Easter 2008

This year we went to Grandma Wendy's and Pa Jim's house for Easter. John was working all weekend so he came over when he could. We went to church and then had dinner with the family. Here are a few pictures of our day.

Cool Daddy Rat!!!!

Hey just wanted to let everyone know that Cool Daddy Rat is now ready to buy. For those of you who don't know... John's sister Kristyn just wrote the children's book Cool Daddy Rat. We are so proud of her and all she has accomplished. Please if you are looking for a wonderful new children's book to read to your kids ... try this one out. You can buy it through target.com. amazon.com and many many others.
CONGRATS KRIS, We love you!!!!!

Heading Back Home!!!

We stopped back in Vegas on our way home. This time we stayed with Bracken and her kids. We had a fun time BBQing and talking. We did get stuck in Cedar City on our way home, the snow was so bad that the roads were very very slick. We saw many accidents. We are glad to be home safe and sound. We couldn't have asked for a better vacation.
Annistyn playing outside at Bracken's house
Saedree and Tyllre her cousin playing
Bryson and Callan

Newport Beach

We decided that we would go to the beach one of the days we were in California. We had a fun time even though it was very very cold and the wind was blowing pretty hard. We did get to see a man rescued while we were there. He was yelling for help for about 15 minutes until the lifeguards and the Orange County Sheriff arrived. It was pretty cool to be able to watch the rescue.


Daddy and Saedree watching the waves
Anni was so scared of the water but loved playing in the sand.
Bryson would run from the waves in hopes that he wouldn't get wet
Helicopter trying to throw a life vest to the stranded swimmer
Anni loved the sand.

DISNEYLAND YEAAAAH!!!

We have so many pictures of Disneyland that it would be really hard to share them all. So here are a few of our favorites. We had such a blast. We spent 4 days at Disneyland and were there from morning till night everyday. We did go to the beach in the middle of those days to break it up a little bit.

Bryson after Splash Mountain... he insisted on going on it =)
Saedree and Little Mermaid
Saedree waiting for everyone else to get done with Indiana Jones ride.
Saemae and Snow White... She really really loved seeing the Princesses
Bryson and Saedree with Jesse from Toystory... Only Character besides the Princess that Saedree would take a picture with.

Anni and mommy on the train going around Disneyland.
Crazy Anni waiting for the parade
Alice in Wonderland skipping through the park with Saedree
Bryson, Saedree and daddy taking a break on Main Street.
Bryson and Flick!

VEGAS!!!! the first stop =)

We stayed with Mike and Michele in Vegas on our way down to Disneyland. We had a fun time in the hot tub, at the park and at the Casinos haha pole dancers and all ugh!! =)


Bryson was playing Guitar hero at Mike and Michele's house.
Saedree and daddy having a great time in the hot tub.
Saedree loved playing with the nurf guns.
Annistyn loved the hot tub from afar! She hated being in it and wanted nothing to do with it
All of us at the Bellagio ( Don't think I spelled that right)

Visiting Grandma Riley's Grave

On our way to Disneyland we decided to take the kids by to see Grandma Riley's Grave. It was such a sweet experience. It was really cute because Anni would just sit on the side of the headstone blabbing and talking. She didn't move for a very long time, and if she did she would come right back and start talking again. It was like she was sitting on grandmas lap talking. I love the feeling we get when we go there... so peaceful and calm. It was nice to also have Jason, Amy and Kamryn come along as well. We love you Grandma

Sister Teaching Sister

Saedree was trying to teach Annistyn how to play the piano. She can be sweet sometimes.