The rest of fall break

We spent the rest of Jaeden's fall break trying to do some fun and cheap things!
#1 We went the zoo with Crystal and Talia. The zoo has this really cool new water cave feature. So after a couple hours of walking the zoo the kiddos had a great time getting wet! Talan getting some air!


Jaeden and Talan got their very first camel ride!



#2 We went to the park and had a picnic, and played racing games. Initially we sat under a ramada to eat lunch, but their were so many darn bees that we ended up eating in the middle of the park. So simple but the kids LOVED it!

#3 Simple play time at home! Since we all are missing Disneyland so much, Jaeden and Talan decided to make a matterhorn ride out of chairs. When daddy gets home, he pushes and pulls the chairs up and down like they are riding the roller coaster. They laughed and laughed!!
Now Jaeden is back in school and I miss her so much!! It was so fun having her back at home with me all day. Now I'm just looking forward to Christmas break ;-)

San Diego

So after Disney we headed to San Diego for 4 days. My mom, brother, and sister flew in from Oregon to enjoy sunny San Diego with us. We rented a beach house right on Mission Beach that was fabulous, inside and out. It was so relaxing going to bed listening to the waves crash and then waking up to ocean, ahhh..we miss it!! We had a great time and spent most of our time on the beach. We played in the sand, built sand castles, ate lunch, walked to Belmont several times, sat in the beachfront jacuzzi, chased waves, watched Chad and Brandon boogie boarding and Alana surfing or trying at least. We had a lot of good laughs!

Talan loved chasing the birds and wanted to catch just one! Jaeden loved spending time with her auntie Alana. They went shopping down the beach one day for about 3 hours, and came home with not one, but two new bikini's for Jaeden!!! We do NOT buy bikinis for J, but somehow she talked her aunt into it and had a smile on her face for days! It doesn't help that everyone there is half-nude and all wearing bikinis!! I told her ONLY beach wear :-) I loved having mom's home cooking and spending some girl time together. We haven't had a family vacation (we missed my bro Mike) in a long time, it was so fun! This will definitely have to be a yearly event.
Surf Rider Beach house...we love it!!

The girls struttin' their bikini's!
Jaeden's always throwing up PEACE signs in photos! Who is she?

Disneyland Photos

The Greatest Place on Earth!!!

So we have been back from our Disneyland trip a week now and I'm still in depression about leaving. I LOVE IT there!! It truely is the happiest place on earth. We spoiled ourselves again and stayed at the Disney Grand hotel! It's hard to stay anywhere else once you've stayed..to many conveniences! We had an amazing room right above Downtown Disney. It was so nice to come back to our room after a long day and just open up our balcony door to great nightlife and calming jazz music. But I'm getting over it and back to realization!!! The park was decorated for Halloween, one of my fav. holidays so I had to get pictures!


The first day we were there the weather was lovely. The next two days, not so much...100 and above. It was extremely hot and we tried to spend alot of time riding the indoor rides and getting wet. Poor T-bone wasn't big enough to ride splash mountain or the river raft ride, so he went ALL out when he found these water spouts!!




Jaeden was able to get her hair done just like a princess!! I was able to watch and save ourselves $30 (ouch!) the next day, now I can do it myself. She looked gorgeous and got so many compliments. The best part was that she felt like a princess!



This trip was so fun because Talan was able to ride the majority of the rides at Disneyland, not so much at Ca. Adventure, but he still had a blast. His favorites were Buzz Lightyear, Toy Story, Pirates of the Carribean, Matterhorn, and he especially loved to see the characters, especially Woody and Jesse! However, he was to scared to go up to them himself, that's why Chad or I are always in a picture. Once he realized they weren't going to hurt him, he loved giving them goodbye hugs!




We met up with Renee, Brian, Brianne and Kaitlin. It was so fun to hang with such an awesome family. We had a great time riding rides with them and our kids loved playing together. We always have a great time with them.

We also ran into Jaeden's teacher, Miss Wagter. She was kind enough to take time out of her day and ride Soaring over California with Jaeden. Needless to say, Jaeden was in heaven and thought it was so cool. I'm sure she'll let all of her friends at school know :-)

Overall, we spent 4 days at Disney, had a blast and can't wait to go back!

Like Father, Like son

This is a moment that I will treasure forever! Talan loves following daddy around with his lawn mower. Jaeden and I usually sit out back with our bon-bons just to watch this event take place. I'm sure Chad can't wait until this is Talan's weekly chore! I realize that Talan will one day hate this chore, but at that point I will show him how cute he was when he was little and loved it :-) I do have it on video, once I figure out how to post it :-)

Scared you didn't it?

Sneak peak for Halloween! This is Talan and his best buddy, Logan. They had a blast chasing Jaeden and her friend around the house. The louder the girls screamed, the louder the "hulks" got! I know it's early, but we are getting full use out of this costume. The other night we were out eating dinner at our favorite spot...Elmer's of course!! (I know there's Elmer's fans out there!) This is a conversation I had with Talan.
Talan standing up on the bench growling: "I'M THE HULK" (with his fist's clamped)
Me: "Talan you are NOT the hulk, now sit down!" (trying to whisper because I was getting embarrassed!)
Talan: "Yes I am mom!"
Who am I to argue with the HULK?

This one's for you mom!

Earlier this year, May to be exact, we went to visit my family in Oregon. Had a great time together..etc. I never realized how observant Jaeden is..well I actually did but she continues to surprise me. Like all visits Jaeden and Grandma love to spend time together. Usually it's putting on makeup, jumping on the trampoline, or baking cookies, but Jaeden loves whatver time they get together. Needless to say, Jaeden pretty much follows her around the whole trip. Every evening my mom takes a shower before going to bed, then she throws her hair into an updo of some sort. So..a couple of weeks ago, Jaeden got out of the shower and came out with her hair like this and said "look mom, I'm just like grandma Naylor". I knew that my mom would get a kick out of this one, so here's to you mom!


Of course, when Jaeden is being photographed, Talan also thinks he needs his camera time:-). This is Talan doing his Grandma Naylor "after-the-shower" pose.