Yard Sale Adventure

Last Saturday Katie and I decided to do a little yard selling. We woke up at the crack of dawn and headed out. At first we were only going to a couple but after we got started we had to hit them all...we got SO many good deals. My favorite deal was bead board, I got enough to do my kids bedroom for $10.....seriously a steal. We have priced it out before and it would cost us well over $200(pictures to come). I also got a playhouse for the kids and lots of other fun toys. One lady even gave us two power wheels jeeps that she was just going to junk, WHAT.....I know so awesome right? It was my first time yard selling and it defiantly will not be my last. We had so much fun.
Just enjoying the nice weather.

Family Vacation

For a long time Molly and I have been wanting to take our families to Disneyland. This year they are doing the "Give a day, get a day" program. There were lots of different things we could do. Like help at a soup kitchen etc. We chose to make blankets for Haiti. It was easy to do and with "free" tickets, why not go? Richard and I left Saturday and checked into our hotel in Vegas we took the kids swimming and just hung out until John and Molly flew in from Washington that night. The next day all 8 of us crammed into the van and headed for Disneyland. We went to Disneyland on Monday and then on Tuesday we went to California Adventures, Wednesday we made the dreaded trip home. We all had such a good time it just came and went way too fast for everyone.
Days 1 & 2
The wind was blowing so hard it made the pool freezing cold. Maddie's cheeks were purple for hours afterward.

Kaden was already asleep when Alice got there so they had to wait til' morning to see eachother. They were both so happy to be together finally.
Getting ready to go... sporting there new glasses.
All the kids just getting ready to leave for Disneyland.
Kaden was so excited to have his ticket to Disneyland

That morning it was raining pretty good so John decided to get us all ponchos... about the time he did the rain stopped.
Kaden wasn't too sure about getting close to any of the characters.

Kaden in Mickeys chair
Maddie in Toon Town

DAY 3



When we got to California Adventures we headed straight to Bugs Land for the kids and they all loved it. They got to go on 4 different rides in one hour.

Patiently waiting behind the yellow line
Bugs movie 3D...
Kaden loved getting to see these guys ;)
Richard was the only one that wanted to ride the Mala-boomer so he went all by himself.




The Pixar parade was so cute.

HELP!!!

About 3 months ago I started the dreadful potty training with Kaden. We had a big potty party and did all the charts and prizes.For the first 2 weeks he did pretty good. He would go pee almost every time with no accidents but poop was another story he would not go at all. Then we would go somewhere for the day and taking Kaden potty every half hour wasn't top priority so he decided that he was not interested nor did he care about going potty like a big boy at all. We have had a few good days but for the most part he has protested every step of the way. This whole process has been a absolute nightmare. He will even go sometimes for 2-3 days without a bowel movement and then he cries until he goes because his tummy hurts. I don't know what to do....I have tried being so nice when he has so call "accidents" but after 6 wet and 2 poopy pairs of underwear in one day my patience is shot and I turn into a not so nice mom. Advice please I am ready to give up completely. This is by far the hardest thing I have ever done.

Happy Easter!

This weekend since Easter fell on conference, and we didn't have any Sunday obligations we decided to go camping. We left Friday afternoon and headed out to Nays ranch. We rode 4-wheelers, colored Easter eggs and just really relaxed and had a fun weekend. We listened to conference on the radio and lets just say with two little ones it is way hard to pay attention. But I am grateful for what I did get to hear and learn. It was a great weekend.