The Great Disney Adventure, Pt 1

Thanksgiving this year was quite the event. We flew to Florida, spent a day at Disney World Magic Kingdom and a day at Disney World Animal Kingdom before getting on a Disney Cruise Ship for the rest of the week. It was fun, exciting and exhausting. :)

Luckily I was able to borrow this great baby carrier from a friend. I couldn't believe how much I used it. Nora loved it too. :) The air travel wasn't too bad there, Nora and Ainsley were entertained pretty well. Nora didn't sleep at all, and a 1.5 yr old with no nap isn't much fun but she didn't throw any huge fits on the plane, so I'll take what I can get. :)

Okay... So post 1 - THE MAGIC KINGDOM

We played zone defense here, with Tom covering Ainsley while I watched Nora. Tom and Ains went on some rides that lil Nora couldn't do and Curly Sue and I walked around and saw the sights.

Nora's favorite part of Disney World was a little play area they had next to splash mountain. She and her cousins Luke and Evan had blast going down the little slide while their older siblings were off on roller coasters. :)

Not that Nora didn't ride any rides. The line for Dumbo was an hour long, so that wasn't going to happen, but we did get on the carousel. And here she is, patiently waiting in line.

They don't look super excited.. but they were..

this was just the one picture I have of this that's in focus and they are both looking. :)

My favorite part of going to Disney Parks isn't the rides anyway, I love all you can see. Cinderella's castle still makes me smile. And running into Characters throughout the park is the number one reason I want to go. Here's us watching a big production they did in front of the castle with all the princesses, Minnie, Mickey, Donald, etc.. That's the kind of stuff I love.

Me and My Honey, at the happiest place on Earth :)

And here I leave you with a video of the Three Musketeers, Ains, Jake and Ella, dancing their way out of the park.

My Princesses

Halloween

Ok, I know my last post was about the Fourth of July... but I've decided to jump ahead and start posting, or I don't think I'll ever get around to it. So here ya go.. Halloween :)

I LOVED the girls costumes this year. Custom made adorable pieces by Grandma Cinda aka my mom. :) We got some great picture of them at Gardner Village a couple weeks before Halloween. I'm so glad we took the time, because the picture I actually took ON Halloween did not turn out so well. And they are SO adorable, they deserve to be documented. :)

(Photos taken by Cristi Nelson)

My Happy Little Lamb

My gorgeous Little Bo Peep

And my fave picture of the night. Ben and Nora.

If they ever get married, wouldn't this be the most amazing picture in the slide show?? :D

Pre-Halloween Silliness

Pumpkin Carving the night before Halloween.

Of course Ainsley decides to do this while dressed as a Princess

She wanted a Bunny Pumpkin and drew it out.

I think it turned out pretty scary.

Tom hates carving pumpkins.. he thinks they are gross.

But he sucked it up. Way to go Tom :)

Yeah, I carved one too.. if you look closely you can see my pumpkin has poor eyesight :)

and that it's carver is silly.

A Nora Sized Pumpkin

Okay, on to the actual day. Tom's work had a trick or treat through the office.

the only half decent shot I got of her adorable shepherd's crook

They had a spooky pumpkin board you had to reach in to get candy.

Nora was fearless. This picture seems creepy to me. :)

They went all out. There were decorations and candy everywhere.

Trick or Treating with Nora was fun. She picked up how to get candy while we were at Tom's office and she would go right up to people and reach in the candy bowl.

She spent the time she wasn't begging for candy chewing on it through the wrapper instead. :)

It was hard to get any pictures of Ainsley trick or treating.

We went with a big group, and all the kids old enough to escape their parents kept running ahead to the next house. I could NOT keep up with that chick!

It was definitely a candy success..

this stuff is going to be taunting me for a while..

4th of July

Went to the West Jordan Parade with The Taylors

Meira and Ains: BFF

Nora loved the candy they threw

After the parade we went to the ReAL Salt Lake Soccer Game