney got a refreshing nap during the firework show, so on the bus ride back to the hotel when the rest of us were struggling to stay awake, Sydney was chatting our ears off, telling us every single thing about her wonderful day at Disneyworld. It was hilarious! She didn't stop even when we got back, got in bed, and were all trying to sleep! Eventually, we did get her to be quiet, and we all got a much needed night of rest, before our drive home the next day. Good times!

Breakfast...Yum!

This spinach drink is what we've been having for breakfast almost everyday since we've come out here. We got the idea from Ryan and Windy, although we have adapted it a little. We use 1 cup of frozen fruit. Our favorite is this Spectrum Blend from Costco, with peaches, strawberries, blueberries, pinapple, and honeydew. The 3 berry mix from costco is really good, too, if you don't mind the seeds. Then we add about 3/4 cup of any flavor yogurt, we use peach yogurt, and 3/4 cup orange juice, and about 2 cups of spinach. I just grab 2 big handfuls and throw it in. Blend it all up, and walah! It is really good and a great way to get a bunch of spinach into your daily diet. My girls love it and they drink it everyday too. Get this...Jared has lost 15 lbs since we moved!!! He's a hotty!

Happy Halloween!

We went to our ward halloween party and had a blast this year. Brianna and Sydney wanted to where the same costumes as last year. Hayden was Quasimodo and I was Esmerelda. We also had our friend Theresah, from our apartments, with us. Hayden looked hilarious! We got all sorts of laughs with him. He just hung out in my arms, just content to sit there with his hunchback shoulders. He loved his BillyBob teeth. I only put them in his mouth for pictures or when people wanted to see it because otherwise he druled everywhere and they eventually would fall out, but everytime I would put them in his mouth he would smile and start gumming them. He really looked pitiful, though. People didn't know whether to laugh or cry. We did Trunk or Treating and our ward really got into it. They had all decorated their cars. It was quite the spook alley. At the end, Jared and I laughed so hard we cried when someone gave Sydney the scare of her life (poor Sydney). There was a huge spider remote control toy that someone had walk up to Sydney and it scared her so bad!!! I really felt bad that she was so scared, and yes, I did comfort her, but Oh My Gosh, it was so funny!

Playin' at the Park

Here in Georgia, there are parks everywhere. We've been enjoying visiting different parks each week. They all have beautiful trails to walk, through forested areas or around lakes. The girls love trying to catch the squirrels along the trail, but just scaring them away. Hayden is chill, as always, just hanging out in his stroller. And then, of course, they spend a long time playing on the playground, too. We all get a bit of exercise, enjoy the scenery, and have fun playing. This is one of our favorite things about our new home in Georgia.

On the way to Georgia...

As we were driving our van and moving truck to Georgia, we started noticing a TON of smashed froggers everywhere on the road. Poor things! We decided to pull off and let the girls experience the change in environment. We had passed through the familiar Utah and mountainous area, drove through near endless cornfields, and then suddenly we are in a humid and green place totally new to our kids. So we woke them up and went outside to catch FROGS! They were everywhere. The noise of frogs and toads was so loud. The girls were a little apprehensive at first, but then they really got into it. Jared caught one and they got to touch it, then it hopped out of Jared's hands and I laughed my head off watching the girls freak out! They were jumping all over the place. We caught several different kinds of frogs, then hopped back into our vehicles and continued our four day drive to Georgia.

Swimming!

This summer went by fast, but the kids had a blast swimming, swimming, and once we came to Georgia, a lot more swimming! Here are the kids with Grandma Phillips at the A.F. Rec Center having a ball!