The Circus

April 16th we went to the circus. A friend gave us some tickets so we invited 2 of the girls' friends and loaded up and went to Salina for the circus. None of us had ever been! It was a lot of fun! There were all sorts of great things: A man who was shot out of a canon, dogs and horses that did tricks, lots and lots of clowns, tight rope walkers, amazing balancing guys and elephant, bears riding bicycles and dancing and of course cotton candy!

Tangled 3D

Friday after Thanksgiving, we went to see Tangled 3D with our cousins, Mikey, Sammy and Elizabeth. We had so much fun!

Nani was not a fan of the "MEAN mom". ("MEAN" is italicized for those who know how Nani talks and can just picture her saying it) We tried to explain to her that the "MEAN mom" wasn't her real mom. She didn't understand. She did understand that the Queen was her mom, the "Nice mom".

I had to ask her though, if her mom was like the "MEAN mom".

Her answer, "Sometimes".

Great.

Kansas City Trip - our outings

When we went out for the wedding, in Kansas City, we were able to have lots of fun hanging out with the family! Here are a ton of pictures of our fun.

Aleah and Sammy at dinner Friday night. We ate at an Italian place called Milano. It was one of the few places still open.

Matthew and his dad went and picked Missy up from the airport late that night.

All the nieces and nephews so excited to see their Aunt Missy!!

Saturday, before the wedding, we went to Union Station. It was this awesome train station and museum. Matthew's dad actually left from here on his way to Korea during Vietnam.

Science City was full of all these great hands on experiments. It was very educational too!

Sammy in the helicopter.

Mikey and Uncle Mike.

Getting ready to fly a......rocket, perhaps.

More rocket launching.

2 lovely ladies, Grandma and Great Grandma

How's that for a pregnant expression??!! This was to test your flexibility. The good ol' sit and reach. Remember that from school?

Patiently waiting.

Amongst the dinosaurs.

They had all these great big dinosaurs that were mechanical and made noise. They were pretty cool!

Grandma always provides entertainment!

This is one of my favorite pictures from the trip. Nani holding hands and walking with Great Grandma!


We went to lunch and place called Freddy's, I think. It was cool because a little train brought your food to you. Good fun.

Across the street from where we ate, there were these fountains that all these kids were running through. The cousins got to run through, so I had to let the girls go through too. It looked like so much fun, I couldn't resist, I had to run through them too! It was even more fun than it looked!

Nani and Beth.

Everyone needs help brushing their teeth.

A little beach action!

Almost the whole time we were in San Diego, it was alittle on the cold side, which does not equal beach weather. Oh well, if you're in San Diego, you still gotta go. So we went. It was a very overcast, windy day, and we survived. I didn't take too many pictures, so this is all I have.

my little beach babes

Gotta love the sand! Poor Kia, crazy Jazzy.

Sea World

Sea World is such a fun place to go! We had a blast. We played, ate, watch shows, ate, looked at exhibits, ate, and were victims to some crazy seagull attacks! You could spend a few days there with everything there is to do. We had lots of fun. We paid for these expensive food bands so that we could eat throughout the day. We made sure to get our money's worth. However, a few seagulls got in on some dive bomb action rob us! Stinkin' birds!!

Nani in the play area

watching the Shamu show. It was a little cold, that's why they have a towel wrapped around them. They didn't get wet from that far away.

Watching a cool dolphin and acrobat show!

Watching and feeding the LOUD sea lions!

The JAWS after the shark encounter.

Part of the Cir que del mer show.

This was a really cool show!

Watching the show with Auntie Des. The girls loved all the shows!

That guy is doing a handstand on the other guys head. Crazy!

Ethan answering all the questions at the Tide pools.

Petting the sea stars at the tide pools.

Watch out for that huge sea star behind you!!

braving the pony ride!

When we were in San Diego a few weeks ago, we went to the Del Mar Fair, or now known as the San Diego County fair. One of the first things the girls saw on the way in was a Pony ride. They both got excited about it and both said they wanted to ride it. I thought pft, right.

My girls are absurdly afraid of animals, I thought surely there was no way they'd get on those. We walked on and told them that on our way out of the fair, if they really wanted to and would get on the pony I'd pay the outrageous price of $7 a kid.

Throughout the day, the girls kept asking to ride the pony. After all the food we ate, all the rides we went on, after looking at animals, we came past the pony again and they still wanted to ride them. So, I reluctantly hand over the money, wondering if they're really going to get on. Luckily there was a sign that said you could haven your $ back if your child would not get on the pony. But when it came time for their turn, there was no problem at all. No convincing or anything. I don't get it. Nani got on the pony and right away said, "Yee Haw!"

Ponies are much cooler than dogs, cats, hamsters, etc, but they're way bigger. I just don't get it. Anyway, I was very proud of the girls for riding the ponies and loving it!

I asked her to say "Yee Haw" again, just so I could have it on camera.

Chuck-E-Cheese's

After we found out we were having another girl, we went down to Wichita to take the girls to Chuck-e-cheese's. They did such a good job the week before that we planned a fun trip for them . And since Mother's day was coming up, they took my to Olive Garden! It was a fun busy day!

The girls had lots of fun!

Matthew did too!