California trip part 1

I think our whole trip revolved around going to Livermore to see our friends that we miss so much. We waited to leave till Saturday morning just so the girls would be able to spend the whole afternoon with friends. Most of Jacobs friends have moved away, but he got to see Sarah, with bangs. (That was one of the first things he noticed)

Here are the girls with some of their friends. We went to our old ward on Sunday. Taryn was sick so she stayed in the hotel. Poor girl, she was throwing up all day. The car ride to LA was not fun for her.

Luckily Taryn felt better on Monday. Good thing too, we had bought tickets for Disneyland for Monday. We ran through both parks to get it all in. I didn't want to go a second day. None of the kids really like to ride the rides, we did convince (manipulate) Lauren into going on California Screamin'. She said she liked it but didn't want to go on it again. As the bad parents we are, and we did the same thing 6 years ago with Taryn and Lauren, we tricked Jacob into going on some rides he would not have chosen for himself. The tower of Terror. He didn't cry, but he was terrified. Another kid ruined.

Bree is still to young to enjoy too much, and being the youngest she will probably never go back, cause that's just the way it is with the youngest. At least I got a picture of her as proof that she went once.

These next two pictures were taken towards the end of the night, and Jacob had had enough. He didn't want to be in anymore pictures. Overall the kids had a good time, and we spent a small fortune. Sorry kids, there will be a delay on your braces.

On Tuesday the kids, ALL of them, got to spend the day at the office with their dad. Thanks to everyone else in the office that helped take care of them, brought them lunch, went to the store to get wipes, and a sippy cup. The kids were well behaved as far as I know. They were troopers
and were very patient, all they wanted to do was go back to the hotel and swim.

Stay tuned for part two, when I get around to it.

Happy birthday Lauren, again.

This picture was taken 2004, the last time we went to Disneyland. We will be back there next week. You love the water and to swim, but sand is not your favorite thing to touch. The waves kind of scared you a little.

Lauren played softball when we lived in Livermore. She could hardly hold up the bat, but loves to play all sports, but I think she found her sport: soccer. She looks forward to playing in the spring. I don't look forward to being in the rain.

This picture sums up our last trip to Disneyland. Lauren was in awe of seeing all the princesses, but this was by far the best reaction. They had such a great time on this trip. Now it's Jacobs turn to be amazed, but I don't think this can be beat.

Lauren I hope you have a great day.

You have so much in this world to look forward too, and a lot you are going to say goodbye to this year. Last year of elementary school, last year of primary. Last year of not babysitting. I almost have 2 kids to choose from for babysitting.

You are a great helper to me at home, and are almost very willing to do anything. Although I am starting to get a little attitude from you every once in a while.

Happy Birthday Lauren

Picasa wouldn't let me put all the pictures on the same post, so this will be broken up into 2 posts. These pictures are what Lauren is to me. When I look back these are times I remember. Sorry about the quality, most of these were taken before distal cameras, so they were scanned from scrapbooks.

Lauren was born on Feb. 1st. at 1:30 in the afternoon. She took her sweet time getting here. She was 10 days overdue, and my doctor decided it would be best to induce labor. You broke my tail bone in the process. I was only in the hospital 24 hrs, and I asked to go home. You were a pretty good baby. At the time I thought you cried a lot, compared to Taryn, but after having a real colic baby, you just wanted attention. Everyone loved you and wanted to hold you. I loved to put you in clothing so that you and Taryn matched.

You have always loved bugs. You would want to keep the Roley poly's as pets, but didn't understand why they died. You would just go find some more. You could spend hours outside with them.

This is one of my favorite pictures of you. Your eyes are so big. You were about 16 months old and loved to be outside with your sister. Bree looks a lot like you.

This picture was taken at Aunt Melissa's high school graduation in 2004. Uncle Aaron was in the Marines, and was on leave. You have always loved him so much. He's a great uncle!