Our Last Day in Disney Day #3!

After another late night out at the parks, it was nice to be able to take our time in the morning to get ready, gather our things and pack up the car before the parks opened late at 9AM.  For some reason, on a Friday with no Magic Morning Hour, it opened later... which made for some rough crowds to fight in line!  We were shocked to see this as we arrived at the security gates, as well as everyone else around us.  Even locals were saying they hadn't seen it this busy/bad before, which had us nervous for wait times on our last day.... 

Disneyland Day #2... Christmas Cheer and Tears!

We woke up bright and early on Thursday morning, ready to head back to the parks and even better... have some breakfast with Minnie and friends at the Plaza Inn!  Despite how they look in the picture, the kids were excited and ready to go (Nolan more excited for the characters, Acelyn more excited for the Mickey waffles)!

Holidays in Disneyland... Day #1

We were so, so excited to be able to spend a few days in Disneyland this year for the holiday season!  As much as we’d love to make this a yearly tradition, it’s such a big trip that last year we weren’t able to make it work, so to be able to enjoy the festivities this year made it extra special!  Christmas at Disneyland is unlike anything else, and is our absolute favorite way to celebrate the season.  We love revisiting traditions as well as experiencing new ones, and this year was another amazing visit, full of beautiful lights, festive music and some seriously yummy holiday treats.  

November Happenings

We started November 1st off with candy inventory... and the kids were allowed to eat candy before breakfast for their one allotted day of the year.  (Don't worry, Acelyn didn't eat all of those lollipops... just unwrapped and carried them everywhere... and was so happy about it!)

Fall Leaves in the Desert

We took a quick trip up to Red Rock Canyon to adventure around in the fall leaves, in hopes of getting a few pictures of the kids for our holiday card this year.  We had been up in the area once before for our engagement photos, but not during the fall, and I was excited to see how "fall"ish it would look.  To our surprise, the leaves were completely changed and so pretty! The kids absolutely loved crunching around in them and tossing them in the air, and in reality, that's how we got most of our pictures, since Acelyn is anti-photo-taking and getting the two of them together in a picture, smiling (let alone just looking at the camera) is like pulling teeth!  So, we took a little hike around, snapped away, and had a fun morning exploring nature and celebrating fall!

Looking back at these pictures makes me realize how quickly these little babies are growing up, and I want to take in every second of them being this age!  I'm glad I had Jason snap a few pictures with me in front of the camera rather than behind, because it just doesn't happen enough and I need to be better about making that happen (even if the kids don't smile or look at the camera)!  Couldn't love this family of mine any more... so lucky to call them mine!

Happy, happy fall!  

Acelyn: 18 Months

Acelyn is officially closer to being a TWO year old than a one year old.  Cue instant tears here.  How is that possible!? 

October Happenings

The month started off with a lazy Moana filled, messy bed head morning for us.

Acelyn had such a productive Sunday, that she fell asleep in her high chair after lunch.  I placed her on the floor for a second while I cleaned up, and she stayed snoozin' and looked adorable as ever.