Cooper said his favorite part of the vacation was the beach. We went to Coranado, and the sand was so soft and wonderful. If we had this much fun on a cold chilly day, I would like to see us there on a nice warm day.

Balboa Park

We had a fabulous time at Balboa Park. The Science Center was wonderful. Not crowded at all, and there were tons of hands on activities for the kids.

Disneyland

We had a fabulous trip to California. It was perfect! The only thing I would change is the stop in Vegas on the way there and the way back. We did not like staying on the strip. So, aside from Vegas, the vacation could not have been any better! We arrived at the Grand California, and they upgraded us to a room with enough beds for our whole family. After checking in and exploring the hotel, we decided to go for a swim. The kids had so much fun going up and down the water slides. In the evening we played around at downtown disney and went out to eat with Grandma and Grandpa. The next few days were spent playing at the parks. The kids loved to be able to meet up with cousins and Grandma and Grandpa. It was just perfect!

Family Time

I need to remind myself how precious family time is. My children are not always going to be this young and eager for attention. The other night Taylor and Cooper made these posters and posted them around the house. The posters advertise "game night" They also cleared the dinner table and got out a game.

Had they asked for a game we probably would have done something quick, or told them that we would another day, but they went through so much effort.

As we were playing it was a lot of fun laughing and spending time together. These are the moments that I remember at the end of the week. Not facebook, not web serving, not shipping or doing chores. I need to cherish these special family moments.

Cooper!

I thought I would try and spotlight each kid. Today I wanted to do Cooper because he has been just a sweetheart!

He got a toy for Christmas that he has enjoyed and he told me he really wanted to buy one for Taylor and one for Mason. He started doing some chores around the house today to turn money to purchase the toys. When I picked him up from school today, he saved one of the candies that he got from the teacher for Mason. He said it was for Mason because he feels bad that he hasn't earned enough money to buy him that toy yet.

Here is a quote from an email I got today from Cooper's teacher: "Cooper is such a cute kid! His often very energetic responses make me laugh."

Cooper loves learning. I is constantly asking questions about how things work. He loves to read. Each night he reads scriptures in his bed. He instigated it. He asked me if he could have his on scriptures to read. Most nights when I go in to tuck him in, he is totally involved in his scripture reading. In fact, he has a had a few panicky moments when he can't find his scriptures.

Cooper plays nicely and treats others so well. I am so blessed to have such a handsome, smart, fun, kind, and special little guy to me my son.

Puppies!

Laverne had puppies! They are 4 weeks old today. 2 more weeks of keeping these pups. It has been an exciting adventure. The night laverne was in labor, I walked past Taylor's room and heard squeaking. I was too nervous to go into the room by myself, so I rushed down stairs and got Jason. We went into together. These was laverne, and a slimy pup, and some messy spots on taylor's carpet :( We heard squeaking coming from somewhere in the room, so Jason and I went hunting. Jason found a pup under one of taylor's skirts still in it's sack. We took the sack off and cut the cord. Yay, we saved it!
This was around 10:30pm, and by 3am Laverne had all 8 pups. They all are healthy and doing well!
The kids love them and have named each of them (biggy, chocolate bar, miniature, yonyo, yonyo junior, zoe, Michael Jackson, and dude).
My house is very stinky and there are a lot of flies. I will be happy when we can give the puppies away, but it has been lots of fun!

Pillow Pet

Mason has been wanting a pillow met for quite some time. I think he must have seen a commercial for them. A few weeks ago when I had him in the jogger during my run, he told that we need to go the the store and buy him some pop tarts and a pillow pet.

Well, Jason took him to the store this week, and couldn't resist buying him one. Mason had fallen asleep in the car and was kind of groggy at the store. When they past the pillow pets, Jason said his face just lit up so big, and Jason just HAD to buy him one. http://www.blogger.com/