Dress up

So this is what happens when you are two and you let your big sister dress you up. Notice the heels even. Daddy was very disturbed. These are go going in his wedding slide. Great black mail pictures. He is pretty cute no matter what he's wearing even if he's a pill.

Another Year Another birthday

So I have a little catching up to do. Last month was Elizabeth and Steven's birthday's. There birthday's are only 5 days apart which is not a bad thing right now, but I give it another couple years of combined party. We started the celebration by going to Utah on the 11th for Kellie's baptism in Oak City and then on up to Salt Lake for grandma's doctor appt. While we were there we went to Hogle Zoo. It was great fun. Monday it was back to grandma and grandpa's house where we had a little birthday party for them for the family up there, then Tuesday we came home and got ready for the birthday swim party at home. Well actually thanks to our lovely neighbors that let us use their pool for the party and barbecue. Elizabeth had a couple of friends and some family over. Grandma the talented made a fabulous Hannah Montana guitar cake for Elizabeth and then a bat and ball cake for Steven. They got some great presents and had a lot of fun.

Dancing with the stars/Disneyland

O.K. so I'm not fabulous at the blogging thing but going to try to amend that. A couple of weeks ago we went to the finale of Dancing with the Stars that I won from our local abc station. My Mom and Dad went down with us to help with the kids. We left Saturday the 16th after my Heritage Makers training class. We drove down and made pretty good time. We got to our exit for our hotel and decide to get gas. Then according to the directions my mom had printed off mapquest we started to drive to what we thought was our hotel. We we started driving on these roads that were so narrow that only one car could pass and we started seeing expensive cars and were making turn after turn we realized we were not in the right place. My dad pipes up and says were is the map I printed off. Yea so when we got off the freeway we should have gone right not left. We did have a good laugh over this even though it was 1030p.m. The next morning we told Elizabeth we were taking her to Disneyland. I wish I would have had my camera for that. She sat there with her mouth hung open in complete silence for a minute. It was great. We spent quite a while a Disneyland. We were in Tomorrow land as our last stop. My Dad, the kids, Jerry and I were on Autotopia when we got to the end they stopped us for like 10 minutes before they let us off. When we got off and went to ride the Nemo ride one of my favorites, they told us that the ride was shut down and every ride was shut down at the moment and they weren't sure why. So it was 9pm by then and we still had an hour drive back to the motel to get our bags to go to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. On our way out of the park we found out the reason that the rides where shut down. There was a 5.0 earthquake. I am so glad I was on a ride that already rumbled because one of the things I fear about going to California is the earthquakes. We never felt it though. The next morning we decide to go to the beach instead of back to California Adventure. We again started out going the wrong way but eventually turned around and made it to the beach were Steven had the time of his life despite the freezing water. We had to drag him out of the ocean. We made it back to our Hotel at 10 to 3p.m. thinking we had an hour before we had to be downstairs to meet everyone else. We get a call saying everybody is waiting for you. You were suppose to be down here at 2:45. I have never done my hair and my makeup so fast in my life. They told us they would wait till 3:30 then they had to go. We made it down to the bus at 3:25. We drove a short distance to CBS studios and after waiting 20 min to get into the building through security we went to our seats that were labeled just for us. We didn't have to wait long for the show to start. It was amazing. My voice was so hoarse from cheering afterwards. After the taping we waited around to get pictures with Derek and Mark. Because Mark and Shawn did so well we waited a while because they were doing interviews. Jerry and some of the other winners were able to sneak down to the celebrity section and get autographs. The only thing I had for them to sign were my business cards. Gilles was signing and Jerry told him it was for his wife who was tired and seating in the seats. He hollered for me to come down. So down I went. We ended up with pictures taken by the abc lady since we weren't allowed cameras or phones in there. We got them with Derek, Mark, and then Gilles had to get in the action, then here came Cheryl and then Shawn came to join in and then Tony and Mellissa. We got all their autographs it was great. The kids stayed with Grandpa and Grandma that night so we order room service since we didn't have a car. It was yummy too bad I was fighting a migraine or it would have made our anniversary weekend better. The next morning we got something to eat after they picked us up. Then drove home. We had a great time.

Dancing With the Stars

So in case you haven't heard, I won our local ABC's competition to go see the Dancing with the Stars Finale. I am so excited. It's the only show I watch faithfully. We get to stay 2 nights at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. They provide transportation to and from the hotel to the studio. Since we are going down we have decide to take the children and my parents have consent to come along and we are going to surprise them with a trip to Disneyland. The children that is my parents know we are going. Elizabeth has been asking for the last couple of months to go and we have told her next year after Daddy graduates, but this opportunity came up that we were going to be there. She is going to be so excited. I already had a fancy smancy dress as I say and just needed shoes which I found. We will be on the Finale the 18th. We get to meet Mark and Derek. I am so excited. Did I say that already. It's going to be exciting for both things. And Yes I am taking my husband. Our Anniversary is the 16th so Happy Anniversary to me.

Elizabeth's Ballet

Elizabeth started ballet class last Saturday. She did pretty good for her first lesson. Of course she loves to dance. She listened really well. She did have a crash with another little girl during free dance that she felt really bad about. But it went well. She will have a break for a week because the teacher who also happens to be a lady from our ward is not going to be in town. She is not going to take the break so well. She asks me every day if she has dance today. Of course I already had a ballet template so I am already working on her book. I love my job especially when I can use it for my kids.

Words of a 15 year old. I'm mean 5 year old.

So we were on the way to the DMV today and Becky and I were talking about somebody knowing everything. Elizabeth pipes in and says she knows everything. "I am in Kindergarten, and I know everything." Oh heaven help me. I am raising a teenager already. I thought they weren't suppose to know it all till they were teenagers. What happened to the last 10 years of her life. I knew I was forgetting things but 10 years really? Add her already teenage rebellion with her red headed attitude and that's a dangerous combination. I might not survive her teenage years if she's like this already.

Elizabeth Lesson.

Last Monday when I did Elizabeth's hair for school I notice pieces shorter then the rest on one side and I thought oh no she has had a lot of breakage, that was until I went into the bathroom and found her hair in the trash. Sunday night when she was suppose to be brushing her teeth she decide to cut her hair. Now it was so noticeable that it couldn't have just blended in and been fine, but I decide that she needed to know what happens when she takes cut her hair into her own hands. She didn't want me to cut it, she said I don't want to look like a boy. I told her well then you shouldn't have cut it, because now I have to fix it. And you won't look like a boy, it will look like Annalynn's hair cut. Well I think it looks really cute, and she likes it I think too. It is much easier to do. We don't have a melt down now every time I say its time to do your hair.