Another beautiful day at Disneyland!

Well, I guess the secret is out, we love Disneyland. So here are a few more shots of us there...... We got to go with Papa and Nana this time. The weather was perfect, the crowds were small. It was a great time!


Very original family shot.





Lauren in a Minnie Mouse dress... Couldn't help but take pictures of that.



Here is an attempt to get all 3 together for a nice picture, but Lauren didn't "appreciate" Carter's arm trying to hold her on the bench to keep her from running wild through the streets of Disneyland... hence the pretty face...


The highlight of our day were these Mickey and Minnie glasses, for not only can they serve as sunglasses....


..... they also open to serve as a serious fashion statement, for which all 3 of our kiddos were VERY pleased.



And for some reason, this was the expression Lauren made every time the sunglasses went on.



Aaaawwww, Carter. I will be so sad when he isn't so proud of cool glasses like this.



As we were leaving, a mob of people chased after Mickey as he came out to take pictures. Somehow, Jason ended up taking the first picture with another family, and we squeaked in for a shot before a line of 30 people formed behind us. Lauren is getting many smooches on the head from Mickey in this picture. :)



Thanks Papa and Nana for a great time at Disneyland!!!

Fun in the snow!

We went to Northern Cal this past weekend for my side (the Clader's) family Christmas get-together. We went to a very nice cabin in Soda Springs. As you will see, with once again way too many pictures, we had lots of fun and got LOTS of snow. I don't know that I have ever seen snow come down like I saw this weekend. It was beautiful!! Carter has been asking to go to the North Pole for 2 years now, so his dream finally came true. Jason, on the other hand, loved the snow but was always a little worried that the Abominable Snowmonster from the Rudolph Christmas movie was out there in the snow somewhere - (but I guess that has something to do with us telling him that the Abominable Snowman doesn't live in his closet, he lives in the snow - Ooops!) Anyway, we had a great time with family, and although there are no pictures to prove it, with my great friends in Auburn who always make time to see me when we are on one of our whirlwind trips. I love you all. Thanks for the fun times.



Thank you Aunite Karleen for my snow suit. It was so nice and warm and it made me look like the Michilan Man (sp?)







Aaaawwww! This is right before they started pushing her into the snow which they thought was funny because she didn't want to move her feet. :)





Grammy and Grandpa got in to the sledding action....



...and it was hard work. :)



This is a picture of the 11 cousins in their new Chistams pj's. So fun to have them all together!! Lauren is especially happy - probably because her three oldest girl cousins were negotiating over who got to hold her for the picture.



Lauren was super proud of her cabin wear.



Remember I said we got LOTS of snow? Our car is under the snow pile behind Carter.



And this is the road we drove out on. It was crazy snowy, but oh so fun. Thanks Dad and Mom for a great late Christmas.