Elfing around

Doug wanted to get Declan an elf costume. At first I thought that it was a dumb idea, but he keep asking me to get one so I finally did. And boy am I glad. The sizing was weird on the website so it looks big on him, but still soooo cute. 

 I think Grandma loved it most!

Eileem Jill and I went to the CC2 ward Christmas party. Declan wasn't feeling that great. so he was kinda mellow. But he did great and didn't cry when he saw Santa. 

A Magical Day at Disneyland

A while back Doug and I were thinking of idea's for what we could get his Brother, Matt for his birthday. We had decided that it would be fun if him and Doug went to Disneyland since Matt loves Disneyland so much. Once we told the idea to the family, it was decided that we all wanted to go! So we all went!! We a truly fun day. The weather was perfect. It was not very crowded so we basically walked on every ride. 

Tim, Hailey, Doug, Matt, Jill, Me, Eileen and Dale. (Amanda was taking the picture)

I think one of my favorite part of the day was watching these 2 on the rides! SO funny!

Dale brought his I pad and he downloaded the app with all  the ride wait times. So we mapped out our day depending on the wait times. It was awesome!

The Little Nemo Submarine ride was so cool!

This was Hailey's first time at Disney land. She was a trooper and did great. This is here getting ready to go on Space Mountain......

Her on Space Mountain.......

Thanks for the Churro's Jill!

Hailey's tea cup buddy. Since the rest of us get horribly motion sick. Grandpa went on the Tea Cups and they had add blast. 

I love "It's a small World" at Christmas time. 

The Firework show was AMAZING! Best one I have ever seen! And there was fake snow after, and it smelled like Gingerbread. A perfect way to end such a magical day!

We will have to make this a tradition because it was such a special and wonderful day:)

A really bubbly bath

Tonight Doug decided to get Declan's bubble machine out while Declan was in the bath....It was very fun and bubbly:)

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. My two sisters and their families came down. We had the two grandpa's, and my dad and Jacque. It was the first Holiday with my dad's new wife and we were all nervous about it...But it all went so well so were blessed. 

It started off Wednesday, and Jacque came over to help me cook a lot of the food. We made yummy homemade rolls, cranberry sauce, I made twice baked garlic potatoes, and sweet potato casserole. 

Jacque taught me to brime the turkey and get it all prepped. 

Thursday morning everyone showed up at the house. It was fun to have everyone in the house again. We all knew it would be the last time we were going to be all together in the house so it was very bittersweet. 

All the cousins had fun playing together.

Getting the last minute things done. 

Being silly at the table.

Now, it's dish washing time. 

My dad got a pinata last Christmas when everyone was here, and he got one again and it was so fun! It will have to be a tradition from now on. 

Getting the loot.

Overall, we had a great day and I feel very blessed and thankful.