Disneyland here we come!!!

We finally decided to use our final day at Disneyland and we loved every minute of it! We decided this time we would try to do the things that we had not done the past two trips. So...

We saw as many characters as we could, some twice!

We went and ate at Ariel's Grotto, that is where we saw a lot of princesses!

 We went to California Adventure and rode some rides.

We caught some shows, Sarah's favorite was Disney Junior!

 We saw the Christmas Parade!

 We LOVED the Holiday decorations!!!

and the fireworks!

It was a great trip, we had a ton of fun!  Sarah was so tired but would not let go of her princess pin from Ariel's Grotto.  She screamed and screamed and screamed people on the tram that she did not want to go home, it was a good thing we were sitting with kind people that took pity on us as parents of this screaming child.  But then she passed out, she was just way too tired from all the entertainment!

 That night POPS came into town, and the kids got to see him first thing in the morning.  In the morning we heard Sarah say "Daddy, Daddy", and then Kurtis say "Sarah do you remember who is here?....Pops", then Sarah said "OOOooohhh!!!" To both children that meant Christmas was on its way!!!!

and they were happy for that!

Holiday Card

Sorry everyone, I have not had the time to print our Christmas Cards, so this year we are just going to go digital!! I will type up and update of our lives before the new year!!

Everyone have a safe and happy holiday season!!!

Love, The Pikula's

Tis The Season

I am happy to tell all of our blog fans out there that our tree has been trimmed and the stockings are hung from the chimney with care in hopes that Saint Nic will soon be here!!!

They were so very happy to get Christmas decorations up, they wanted to put lights up all over the house but Derick and I are not quite there yet. May be next year!!

Last a picture of the wreath I made at Relief Society a few weeks ago. It was my first, but I channeled my inner creativity to create something.

Happy Holidays from happy Pikula Children!

Our Evening....

Tonight we planned on going to Macy's and just delivering our letters to Santa to the special red drop box!! Well, then we received a special special package...from GG. A Christmas dress for a specific blond girl!! She immediately had to put it on, and call GG to say Thank You, so what pops in my head? Quick, Kurtis get dressed in nice clothes, we are going to take our photos with Santa!! Yeah, and so we did. Sarah was very excited about going and giving her list to Santa; however, that was NOT the case once we got there. She would not let go of me, Derick was not there yet to help cheer them, yes them because once Sarah gets upset her brother does too...I digress....Derick was not there yet to cheer them up. In my opinion

, this was our experience to document so the fact that Sarah is balling is just a part of the experience. You can see that I had to hold her hand to calm her down, at least I did not have to sit on Santa's lap too. At the end you should know Sarah shook Santa's hand on her own. Of course he had to give her a candy cane before she would even think about it, but still.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Holiday season!!! Just a plug if you live in the area- Go to Century City mall (next to Yogurtland) they have Santa's Picture Perfect Holiday photos put on by Microsoft, for FREE....yes I received these photos e-mailed to me personally for FREE people. AND NO LINE....You just cannot beat that!!!