Disneyland 2009!

We surprised our kids and took them on a vacation to California. Just imagine being 5 and 3 years old and being woke up at 7am to "Wake up kids, we're going to Disneyland!" The boys were pretty excited about it. We left on Wednesday morning and checked in to our hotel. We ended up meeting up with Grandma Judy and Aunt Amanda. We then headed for Newport Beach. There the kids enjoyed frozen dipped bananas and being crashed by the ocean waves. The weather was AMAZING! The nippy water did not even phase the boys as they were up to their necks in it. After we dragged the kids away from the water we all rented bikes for an hour and rode the beach path along Newport. Mase and Max both were zonked during the ride. That night we headed for downtown Disney for a nice stroll and shopping.







Thursday was the day we were waiting for. We woke up bright and early and headed for the magic kingdom. After a yummy buffet breakfast we were set and headed for the rides. The first one we hit was Pirates of the Caribbean - Mase's favorite from our last visit to DL. It was a hit, and the boys were singing "yo ho yo ho a pirates life for me as we exited the ride. We continued on and rode all the rides. Max's and Mason's favorite ride is Matterhorn Mountain. We went on it twice. Buzz Lightyear is always a hit, and the new Toy Story ride is awesome. Nice thing about having boys is that we didn't have to worry about seeing all the princesses and getting autographs. The only character they wanted to see was Mickey. The crouds weren't huge and the weather was perfect. Maxwell took an hour nap but Mase was going the whole time. The park closes at 11pm (12am UT time) and Mase never stopped. In fact the park was closing and Mase was wanting to go on Haunted Mansion one more time.







Friday we slept in and after breakfast we said goodbye to Grandma Judy and Amanda and headed to San Bernadino (about 1 hour away) to Grandma Hummer's house or oasis... (Barbara - Matt's mom) Grandma Hummer was so excited to see her to Grandsons that she doesn't get to see every day. She was so cute. She had a scavenger hunt planned for the boys with all of Grandpa Hummers treasures. We picked fresh oranges and made fresh orange juice, played pool, cooked hotdogs and marshmellows at the fire pit. But most importantly layed around the pool for hours... Her house is amazing! We stayed in our own little casita and enjoyed the company of Carlos (the big guard dog) and Bitsy (Grandma's lap dog). The boys could not get enough of the doggy's. Barbara made great food and was very accommodating - Thanks Grandma for the fun time.


Saturday morning we woke up and headed to Wild America and enjoyed all the African animals in an open scene, rather than small pens. The animals are allowed to roam free and we toured right through their surroundings. We then headed to San Diego Zoo for the remainder of the day. We loved seeing all the animals and learning about them.

We were so sad to see our vacation come to an end. We had SO much fun and look forward to more visits to California...
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Wrangler Butt's Drive Me Nuts!

I have a feeling that this summer is going to be really busy. Today alone we had a field trip, soccer game and Mason's and Maxwell's first mini Rodeo. The boys have been so excited for this and we had a great time. The best part of the rodeo is dressing up in the proper git up'. We've always been sold on the cowboy boots - the boys won't leave home without them, but now we're sold on the Wrangler jeans as well. Way too cute.

The first event was the barrel racing. I've been working with them a lot on the pattern and they both nailed it down and had really good times.

The next event was so funny. The pics look like the boys are grabbing the goats butt, but this is how it works. They are timed to see how long it take them to run and grab the ribbon off the goats tail and run back. Mase didn't hesitate and did well.

Maxwell, on the other hand, decided to put the sneak on the goat. Max didn't want to run up to it so he grabbed the rope and tried to pull the goat toward him. Matt and I were in tears because we were laughing so hard - the absolute cutest thing in the world. After Max retrieved the ribbon he kind of mozied on back to the finish line. So funny!

Now, this is where we need some practice. Calf roping isn't as easy as in looks. We are going to practice this event for next time.

All this cowboy stuff sure makes you tired...

We still have many rodeo's to come, hopefully we'll improve every time. The next rodeo Mason is going to do the "muttin bustin'" event - hang on there lil' buddy.

Another Fun Field Trip

Mason's preschool had another fun field trip. They went to the Chili's restarant in Centerville. They got to order food from the four food groups: Brocoili, Casadia, Mandarine Oranges and Turkey. The kids went on a tour of the restaurant and loved the giant freezer. It was a great field trip!!

Max loves field trip days. He gets to pretend that he is one of the preschoolers and he joins right in.

Our Lil' Leprechaun's

Mase and Max didn't know what to think when daddy pull the milk out of the fridge this morning and it was GREEN! The boys were pretty excited to wear green and their favorite part is painting their hair green (this doesn't give them permission to die their hair crazy when they get older). Anyway, our good friends the Hendrickson's just had their baby so we were able to see new baby Izril. What a cutie. Afterwords we headed to Sugarhouse Park and had a dinner picnic. Matt and the boys can't get enough of the ducks and geese. We had a good ol time.

Monte Cristo

We headed up sledding and had a blast. We got the boys bundled up and they were awesome. Nobody even got cold. The weather was perfect! Both Mason and Maxwell love to ride snowmobiles - they were yelling faster! faster! the entire time. Nothing is better than spending time with the family - especially in the out doors. Snowmobiling is such a fun sport because you are able to see a lot of country that would be otherwise unaccessable. We're so lucky to live in such a beautiful area!

Mason and Max's favorite thing to do was to race up and down this hill as fast as the little xlt could go.

Max really enjoyed the traditional "slide down the hill on your butt" routine...

Matt made me throw these pics of him on the blog...