American Girl Los Angeles

After arriving in LA the girls are so excited to stay in a hotel.

In front of the fountain at "the Grove".

Nicole and Julie

shopping while we wait for our dinner reservation

they had cute chairs for the dolls to sit in

the cutest plates and cups, just the right size for a doll

After dessert

The hotel had an elevator that entertained the kids for hours.

All the cute kids and their dolls. Such a fun group.

We went to Crumbs, before we left LA for such fabulous cup cakes.

Nicole enjoying her cupcake.

Skiing!

Aaron skiing

Isaac skiing

On the ski lift

1 hour of lessons

Such happy boys. End of a great day of skiing

What great weekend they had.

Pictures from 2007 and 2011

free museum day.

2011

2007

2011

2007

Pictures say a 1,000 words!

2011!

Well, I guess we should wrap up 2010. We had such a full 2 months. Lots of things to keep us busy. Halloween, 2 Birthdays, 1 Baptism, 2 holidays, and lots of memories to last a life time.

Nicole and her friend marching and singing at the top of their lungs "Follow the Leader"

(to the tune of Follow the prophet)

Can you guess what she really wanted for Christmas?

The boys loved their new cars. Lots of outdoor fun.

We had such a fun time having a tea party birthday

Disneyland here we come...

The Happiest Place on Earth?

What a bunch of crazy kids. They had so much fun waiting for World of Color to start.

We had a really good time in Tommorrowland. They had a program that would age you 50 years. We added all the fun stuff to the picture to make it funny. We added smoking, sun damage, and being over weight.

And Aaron "Jabba the Hut" Brown...

The whole top floor was video games. We spent 2 hours playing and running around. So much fun.

We had to go to Pirate Island. My kids love to play pirates, they all bought a sword and had fun with all the loot.

Learning how to swing a lasso.

Isaac rode this 4 times. He loved it. Look at my boys in that car ready to blast off.

Isaac wanted to ride the screamer, not have his picture taken.

While Christian and Isaac rode the screamer Aaron and Nicole posed for a box picture.

We loved this ride. It was to bad the line was so long. We were able to get one ride in.

Nicole loves her Minnie Mouse

We would like to thank Chubby's All American Diner for staying open so we could have something good to eat. Super yummy food. It was 3 blocks from our hotel so we only ate there once.

This was a funny moment at dinner. Aaron was so tired that he fell asleep on the table, fry in hand. The moment I took the picture he stirred enough to dip the fry in ketchup and then he tried to find his mouth (think it took him 3 tries before he found his mouth). We were laughing so hard.

I was a tad cold, so I ordered hot cocoa. Well, Nicole wanted something across the table and spilled my full mug in my lap. It was a good thing I had 5 layers on or I may have gotten burned. It was just the end to a long day of spills. That morning we were having orange juice for breakfast and I shook up the bottle (the lid had come loose when the plastic ring was taken off the top, before you open the bottle.), it went flying all over Isaac and my self.

We promised the boys they could buy a lego set to bring home. Now what family goes all the way to disneyland and comes home with Legos. Not disney legos.....starwars legos.

Are these not the cutest ears ever. She was so happy to pick the hat and ears. Of course it would not be a great day if it wasn't for pink.

All rested and ready to start our fun vacation at Disneyland.

Disneyland here we come. We are waiting at the parking lot for our shuttle to take us to the airport.

Aaron and Isaac loved flying. They wanted to know when the maid was going to come by to give them more snacks and their drinks.

Nicole was so happy to finally be in the air.

We stayed at a great place. It was the Portifino Hotel and Suites. The kids had their own room with a bunk bed. Isaac and Aaron traded nights on the pull out couch.