Disneyland at Christmas

In lieu of a big Christmas this year we decided to take the kids to Disneyland to experience the Christmas magic!! It was beautiful of course and we had a wonderful time! This trip was filled with firsts! Bella was tall enough to ride the Matterhorn and Lilly was tall enough to ride California Screamin (the big roller coaster)! Bella was much more aware of everything this trip and pointed out every mickey shaped thing she saw! She absolutely loved meeting the characters this time! She got SO excited and would shake her hands up and down in anticipation! She wasn't even scared of Jack Skellington! We got to hang out with our friends Nic, Melissa and Melissa's little sister Julie and also Joe, Kayla and Jadyn on Thursday which was a lot of fun! It was simply magical watching the castle/tree lighting and of course the snow on main street! We had a wonderful trip and made many lasting memories!!

Cydney turns 9!!

I can't believe that 9 years ago my sweet little angel was born and came into our life and made me a mother! I cannot express to you how blessed I feel to have Cydney as my daughter. She is so unique and special. I would like to take credit for all her wonderful attributes but Cydney was genuinely born an amazing person. She is mature, sweet natured,  kind hearted, soft spoken, funny, smart and talented. I couldn't be more proud to watch her mature into the beautiful person that she is becoming!!

Cydney chose not to have a party and presents this year and go to Disneyland instead! Lilly has gotten to go twice for her bday and we have always shy'd away from taking Cydney (summer crowds and summer prices!) but it was what she Really wanted this year so we saved up the money and off we went for a girls trip! So Wednesday the older girls and I headed to So Ca. We stopped in Bakersfield to pick up my friend Jen, so we had a perfect foursome for rides and off we went to Disneyland for 2 fun filled days!! The girls were super excited to ride the new "Ariels Undersea Adventure" and the revamped "Star Tours-The adventure continues" as long as see the new parade and summer fireworks!  Cydney had a GREAT birthday and we had a lot of fun!

On our way home we also stoped in Bakersfield to visit Uncle Joe and Aunt Kayla and meet their new baby cousin Jadyn who was born on 8/3!