Friday, November 6, 2009

Need a little Mickey in your life?

We had some Mickey, and Minnie, and Donald, and...then some more! As a surprise for the kids we took them to Disney World for a week and didn't tell them (other than Katey) until the day of our trip.
I had to post a picture of the Montrose Airport. Our flight from Montrose to DIA was our easiest flight yet. As you can see, there were no crowds at all! Beats driving five hours to Denver.


The first thing we saw in the Orlando Airport was the Hulk. Levi LOVES the Hulk and was more than happy to pose for a picture.

During our week Katey was our super helper. She was happy to sit alone when there weren't equal sitting partners, she took her little sisters or her brother on not-so-fun for big girl rides over and over, and she walked the whole time without complaining! My oldest one is really growing up.
As for our calm little Alyssa, we found out she has a bit of a wild side. Alyssa loved the fast rides, and I mean loved them! She rode the Rockin' Roller Coaster which goes upside down 3 times, and she thought the Tower of Doom which drops 12 stories was a little boring. She definitely got this side of her from Derren.
Josalyn was our adventure girl at Disney. We nearly lost her in the Biergarten Restaraunt in Epcot(I should say out of the Biergarten - she ran out of it into the park), she decided she would give the characters her autograph, and we celebrated her birthday ALL week long. Some time during our last Disney day Josalyn told me, "This has been the biggest birthday I have EVER had in my WHOLE life!" I do have to agree with that. She was sung Happy Birthday to every lunch and dinner for 7 days! Hurray Josalyn is 5!



















Levi has moved into a new stage in his life, the "I'm cared (scared)!" phase. Some of the 3-D shows scared him so much he tried to climb up onto my shoulder to curl up and hide. That was something I had to help him over come pretty darn fast as my shoulder is not very big.







He decided sitting on my lap and putting my hand over his face with my fingers spread apart was okay too. Silly little guy.
















When Levi wasn't feeling "cared" he was taking his shoes off, and as you might have guessed, we lost one and ended up having to buy him a pair in one of the Disney gift shops. I was really excited that I got to buy a 2 year old a pair of shoes for $32.00! I bought them a size too big so he can wear them next year too.











They do look pretty cute on his little feet though, don't they?



Some of our favorite things on our trip were the parks themselves (of course), the characters, and some of the fun places we ate at. The kids got to dance with the belly dancer at the Moroccan Restaurant in Epcot.












A little R and R.












Our "table" at the Sci-Fi Cafe and American Idol in Disney Hollywood Studios were both a high-light of that park.






















Trick-or-Treating in the Magic Kingdom! I think the only place the kids don't care about how much candy they get is at the Magic Kingdom. We had a blast riding the Haunted Mansion ride, Peter Pan, Splash Mountain, and Thunder Mountain over and over again that night.









The inside of our restaurant in Epcot. If you look closely you can see where the volcano is erupting. We had fun watching that a few times throughout our meal.












The Luau at the Polynesian.










The mark of a good trip? When even the "big" girls can't stay awake! Farewell Disney, thanks for a great time!






Sunday, October 18, 2009

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Saturday, October 17, 2009

Treasure Teeth One Year Anniversary - ALOHA!


















Derren's business, Treasured Teeth has been open 1 year this last September! To celebrate we held a luau for some of the people in our area who have helped build up Derren's business.

We made a real Imu (pit to roast a pit) and yes, had a whole pig butchered.


















We had professional Polynesian performers,




and served real Polynesian food.


Plus, I made a super yummy pina colada cake. I know it's not Hawaiian, but it was was tasty!
















Everything turned out perfectly thanks to the help we had from my mom, little sisters, little brother, and cute little teeny-tiny neices! Thanks guys for saving us!

Friday, October 16, 2009

My new hair cut...


All kids cut their hair at some point or another, all kids but Levi. Levi decided it would be more fun cutting my hair! The little stinker ran up behind me while I was sitting on the floor and quickly snipped the scissors shut. It's a good thing my hair is layered and his grip on my hair wasn't that big, or I might have been a little upset.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

September 2009

As usual, we have been busy. Here are a few high-lights from September.

After living in our house and walking on a lawn full of thistles for four months we felt like it was time to have some grass. Both Levi and Chin Chin love it!



Mommy got to have a break this month. I went to Time Out for Women up in Logan, UT. Poor Josalyn got the flu again while we were visiting at Mom's house.

"Sheesh!"


Chin Chin took her first trip to the groomers, and we couldn't stop giggling about how cute she looked!

Later in the month we drove down to the Denver area for Uncle Ben and (now) Aunt Sarai's wedding. As an extra treat for the kids we visited the Denver Zoo with Grandma Tippets.

The kids were quite stylish at the zoo as the donned cute little hats.


Levi LOVED the monkeys! He went right up to the gorilla behind the glass, bent over with his little muscles flexed and growled out, "Hulk SMASH MONKEY!!!!" This kid is all boy! And yes, I know the monkey in the picture is not a gorilla. I was laughing to hard to get a good picture of the gorilla.

The biggest event of the month was Uncle Ben and Aunt Sarai's wedding. Sarai looked beautiful, Ben looked handsome, and everyone had a great time. We are all SO excited that Sarai is a part of our family now. Good job Uncle Benny!

Sarai's hair was gorgeous!


The Cox side of the family.
The Rayback side of the family.
The kids found their own ways to stay entertained during family picture time. Thank goodness the reception location had a great lawn out back.

And then...we danced the night away. Little Levi stole the show when he had a circle formed around him and had everyone clapping as he wiggled his little booty!
I had to make sure this picture was added.Grandpa and Grandma are such an inspiration and example of how good a marraige can be.



Grandpa Rayback and Adele.

Whew! What a month!