happiest place on earth

We spent the first week of February in the happiest place on earth. The weather was perfect. That alone was enough to have Thayne and I smiling all week. Seriously, gorgeous! Tyson's favorite ride was either the monorail or splash mountain. I think he was super scared on splash mountain but he would keep riding it over and over. He was IN LOVE with all the characters. His eyes would glaze over and he would get this huge grin on his face every time he was around Mickey and crew. I could get him to hug anybody by saying pretend to be mickey and go give that lady/guy a hug. It would crack me up every time. Lexi loved the pool the most. If we were back at the hotel, she would put on her swimsuit and beg to go swimming.
We had such a great time and loved seeing a couple of the families from dental school. The Moellers were so great to jump on board and come on vacation with us. The Trockels also met us for a day. It was fun to catch up. Little jealous of where they both live. Florida is so great at this time of year.
My favorite moment was when I maxed out my score on the buzz lightyear ride. I got 999,999. Thayne always beat me other than this one ride. He kept asking me what I was aiming at. Honestly, didn't have a clue. I'm either really lucky or I had a broken gun. Don't tell Thayne I'm admitting that. I have lots of pictures to post so it might be an overload when I finally get around to going through them.

Hugh, my best friend

While in Maryland we got to see our good friends, the Porters. Thayne and Garth went through dental school together and it was soooo fun to see them! Crazy how close I feel to some of these people who we spent the last few years with. I think we'll be friends with a few of them for the rest of our lives, I hope. Tyson misses his little buddies sooo much. He still will tell you that Hugh and Hayden are his best friends and they've been gone for a long time. We happened to plan our get together on Hugh's birthday. I didn't remember it was Hugh's birthday until we were almost there. I felt bad that we didn't bring a present but hopefully Tyson was enough of a present. We also met with them and went to a train museum. Tyson LOVED the museum.







Itty, bitty little bowling shoes.

to grandmother's house we go

I'm so late blogging about Christmas so this is mostly going to be pictures. Grandma and Grandpa Gardner spoiled us all and we had a great time.


Thayne and I spent our anniversary together seeing a movie, going to cafe rio (they're finally on the east coast), and then to the temple. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for taking care of our little ones!

This place totally reminded me of Korea.

Christmas 2011

luke 2

If you look closely, you might recognize Santa. Tyson recognized him. Hilarious!

winter fun

Breakfast with Santa 2011

Lexi is a stripper. If you take your eyes off her, she'll start taking her clothes off. Doesn't matter if we're at the mall, store, post office, or whatever.