Disneyland 2010!!!

I finally got my camera back, but I was only able to take one picture before it stopped working again! I had to take it back in and I made sure to let them know that we had a trip to disneyland coming up in less than two weeks and I would really, really, really like to have my camera back by then. They made sure to let me know that there was no guarantee.

As the trip got closer I started losing hope, but on the day we were leaving I found out that the camera was being shipped to our house and was scheduled to arrive that day! UPS delivers from 7 am to 7 pm, so naturally they delivered to us at 6:45pm. But we didn't care, it was worth the wait, and as soon as the camera came we hopped in the car and headed to Aunt Charity's house.

For Christmas Charity wanted to take us to Disneyland!! The kids have been excited about it for months! (so have Nick and I)

We got there around 11 that night and right after breakfast the next morning we were off to Disneyland.

Right around here we lost Aaron. Nick had taken Aaron and Charlotte on Pirates of the Carribean while we were eating lunch, and when they came back Charity and I went again with them while Nick stayed with the sleeping girls. The ride dumps you off right next to a gift shop and we walked in to look around. We had been in for a couple of minutes and I was more concerned about losing Charlotte and wouldn't let go of her hand. Suddenly we realized we couldn't see Aaron. Charity went to look outside while I looked harder in the gift shop. Almost immediately a Disney employee came up to me asking if I was looking for a child. She helped me look all around the store. Another employee came up to Charity outside and asked her the same question. I stayed calm for a few minutes, but after no one could find him inside or outside of the store I lost it. The woman started to call security and asked for a description of Aaron and I could hardly speak. I suddenly thought that maybe he had walked back to Nick and I tried to call him, but he didn't answer. Charity had the same idea and ran over there.

Aaron had walked back to Nick when he couldn't find us and was safe with him.

The whole ordeal probably only lasted 5 minutes and it didn't ruin the day, but it was so awful when I thought he was gone. I was very impressed with Disney and how quickly they got involved and took over the search. They must have employees who do nothing but assist in those instances and read the faces of panicked parents and children. I saw the same woman who helped me later just standing in the background observing the crowd.

We stayed at the park for 12 hours and the kids were exhausted walking back to the car. It was a wonderful day. There weren't too many people there, the weather was beautiful and the longest we had to wait in a line was about 20 minutes. Most rides we just walked right on to. We are already looking forward to the next time we go.

Thank you Auntie Charity!

Our Easter

We spent the majority of the weekend listening to General Conference. I have never enjoyed a conference more than I did this one. The time seemed to fly and I was disappointed when each session was over. I could have listened all day.

On Saturday in between sessions we did yard work. Nick was working on the tree stumps out front, digging up the roots so that we can plant new trees, while I was planting tomatoes and cantaloupe in the back. I also mowed the grass for the first time in my life! It was much easier than I thought.

On Sunday we had a nice calm morning watching conference, then after it was over family came over for dinner. With my camera away, I only felt inspired to pick up the old camera for the Easter egg hunt.



Because we weren't actually going to church on Sunday I just made skirts for the girls this year. They were fun, simple and I liked how they turned out. I made headbands with the scraps.





















Charlotte definitely found more eggs than anyone else. Aaron had a better sense of letting the little girls find the obvious ones, Lila just wanted to eat all the candy she found and Elsie just wasn't as fast as Charlotte.





Then of course the Easter Bunny came!



Charlotte wasn't scared this year, which was a first



but Lila wasn't fond of her, and Elsie was too busy digging her claws onto my arms and screaming each time I took a step closer to the poor bunny, to pose for a picture.



It was another great holiday with family and good food.