We're still here!

I haven't posted for a month!  Time flies!  I have mostly just taken pictures on my phone so here they are to catch you up on the latest, sorry for the overload:

Addison has been reading like crazy lately!  She is sound asleep in this picture with her book still in her hands.

 I got to go to St. George to see my cute brother get put in as Bishop of his ward.  He's going to be great!  I love this picture of him and his 3 sons.

 Girl Scouts is still fun!

 Another park opened down the street from us.  yay!

 Soccer!

 The beautiful city of San Francisco!

 We took the kids to the aquarium last week.

 These 2 pictures make me laugh.  Carter wanted his picture with this giant fish...

 but it's going to the bathroom...eewww...sorry Carter!  ;)

 The kids also rode the double decker merry-go-round at Pier 39 (top level of course, you can't see them up there it's too dark.)

 More funny pictures.  Story of our lives...

 The Bay bridge has some new light art project on it.  It actually looks pretty cool in real life!  :)

 Carter's favorite restaurant Rainforest Cafe.

 We had Stake Conference at the Oakland temple grounds 2 weeks ago.  It is so, so beautiful there!

 We are also loving the tennis courts.  And Carter is ALWAYS doing cart wheels.  He does them perfectly, even on one hand.

 Any time I go on a walk I am amazed by the beauty around me!

 Carter lost his first tooth.  YAY!  He is SO excited about it!

 Leprechaun traps are seriously business apparently.  No luck AGAIN this year!

 But they left treats which makes up for it.

So that's it for now.  We're doing great.  Appreciating this beautiful weather and hoping that Marty's work schedule slows down so we can spend time with him a little more and get stuff done around the house!  And maybe go to Disneyland again!  :)

Season pass trip 2

We flew down to Southern California for a few days at the happiest place on earth (for my birthday!).  When we got on the plane the pilot whisked the kids away and put them in her seat.

 The best part of the trip?  Being with these guys!  LOVE!

 Carter loooooooves Pooh Bear!

 We went to Goofy's kitchen for dinner.  It was really fun!

 And look who else we ran in to?  We had no idea they were going to be there.  Cute Trevor and Addison!

 Although Tyler and Carter had the best time!  They have always loved each other.  Such cute kiddos!!

 I tried taking a few pictures of the girls in front of the castle on our last day there with them, but it was a little bright.  squint!

 On the train...these are a little better!

 Addison loves her dad!

 yay!  Carter got chosen to fight Darth Vader!  He loved every minute of it!

 and then got to build his very own light saber!

 Last pictures with the Jones' before we flew home.

 Again...we're facing the wrong way!  Guess we could have turned around.  oh well.

It was an awesome trip!  We can't wait to go back.

Alcatraz

Addison had an assignment for school to visit a landmark, and she chose Alcatraz, so while the kids were off school for Christmas break, we headed into the city and took a tour.  We have not even begun to scratch the surface of the amazing city of San Francisco, but we love it so much!
It was cold, and we got sprinkled on as we were heading back from Alcatraz, but really I have been pleasantly surprised at the weather in the city almost every time we have gone.  (We are on the other side of the Caldecott tunnel so we don't very often get fog or the same weather as the city).

 Carter actually did not love it.  He said it was scary!  The audio tour includes lots of sound effects and it kind of freaked him out.  His face in this picture is so funny.  When Marty and Addison went into a cell he kept saying "Get OUT!"  He was very worried that the cell would actually shut and they would be stuck.

Happy New Year

 (do you see it?)  2013 fruit platter.  ha ha.  My contribution to the NYE party we went to.