Fav Author

One of my favorite authors is Wayne Dyer. This guy is on the ball and a true inspiration. I have read his book "The Power of Intention" a few times. He has a book out now called "Your Ultimate Calling". Ross and I watched a PBS special that he gave about the book. It was unreal. If you want to change your life, he is one of the greats that will help you a long the way.
And of course I always have to put a plug in about reading your scriptures. They help you change your life too;)

The World Needs More Happy

theworldneedsmorehappy.com

This is a great site started by my Facebook friend Angie Strader. It's about time someone did it.

The Cutest Cheeks In The World

Look at this kid. He is so adorable. Cohen is almost 2 months old now. I get to start watching him 2 days a week starting this Monday and I am so excited! How can you resist those cheeks?!

My kids are so cute with him. I know they will make great dads one day. And Ross. He is just as cute with Cohen as he is with our boys. I told him that when Cohen is here, he better just keep right on working and not try to dominate my time with him but I have a feeling it might happen;)

A New Level of Insanity...er..Commitment

I have to write this down so I can remember in the future that my will power is stronger than I give myself credit for.

I have been doing a 90 day extreme work out program since January 1st of this year. I have been very diligent and have not skipped a workout even when I was down with a sinus infection and strep throat. I decided that I had to still workout even though we were going to Disneyland. So I took the discs, my laptop and some resistance bands. I totally locked myself in the bathroom of our hotel room at night and did the workouts. I know, I know, kind of gross working out in a hotel bathroom. But the point is, I got it done, kept my promise to myself and I took a really hot shower afterward!

Funny!

Don't you just feel like this some days?

Caught On Camera

The California "Chip and Dale's"




One of my finer moments! Ross and I were laughing so hard. Luckily, the boys didn't know what the heck was so funny!

Day 2

Day 2

Today was even better than yesterday! We got up early and headed over to Disneyland to hit a few of the rides we missed yesterday. i.e.Buzz Lightyear, Space Mountain. All of us except for Corbin loved Space Mountain. He didn't like that it was completely in the dark. He would rather stare death in the face, thank you very much. I would rather not know it is coming.
After that, we decided to try our luck in California Adventure. I decided this is more geared for kids that are my kids' ages. There are a lot more crazy rides.
When our kids found out we were coming on this vacation, I said to them, "I have waited a long time for all of you to be tall enough to ride ALL of the rides with me. NO ONE is wussing out on me this trip. You WILL ride everything, AT LEAST once." (yes I said it in all caps too.)
Before every ride, Corbin would throw a fit. He would make himself literally sick to his stomach thinking about it. And after I made him go on every ride, he would say how awesome it was and there was really nothing to be scared of. The time was quickly approaching that we would ride California Screamin', which is the biggest coaster here. It is super fast. He broke down into tears and sobbed on me for about 10 minutes. I bribed him with a churro as a reward and he still didn't want to do it. So being the stellar mom that I am, I made him go anyway! (all the while pleading with Heavenly Father that he would like it and I wouldn't have to pay for therapy.) As we got off the ride, he said, "That just moved to the top slot of my favorite rides! And by the way, you owe me a churro lady."
Thank heavens for churros and answered prayers!
Our picks for top rides: California Screamin', Tower of Terror and Space Mountain. Can you tell I have all boys?!

Side note: interesting observation that I made today while people watching-most people don't dress properly for an occasion. They either just walked off the pages of a fashion mag or just strolled in from the trailer park. Whatever happened to jeans and a t-shirt (with sleeves)? Are heels really appropriate attire for an amusement park?

Disney Day 1

Disney Day 1-posted by Ross

OK, Quick update... pictures will have to come some other time.

Got up real early and just barely made it to the airplane on time. We were almost the very last on and most folks had that "We have been waiting for you so we could go!" look. Like they had more important places to go??!!

Had an awesome cab ride (95 mph) to the hotel, dropped off the bags without even going to the room and walked across the street to the park. No, I am not joking, he was really going 95 on the freeway!

Today we hit most all the big rides: Indy, Splash Mtn, Big Thunder Mtn, Indy, Mr. Toads Wild Ride, Jungle Cruise, the train. Space Mtn was closed today (better not be closed tomorrow!!). Also didn't get to do the Buzz Lightyear today.

Lessons learned from 1 day in Disney:
1- Fast passes are the coolest thing ever!!
2- The food here must be amazing, cuz they charge a hefty price for everything!
3- A hotel across the street is a good thing
4- Did I say Fast passes are good?
5- WAAAYYY too many people think that a tank top is acceptable public attire.
6- Most of those same people have not seen their own feet in years.
7- ALL those people stood by us in line today!
8- Disney employees are wicked helpful and they are all happy.
9- Jasmine is wearing a winter coat here! What the crap! Thats not how she looked in the movie! What a rip-off. I refuse to get my photo taken with a fake jasmine.
10- I love to hear my family laugh and scream on these rides. Its awesome!

Stay tuned for more tomorrow.