The Happiest Place on Earth!

We had a busy 3 days in Disneyland with family. When we got into the park both boys were excited to see the Disneyland Castle. Especially Jaiden who pointed and said, "look Daddy, Castle, Caste!" We went with Todd's sister Christine,  my three sisters, my niece Abbey and nephew Justin. It was so great to be able to share this great vacation with everyone. It was a little crazy at time with so many people and everyone having different things they wanted to do, but it was so much fun! And of course we got some great pictures. Ryan had fun meeting the different characters. While we were waiting in line to see Tigger, he jumped out of line. As I got him back in line he said, "I want to hug Tigger." Jaiden just kept pointing out everything to us. Favorite rides included the Rockets in Tomorrow land, The horsey ride (AKA the carousel) , The Winnie the pooh ride and the new Toy Story Ride. Todd and I got to ride Tower of Terror, which I will say made me scream like a little girl! We are thinking about getting passes so we can go more often. 

Ryans favorite ride was what he called the Horsey Ride. I don't even know the number of times we rode it, more times then anything else by far. 
We were excited to Meet Captain Jack after riding the Pirates of the Caribbean for the first time. 
We couldn't believe that Jaiden was big enough to ride the Matterhorn. He looks pretty scared in this picture but he rode it 3 more times. 
The park was decorated great for Halloween including large candy corns in California Adventure. Jaiden was so cute pretending to eat them. 

A couple new crafts

So lately I haven't had time to do any crafting. And Frankly I have felt a little lost without it my favorite past time but I have been so busy with my house. Our newest project is painting the living room RED. It is very bright and I love it. We have also chosen carpet finally and it will be installed on the 14th. So I thought I would post a couple projects that I did before I left Pendleton. The first is a magnetic Calendar that some friends and I made on the back of a cookie sheet. There is a different sheet for each month  and magnets to place on the calendar for appointments and special events. It came out so cute. I will try to create instructions if anyone is interested. 

These cute paper cupcakes are a project that I found on the chatterbox blog called the Chatterblog. But it can also be viewed in video format on youtube. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcCTYZM3hrM They are not the quickest craft to make but sure have a cute result. 

Boys Birthday!

Ryan and Jaiden's Birthday Party was a huge success! The favorite thing by far was the bounce house. My kids wouldn't even exit the house for Cake and had to be drug out to open gifts. We had great turn out. It was so nice to be able to see everyone. 

We were happy our babysitter Catherine was able to join us. 

Jaiden sporting his cute spiked hair cut. 
Blowing out candles on a pirate ship cake Daddy Made.