day two...San Diego Zoo

we decided to take it easy after our 12 hours day at disneyland...haha and drive to San Diego to see the zoo. it was awesome...then only bummer thing was that chris and papa weren't feeling great. so with only being in the park for 5 hours, eating lunch and SEVERAL potty stops, we didn't get done as much as we had hoped. the girls had a blast.

*funny story... shay was scared of pretty much everything. she was not understanding the concept of glass that separates us from whatever is behind it. so after finally getting her to look at the reptiles and kinda sorta getting that they couldn't get her we took her to see the gorillas... there was a huge one just sitting in the middle of the field chewing on some bark. it was putting on quite the show. when all of a sudden it got up and left out of sight. then we turned around and it was coming straight for the glass to us...i told shay to hold out her hand on the glass and she was screaming...then right in front of us it put its bum to the glass. it was super funny! shay didn't like it at all.

day one...Disneyland

for christmas this year we decided to give the girls another trip to disneyland before baby girl comes in march. so we headed out on the 5th of January. we were supposed to stay with craig and kailee, but roman was sick and we decided to get a hotel that connected to grammy and papa's room.... it was a BLAST for the girls. the minute they woke up, they wanted to see grammy and papa.

today was friday and we decided to go to hit the last days of the christmas season...it was CROWDED but worth it because we got to see everything we wanted. the haunted mansion was all christmas, it's a small world was amazing, the christmas parade, the fireworks, and fantasmic... all so much fun! it was a LONG day for my pregnant body... but SOOOOOOO much fun! grammy and papa were a blast to have come along with us...and they did what they do best...spoil!! haha

christmas

christmas was perfect this year. it was low key...full of family...and on sunday! our girls were so excited and i was the first one to wake up and was soooooo excited for the girls to finally get up. we had my parents come over in the morning for opening of presents and for a brunch. i had made a french toast casserole and crock pot breakfast casserole the night before and so it turned out great with little preparation.

brian came over for a surprise visit and may have joined us for a little breakfast as well.

after we got ready for church and nancy, jenn, kayla, corey and skyler all came to church with us. it was so much fun. chris spoke about his favorite hymn and then as a congregation we all sang it. it was a wonderful meeting.

after church we visited tom and then headed to nancy's for some more presents and fun with family!

we ended the night going back to my moms and watching 17 miracles, having dinner, and going home early to call it a night!

perfect....i thought so too:)