Happiest Place on Earth

We survived Tax Season...so, to celebrate, we packed up the kids in the family van and headed off to DISNEYLAND. We met up with Troy's parents and his sister, Bobi, and her family there and had a blast. I can't say that it was the Happiest Place on Earth for Darrin (when he would get off a ride he would dart out of the building, collapse on the ground outside and start bawling, almost like he was so grateful that he survived the ride!) Needless to say, we only took him on two rides and after the outbursts we figured it wasn't worth torturing him.

His favorite sites were:

Playhouse Disney Live on Stage

The Choo-Choo Train Ride

Buzz Lightyear

His new buddy, Brock

Max was just happy to hang out in the stroller and kick-back a bottle of formula. He fell asleep in his stroller a couple of times; however, he HAS to sleep on his stomach, so his little feet would hang down out of the stroller and it was hilarious looking.

Max's favorite event was the pool. It was his first time swimming and he LOVED to splash. We started calling him the "Splash Monster" because he would get in the pool and just start splashing like crazy. He would get water all over his face and he didn't even care. We even started chasing Darrin around the pool with Max trying to splash him and he would make a funny monster noise. What a character!

All in all, it was a great trip. It was nice to spend some time with our kids and Troy's family and just get to relax a little!

Happy Easter

Since Easter came early this year, and because we were in the middle of tax season and having major employee issues, we didn't get to attend the Annual Easter Extravaganza put on by the Braithwaite's. So, we stayed home and attended an Easter Egg Hunt put on by some of our friends here in Hurricane. There were tons of eggs filled with all types of goodies, and all Darrin cared about was pushing Max around in the stroller. He did happen to "find" a couple of Easter Eggs and that was as much fun as he needed.

The next morning, the Easter Bunny had left some presents for our little ones: Darrin got a new Geo Trax and Max got a counting Piggy Bank. He also left a couple of eggs around the house for Darrin to find. And, you can't forget the matching church shirts (as you can tell, they were thrilled about them!) All in all, we had a Happy Easter!!!

Back from Hermitville!!!

So, I realize it has been almost three months since my last post, which is quite frankly, pathetic. So, instead of cramming the past three months into one post, I am going to post one event at a time. Hopefully it won't take me another three months!!!