Squirt Gun Heaven

Matthew and Allison have been on a squirt gun kick lately. They love the things, and an added bonus is that the things entertain them for quite awhile. Matthew said he was 'too busy squirting' for me to take his picture, but since Allison is a ham she was all over it.

Disneyland

It always seems to take me a month or so after a vacation for life to become back to normal. SO, I'm just getting around to posting about our trip to Disneyland. We had a lot of fun, although it was REALLY hot for a couple days (in the low 100s). We took Dave's parents with us and it was nice to go on a few rides without the kiddos. Matthew favorite rides were Pirates and Soarin' California. Allison loved the roller coaster in toontown and even tried the Matterhorn. She said that she liked the Matterhorn, but didn't want to go again. We all loved the new Toy Story ride. It was also nice to spend several days there and see/do a lot of things that we normally won't have done.

All of us
Allison & Grandma Locher watching a parade.Allison with Mickey
The fireworks rocked.
Crazy lines at the princess place. You have to go right when it opens. One lady told us that they waited 3 hours the day before and only saw Mulan... We got to see Cinderella, Snow White & Sleeping Beauty. Allison told Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty all about Snow White the whole time. That was her favorite. Matthew even gave them hugs; that probably won't last too much longer.
Allison & Matthew at Minnie's house.

Me and Matthew on the bumper cars. Dave and Allison were going to go too, but Allie was too short according to the worker.


Matthew & Grandma on the cars. Another of Matthew's favorite rides.

Spring is here

It's been a very wet & cold spring. But spring is finally here and the flowers at Temple Square are SO pretty. My nice Mom picked me up from the airport after our trip to Disneyland and she dropped me off for a few minutes at Temple square so I could see the flowers. I wish I would have had more time to spend there, but the flowers really were beautiful AND of course, I took a couple of pictures.

If only I could be this happy when I wake up

The second Allison wakes up she starts singing, laughing, & talking to herself. Not me...I drag myself out of bed and can't think quite straight for a few minutes after I wake up. A couple of days ago Allie woke up from her nap jumping in her bed. If only I could be this happy when I wake up.

March Madness

I'm not talking about basketball. I'm talking about our crazy March weather. This weekend Matthew played soccer in our backyard & we went to an Easter egg hunt. It was windy, but so warm this past weekend. Then...today... it snowed like crazy! I was kind of bummed this morning when I woke up to the white snow and realized that my a lot of my apricots probably froze again this year, but then I decided to look on the bright side of things. My dog won't be able to get sick off of eating too many apricots, I won't need to pick them off of the tree, I won't feel like I need to make apricot juice, AND I have to admit that it was REALLY pretty this evening after it snowed. I had to go out and take a couple of shots of my apricot tree.

If only all days could be Saturdays

Just a couple of pictures from yesterday.

Allison wanted to take her nap in a laundry basket...

When I finally got her to sleep in her bed, Matthew & I had fun making banana bread. When we were done, I told him thanks for his help. He said in his grown up way of saying things, "For sure Mom. It was no problem."

Discovery Gateway

I've been meaning to post these pictures for a few days & I'm finally getting around to it. We took the kids to Discovery Gateway last weekend and they had a blast. We ended up buying a membership, so we'll definitely be back. Here's a few pictures.

Matthew loved the drums.


Allison loved the balls that she could see get sucked up in the hoses.