what characters

Bosten was excited to see the characters again, and Kaden was ready to give it a try (you might remember that Kaden wanted nothing to do with them last year).  Anyway, we didn't just run into a ton of them.  Its a good thing we'd scheduled a character breakfast.  It was so much better than the one we did last year, and we had a great time!

We didn't get pictures with Phineas and Ferb or Buzz, but we did see them (and for the record, Bosten cried and screamed that he couldn't take his picture with Buzz!)

Kaden had been dying to see Army men the whole time, and on our very last day we ran into the Toy Story ones, who were doing a show.  It was super amazing, according to the boys.

disneyland

We just got back from our trip to Disneyland.  We've been talking and dreaming about it for months, so it was fun that it was actually time to go.  It was more crowded than we were hoping for (although the Disneyland workers told us it wasn't very busy), but we still had a great time!

It was Halloween time, so our little pirates fit right in.  And, speaking of pirates, Pirates of the Caribbean, was the only thing closed.  Major bummer.

Toy Story Mania was one of our favorites:

Grizzly River Rapids was Kaden's favorite:

Bosten loved The Buzz Lightyear ride:

Splash Mountain was a little scary (even though we did it last year):

 Its A Small World:

We went on Winnie the Pooh a million times:

Who wouldn't want this toy?

As you can see, we had tons of fun!  I'll save the pictures with the characters and our day at the beach for another day.

family pictures

A few weeks ago, Emily, took our family pictures.  This year we went to the International Peace Gardens.  It was a beautiful morning, the boys cooperated (for the most part), and we got to check out tons of cool stuff when we were done.

Thanks again, Em.  They turned out great!

a big day

A couple of weeks ago, Grandma Patty, got baptized.  We were really bummed to have to miss it, but so thrilled for her in her decision.

Thanks for being a good example to the boys, Grandma Patty.  We love you!

a visit to see the witches

After family pictures today, we went to check out the witches at Gardner Village.  

The boys were about pictured out, but they did cooperate for a few:

there's no words for this one:

This was Kaden's favorite one, but by the time we saw it he was not interested in a picture...