Travel Town....

Okay, for anyone who has children that likes trains and is in the area of Los Angeles, CA you need to take them to Travel Town. I took Zoie and Kurtis before school started back up. We had a ton of fun. We climbed into old "retired" trains, we watched the models go around, around AND around in the museum, and rode the small train around the park. It was a great little adventure! The two of them took some adorable pictures: Zoie wanted to pose for the camera but Kurtis was a little occupied with all the trains.

Highlights of our week....

Derick asked me the other week why we choose to live in Los Angeles, well the first highlight of our week is my reason why.

The weather was so nice so for a few days this week we were able to go to the beach and relax.Kurtis, Sarah and I enjoyed that wonderful weather the other days of the week by going for a bike ride.I went to Cheesecake Factory and tasted "The Stefani", it is cheesecake and red velvet cake put together, wow that was delicious!Then as usual we played with the hot wheels, Sarah really loved that!

Our Holiday...

We went and looked at the temple lights....

We watched the Polar Express in 3-D...We opened presents....

We ate lots of goodies....

and afterwards......we worked out (disregard my lovely pants....derick thought it was too cute of a photo to pass up!)Overall we had a great holiday season!!

Kurtis and his friends....

Zoie and Parker came to visit Kurtis and Sarah, they had a great time building tents, singing, and dancing!!

Here is the amazing tent!!!

Sarah LOVED Parker's dance!!!I LOVE these kids smiles!!! How can you not just smile with them!!!

HE DID IT!!!

Kurtis' school had a winter performance, we practiced and practiced but still did not think he was going to get on stage. BUT HE DID IT and he did it really well!!! He and all of his classmates did a wonderful job and yes he did bring a little tear to my eye, he is growing so fast!!!

These two...

These two are so funny together!!

Sarah loves to just watch him, and Kurtis loves to entertain her!! I was trying to capture a photo of Sarah laughing which is pretty hard, but Kurtis decided to come in and help. He tried lots of different things!!almost there...and FINALLY...we got a little smile!!!

Families gone...what to do???

We dropped everyone off at the airport, came home and started to clean. I never would have been able to get it all done, but I had a surprising little helper!!

After cleaning he got depressed, sat down on the recliner and read the book Twas the Night Before Christmas (with Nanny's pre-recorded reading) over and over and over again. I was feeling so sad for him, then I over heard him talking to Nanny, so I asked who he was talking to and he said "Nanny, if I push this button she can hear me"...the poor boy misses you all!!!

To cheer him up we did an experiment called "Dancing Raisins", you combine water, baking soda, and vinegar THEN drop the raisins in and watch them dance.

FAMILY!!

A few weeks ago we had Sarah's blessing and enjoyed all of my family in town!! We celebrated Sarah's birth, Jackie's Birthday, Mom & Dad's Anniversary, and Christmas since we all are not sure when we will be back together again!! Kurtis LOVED all of the attention, and cried when everyone left. We miss you all already!!!

Thank you all for your love and support!!!

Let's Go Fly A Kite!!!

Kurtis has been asking for months to go fly his kite but with Derick back at work, and little Sarah I have not made it to the beach with him. BUT...Aunt Katie flew in last week and we decided to go straight to the beach and try to fly the kite. The wind was not blowing that hard, but by the end we got the kite pretty high up there!! It was so fun to see the pure joy in his face!!!