The real reason for the awesome trip!

So all the fun parks aside, there was a much more important reason to journey to Florida. This little doll!

We were lucky enough to be able to attend her blessing and Justin was able to be apart of the circle. Jason gave her an amazing blessing and it was the cherry on top of a wonderful vacation. it was so great to see Londyn and Emmy reunited and to meet the newest addition to the bunch. Now we get to anticipate the arrival of Karli and Dusty's little girl!! I'm so glad everyone else is having babies right now, because as much as i want another one, my hands are full :) so i get to still play with the new ones and enjoy my own. More babies in our future but not just yet.

A day of rest by the pool... in the sun.

So on our 3rd day in Florida we relaxed by the pool and let the kids swim and play. Emmy taught Londyn how to jump into the pool and Abi splashed up a storm. She was so sad when it was time to get out. I think we have a fun summer of swimming in our future :)
I lathered the girls up in sunscreen because it was our first real sun experience since last year but i forgot myself.. so this is what i get for being forgetful... maybe i'll think twice next time.

Day 2 in Orlando, DISNEY!!

So, after a much needed night of rest we got to go to Disney World. Just for a bit of background... I told Londyn a month before we left that we were going to get to go to Disney and I told her all the things we could do. for example: hug winnie the pooh and minnie mouse and see captain jack sparrow and go on a pirate ride. This kid did not forget a word i said and every day up until we went it's about all she talked about. i think the both of us were super happy to have it finally be a reality and a fun one at that! here are some of my favorite pics:

Jason and Liz were SO prepared for the day! The brought these adorable dresses, they had glow sticks and candy and well anything you would want or need at disney, but without spending a billion dollars on it all. I just love these little princesses! Abi was dressed as Tinkerbell but was still pooped out in the stroller. poor thing, we're going to have to take a make up trip for her when she's a little older.


Abi went with us on the Safari ride and she was so cute! i would point at animals and she'd put her hand out with all her fingers extended like she wanted to touch what i was pointing at.

TROUBLE :)
I think the characters were my favorite! Londyn got to hug Pooh bear, Minnie, Timone, Pluto, and the Bunnies from Bambi. She was so tired that i couldn't get a smile but there was so much wonder in her eyes as she took it all in. it was great!




Abi fell asleep anywhere she could, and papa looked like a good spot while we were on the bus to Magic Kingdom.

such a sweetie and soooo cute!!

Getting ready for the fire works (that we didn't make it to, but we still had a great view!)

on the way to the castle i ran into prince charming and he was nice enough to stop and take a picture with me, isn't he dreamy?!

FIREWORKS!! londyn hated them and Abi was really intrigued by them.

the gang :)
We had such a great time!!

Our whirl wind trip to Orlando!!

So we just got back from a fun filled week end with Jason and Liz and their girls. They were great hosts and showed us the ropes at both major theme parks, Universal Studios and, of course, Disney World. The main reason we went was to meet our newest niece Ellie and she was so precious! We even got to be there for her blessing which was so awesome and we are so happy we could be there for it.
p.s. this may be a long post!
So we started by driving to Vegas to catch a plane. It was the red eye flight and let's just say no one slept but Londyn and Abi. Jason and Liz and girls picked us up at the airport and off we went to Universal Studios.

We, of course, had to go to the Wizzarding world of Harry Potter!! it was amazing, honestly so cool! the detail they put into that park is unreal! We got introduced to frozen Butter beer and there isn't a good enough word to explain how delicious it was.

Here is Justin standing in line for our food at the Hogs Head, i think.. i was to tired to take in to many details :)

Just a shot of the view when you walk in.


We took the kids to Dr. Seuss land where Londyn, Emmy, and, Abi got to ride the carousel (the two older girls rode it many more times too). Poor little Abi was so sick and low on sleep so for most of the trip she was crashed out in the stroller. I can't get the picture of Abi on the ride to upload so i'll try later. :(

We went to Jurassic park world and it was so fun! Londyn loved the huge dinosaurs and got to watch a baby dino hatch out of it's egg. She thought it was so cool. Justin is so fun because he gets into it with Londyn and it's like he's a kid again!

here are all the adults and Ellie :) we had a blast. These are just some of the pics from our first day in Orlando, i'll post Disney pics later because there is so much! enjoy!!

Moab FUN!

At the end of February me and the girls hopped into my grandparents car and took a trip to Moab. It was so much fun! Londyn is doing really good at remembering names and was awesome at keeping all the grandparents organized. She has Great Grandma Stocks who she calls "Grandma Elisabeth" and then Grandma and Grandpa Stocks and then she had Great Grandma and Grandpa Dickey there too. lots of grandparents to spoil the girls :)
We got to see Chy's family too but they got sick the day after we got there so they stayed a good distance away because they didn't want to get us sick. The girls ended up with ear aches anyway and we had to go to the ER on a Saturday morning because there is not an instacare in Moab :) anyway, we got to go to the park after church on Sunday and we all had fun and Monday i made my special chili for everyone. WE had a BLAST!!!





Abi is getting so big and is standing up against everything, but her favorite is windows or sliding glass doors. In this pic she was looking for a kitty outside. She says kitty anytime she sees any animal, it's so cute!!

A favorite new activity! parks are starting to be way more fun now that Abi is getting into the action!

Londyn makes friends wherever she goes, whether the new friend likes it or not :) her and this cute little girl held hands going up the slide and would wait for each other at the bottom and do it all over again. so funny!

More pics from our fun day in the snow

Let it SNOW??!!

It snowed in St. George!! Crazy, huh?? it's a rare occasion and Londyn and Justin took the opportunity to build a very handsome snowman and londyn of course named it "Pirate Jack snowman". Me and Abi hung out in the house and played toys and practiced her walking.. she's getting close!

The Farm...

The other day Londyn went with Desiree to a farm out in Leeds. I guess this place was HUGE and there were tons of animals. Londyn, being her usual self, didn't have much of an attention span and quickly greeted each animal as they went and then was off on her own adventure. Me and Abi stayed home because I was sick and she would have been hard to carry around the entire farm. So me and Abs got some good quality time together, which was fun!

Valentines Day!!!

Justin and I won a dinner for two from Lovelocks and it was AMAZING!!! perfect Valentines date. Dinner under the stars, delicious food, and eachother :)




Londyn and Abi got dressed up for the day too with their heart shirts, and they got valentines from lots of loved ones. So fun to celebrate holidays with them!! Londyn told everyone "Happy balentin day!!"

potty training and other fun adventures

all of the pics for some reason have my children looking like orphans. please don't judge them :) or me for that matter!


Abi and Londyn are starting to play together.. they think that each other is so funny! Abi will stick her fingers by londyn's mouth and londyn will pretend to bite her and then they laugh so hard, i love it! i can't wait to see what kind of trouble they get into.

here's our practice run at londyn's valentines day hair.. it's supposed to look like hearts, i love it!


Abi and Londyn are starting to play
Londyn has been going potty like a champ! minus the number 2 endeavors (we're working on it..)

she did go #2 once on the potty because i told her we'd go to Pirate Island Pizza. lol, i just can't afford that each time we have success! she did win a lot of tickets in the arcade and the fun for her was grabbing all the tickets while i played the games!

Abi is so much fun!! she's starting to want to walk and get into everything! i'm a little worried about keeping up with them both but so excited have them both able to run and play :)