Disneyland

Back at the first of April we went to Disneyland with the Daniels Clan.  Before heading to the magic kingdom we stopped in Vegas for Kevin's aunts wedding.  Then we packed ourselves into the fifteen passenger van and headed to California.  We spent four days there, celebrated Eva's first birthday, and took lots of pictures. 

Day# 1- Vegas/ Wedding:

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- Melissa and Mike get married

- Porter thinks it is the coolest wedding in the history of forever

- He sings along with Elvis and claps the entire time

- Porter gets to ride in a stretch limo back to the hotel

Day#2- Las Vegas

-Hang out at the hotel and swim

-Men go to priesthood session

-Eat at the Heart Attack Grill where you dress up in hospital gowns, waitresses are nurses and in you are over 350lbs. you eat free!

- Go to the free Eric Church concert on Fremont Street

Day #3 : Travel to California

Day #4: First day of Disneyland

- Got to the park in the early afternoon

- Started off the day riding the safari ride, Tarzan's Tree house, Winnie the Pooh, Haunted House, Indiana Jones, and lots of other rides in Frontier Land

Day #5 Disneyland/Dodgers Game

- Rode lots of rides in Story land and Fantasy Land and spent some time in California Adventure

- While in California Adventure we go see the bugs life 3D movie, Porter loves it and laughs the whole time.  Eva on the other hand hates it and screams the whole time

- The highlight of the day for Eva was eating the lollipop her Grandma bought for her

- Porter also loved the sucker but was so tired he fell asleep with it in his mouth-- alot of people got a huge kick out of it!

- Went to L.A. for a Dodgers Game vs. Anaheim Angels

- Ate the famous Dodger Dogs for dinner

- Porter spent the first half off the game waving to every single person who walked by our seats, and there were a lot of people

- Eva slept through most of the game

- The Dodgers won

- We bought shirts from a crazy guy who pulled them out of his pants, super weird!

Day #6 Eva's First Birthday/ More Disney

- Eva celebrates her first birthday

- We get pictures with a few characters, spend most of the day in storybook land

- We ride the tea cups, dumbo, the carousel which porter loved,  ride the Alice In Wonderland ride, and watch some of the parade.

-Go back to the hotel for hamburgers, have a small party of our little princess

- Porter opens most of her gifts for her

- She gets a princess blanket from grandma and grandpa, a princess Minnie, and some princess bath toys from mom and dad

-The  hotel staff makes us toll house cookies to eat for her birthday celebration

- We had back to the park for the night

- We ride Tower of Terror, and some more rides in Storybook land the lines are next to nothing at night

- We end the night riding Splash Mountain a few times and I get soaked!

Day #7 Last Day of Disneyland

- Rode the train to Storybook Land where we rode It's a Small World, both the kids loved it! Kevin and I had the song stuck in our head forever.

-Kevin, Blake, and Porter went to Toone Town while I stood in line for two hours to get pictures with the princesses.

- I met this lady in my two hour line she told me her whole life story so it kept me super entertained

-Rode my favorite ride Soaring California, Blake and I couldn't figure out where all the pictures came from maybe Utah, maybe New York.  Then Eva informed us it was California since the ride is called Soaring California!

- Took the kids to the Character dinner for Eva's first birthday

- We got pictures with a lot of the characters as they would walk around

- They served really cool kid foods like Pb&j and Mac n' Cheese pizza, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, and every kid of desert you could ever want.  The adults had prime rib and shrimp!

-Porter danced with the Fairy God Mother it was adorable

- Eva hated most of the characters.   She loved them from far away she would wave at them and go crazy.  However, the second the would get close she would freak out.  Chip tried to touch her hand and she felt his fur she scream bloody murder!

- The staff at the dinner sang happy birthday to Eva and gave her a chocolate cupcake

-We went back to the park until it closed

- By the end of our trip all of our feet hurt so bad we could hardly walk

Last Day:

 Travel Day:

- We got packed up in our huge Mormon wagon and headed out

- We stoped in Cedar City for a couple of hours sleep

- Got home on the Saturday before Easter with a huge case of vacation hang-over

The Little Lady turns one!!!

Eva Grace had her first birthday on April 4th and we celebrated it in style in Disneyland!  We had a fun filled day we rode rides, watched a parade, had a small birthday celebration in our hotel room, opened presents, and ate cookies that the hotel staff made for her.  I have said it before and I will say it again  time just goes by way to fast.  It felt like it took her forever to get her and since she arrived the time has flown by.  She has been such a complete joy to raise thus far, she is the best little baby.  She is full of sunshine and smiles and we really couldn't be more in love with her.  She has such a sweet little spirit about her.

Eva Grace Fun Facts:

- Never stops moving!  You can see it when you look at her the wheels are at full force all the time.  She doesn't walk yet but to be honest I kind of dread the day.  She gets into everything, empties every cabinet, dumps out every toy bin and that's all while crawling.  I can't even begin to imagine the shenanigans that await me.
- She has the biggest, cutest smile ever.  From day one she has been very happy, rarely fussy type of lady.  She just has the most lovable cheeks and  smile.
- The girl loves food!  She eats just about anything she can get her hands on including rocks.  Her all time favorites however are eggs,  bananas, fruit-loops, oatmeal, and mac n' cheese. She also loves a good cupcake and shakes whenever she sees one.
-She hardly ever plays with toys most of her day is spent going from one destination to the other.
- She is a great sleeper and always has been.  She still takes two naps during the day, and puts herself right to sleep at the same time every night.  She is very predicable when it comes to her sleep.
- She loves to point at anything and everything. 
-  She says words now like " whats that", " Mama", " Dada", and " Uh Oh"
- The girl can shake it.  Turn on music and that girl is moving
- She claps and laughs all the time
- She wears 12-18 month clothing and is a  size 4  diaper
-She scratches you if she gets unhappy and can be at times pretty sassy
-She adores her big brother and tries her hardest to keep up with him
- She hates whole milk but loves juice
- She loves going on rides in our truck above Aurora
- She loves technology cellphones, remotes, and turning on and off the tv

April 4, 2011-3:30 a.m.

April 4, 2012

We love you little Eva girl so much and our so glad you are a part of our family!  We love your crazy energy and your big smile.  On a side note tonight Eva took my phone to bed without either Kevin or I noticing.  We were watching T.V. when Kevin's phone rang and Eva began babbling to him.  She is a crazy one and we love her so much!!!!

Dino Museum

We had a free weekend and decided to take the kids up to Thanksgiving Point to the Dinosaur Museum.  Porter loves Dinosaurs and has been learning a lot about them recently.  We go to the library every week and every week he checks out a couple of different books on dinosaurs. We can tell you their names, he knows the difference between a carnivore and a herbivore, and is convinced he and his dad are Bone Head dinosaurs because they have big heads.   This museum was pretty awesome it had all the dinosaurs bones and a lot of interactive activities for both of the kids.  I think Porters favorite parts where seeing the Bone Head dinosaurs and playing in the  huge sand and water table they had for the kids.  Eva was just happy to be there as always but had fun playing with the plastic dinosaurs and playing in the giant dino footprints.  We also got to dig for  bones, do huge dinosaur puzzles, play with magnets, and find a toy for each of them in the gift shop.  We enjoyed spending the day as a family and watching the kids have so much fun!