New Year's Day (1/1/12)

We spent our New Year's Day at the Beach - it was the perfect day to go as the weather was so warm. We had a great time; it was KiKi's first time to play at the beach and her first time to touch the sand. Chloe has grown up a lot since the last time we went; she actually put sand on her legs (just last April, she didn't want even a speck of sand touching her while we were in Maui and over the summer, she would play with the sand but as long as she was on the blanket). She also explored all over the beach and had a great time collecting rocks for Daddy.


Grandpa Peter and Grandma Debbie joined us after a while. Uncle Bill (Peter's brother) and cousin Caleb (Bill's grandson) showed up a bit later which was great as Caleb and Chloe had a lot of fun running all over the beach together, playing in the sand, and jumping in the waves (well, Caleb jumped in them, Chloe liked to look at them from the comfort of Daddy's arms).


Here are some pictures from the day:

Disneyland (12/25/11)

After getting denied entrance into Legoland (we had some free tickets from passholders who called Legoland to make sure they didn't need to be present for us to use them, and Legoland, with only 2.5 hours left of being open, insisted that we couldn't get in without the passholders present - doesn't make us like Legoland very much right now), we decided to take the trip up to Disneyland for the rest of our Christmas Day - what a fun way to spend it!

Grandpa, Nana, and Auntie Becky joined in on the fun.

Chloe needed to hold on to Daddy's hand as we went up, up, and away!

Watching the Fireworks at last! (Over the last 4 visits, the fireworks didn't show for one reason or another - how perfect that we should finally see them on Christmas Day!)

Disneyland (12/17)

We thought we'd get in one more trip before Christmas - it happened to be one of the busiest times we've ever been there!

Waiting for the Holiday Parade

The massive crowd!

Playing in the Princess Castle (Dec. 2011)

Chloe got a Disney Princess Castle for her birthday. Here's some fun we've had with it so far: (Can you guess how many we fit into it at one time? -Answer below)

A grand total of 8 have fit so far!

(I love Keely's face in this one :) )

Disneyland (11/12/11)

We went to Disneyland to celebrate Sara's 28th Birthday - Here are some of the highlights:

Waiting for Peter Pan - our first ride of the day!

Someday she'll fit into her own pair of ears :)

In line for Autopia - Chloe's first time on it!

Chloe's first Driver's License

What a great driver she is - the only one paying attention to the rode instead of the camera!

Auntie Jordan painted this onesie especially for KiKi

First time to meet Goofy in person :)

First time on the new ride! 

Tower of Terror - can you find us?

Waiting for the fireworks that never came :(

All tired out after a long, fun day!