Chloe's 5!!!

 I can not believe that Chloe is 5!!!  Where did the last 5 years go?  They flew by way faster then I wanted them to.  Chloe had a great year.  What a sweet little girl you are.  I am so proud to be your mom.  You make me a better person each and everyday. 

 You make me smile and laugh each day.  We are best buddies.

 You have such a beautiful face.

 You are extremely dramatic.

 But cute as ever.

 You are going to start Kindergarten this fall.  I don't know how I really feel about that.  I know you are going to love it!

 You are a great helper and an even better big sister.  All I can say is Tessa is one lucky girl!

 You love sunglasses.

 You started T-Ball.

 and made some great friends in preschool.  You have an easy time making friends.  Everyone loves you!!

 You totally fell in love with your preschool teacher, Miss Leesa.  In fact you don't want to go to Kindergarten because Miss Leesa won't be your teacher.

 We got a new horse named, Woody and you LOVE him.

 Cinch had puppies and we knew we were in trouble when you names ALL of them.  You cried and cried and then cried some more each time a pup was sold.

 You love your cousins.

 Gavin moved back to Utah!

You went on your first trip to Disneyland.  You are such a thoughtful girl.  You made Minnnie a picture weeks before we left.  You were so excited when we walked into Disneyland Minnie was there.

Chloe you are full of life.  You love to learn.  Each night you and Dad work on your Articles of Faith.  You have the first 8 memorized.  You have the best memory.  You never let us miss a night of reading scriptures.  You are a great example to me and your dad.  We love you so so much and are so grateful that you are part of our family.

California Trip

 Last week my parent were KIND enough to take the whole family to California.  What a BLAST we had.   Obviously drove since it would be crazy trying to take 20 people on a plane.  On the way there we stopped in Vegas for the night.  They had a great pool that we were able to swim in.  After being in the car for 7 hours the pool was awesome. 

 Later that night we decided to venture out onto the strip.  With 10 kids and the oldest one is 6 and the youngest one is 3 months, we were in for a treat.  Crazy or maybe dumb as we were, we had fun. 

The next morning we left Vegas and headed for Disneyland.  Boy were we excited (I think I was the most).  As soon as we found our hotel we headed to Disneyland.  We could not wait one minute longer.  Disneyland was so much fun.  I could have stayed there for a few more days.  The kids were great.

Chloe loved getting all of the characters autographs.  She made Minnie a picture at home and was so excited when we saw her the first day.

Both girls loved the castle.

Molly and Chloe

Tessa excited about her Minnie ears.

One of Chloe's favorite rides was the Tea Cups.

Chloe getting ready to eat lunch with the Princesses.

Tessa not really wanting to get her picture taken, but I made her.

Half of the gang with Ariel.

After we spent three wonderful days in Disneyland we drove to Seaside.  Our condo was by the beach so we decided to let the kids go to the beach.

They LOVED, LOVED, LOVED the beach.  For the first hour all they did was run and giggle.   I forgot how totally sandy you get at the beach.  I could not believe how much sand the girls had on them. 

The next day we went to Sea World.  We loved every minute of it there also.  I was so amazed at how they train the animals.   Christopher had never been there and he had the camera at a few of the shows and he took about 50 pictures of each show. 

The next day we headed to St. George.  I was amazed at how good my kids were in the car.  I had activities and plenty of treats and we had very few meltdowns.  

The next morning we let the kids swim so they would be worn out for the rest of the drive home.  We had a great vacation.  I can not wait to go back to Disneyland!!!!