Portland, ME

Here we are in the coldest place on earth! No really, I have never seen so much snow in my life(Sorry Aunt Marilyn)! Erik and I took a little vacation to Portland, ME. Our purpose for the trip was something other than vacation but in the end it turned up to be nothing more than a wonderful vacation.

The Sweetest Thing

Treven came out of his room tonight after being in bed for about an hour. I totally thought he was asleep and when that boy sleeps there is NO waking him, so I thought this was weird. Anyways he comes to me and says:
"Mom, I am scared and I don't like it. We need to say a prayer so I'm not scared anymore."
So of course I agree and we walk back to his room and he climbs in bed and starts to pray and this is how it went:
"Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for this special, special, special day. Heavenly Father? I'm scared and will you help me not be scared anymore?" (then he paused for a moment like he was waiting for an answer)"Thank you! In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."
I don't know about you, but that is just about the sweetest thing I've ever heard!

Pure Love!

Did I mention that I LOVE MY FAMILY?!

More Vacation Pictures...

I Love My Family!!!!

VACATION

We did it! We went on our FIRST FAMILY VACATION... to SAN DIEGO! I can't even begin to explain how much fun we had. It was everything I could have asked for and more! I have perfect kids and my best friend for a husband. That alone is enough, but then add on top of that LegoLand and the Zoo...that's a recipe for a perfect vacation!

These pictures are from our first adventure...LegoLand!

These pictures are from our second adventure...the Zoo!

And in my opinion...This should win some sort of award for cuteness!

I'm sure there will be more pictures soon seeing as we took over 100 of em'!

Needless to say fun was had by all.

Good Times

What could be better, in the eyes of a 4 yr old?

A rainy day

A tiger umbrella

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Your best friend!

Ouch!!!

How do your tell you children that what your about to do is going to hurt like "H-E-Double Hockey Sticks" but it is for their good? What I am, stupid? I should have just had their dad take them. Treven, Maycie and I got our flu shots today! OUCH!!!! Here is what we did for the next 2 hours (see above picture).

Would you like to hear our reactions? Here goes...

Treven: "I'm angry at you mom. You know why? Because you made everything on my body hurt! I hate shots."

Maycie: "Owwww" (With the biggest alligator tears you have ever seen)

Me: "What the....? This freakin' hurts!" (In my head of course)

Oh well, needless to say, it kept us from getting the flu last year so...here's to another "Flu Free" year.