Olivia's 4th Birthday!

I love the tradition I started with a last hug before my babies turn a year older. It amazes me that Olivia has only been in my life for 4 years... I feel like she has been with me my whole life and I can't remember what like was like before her. She is such a beautiful blessing in my life!

Olivia had the best birthday and I had so much fun planning it and enjoying it! She woke up completely shocked by all the fun decorations in the living room! She ran straight to my room and asked to go out there with her but I convinced to to snuggle in bed with me and watch a show while I showered. Walt woke up when I got out so I finally let her go in the living room to explore!

The streamers didn't last long but the kids loved them! The princess decorations have been the best birthday investment! This is the 3rd year I have used them and Olivia gets so excited when they are up! I remember being sad when I took them down last year and I know I will be again this year.

I asked Olivia what kind of cake she wanted a few weeks ago and she changed her mind a few times but consistently asked for an Elsa cake the last few days after she saw one on display at walmart. I wanted to see what the options were for cakes so we flipped through the cake book and she saw an Ariel cake and fell in love! The day before her birthday I went shopping at party city and found the jackpot on Ariel party goods! I am hoping to throw her a little Ariel party with a cool cake but since our day was booked I just did easy cupcakes with candy toppings.

Walter asked to give her a balloon so I found an Ariel one at party city... That place could be very dangerous!! He thinks it is his and later asked where why it wasn't a Mickey balloon like the ones from Disneyland. Oops!

 For breakfast she asked for mini pancakes. This girl loves pancakes!! When you ask her what she wants for breakfast the answer is always pancakes and the answer is the same for dinner too! Lunch is always a peanut butter and jelly. The kids are loving strawberries right now and we go through bananas like crazy!

A few days ago Olivia asked for flowers for her birthday. It was so cute! She loved her pink roses!

The night before her birthday we made a quick trip to Walmart for cake mix and to "look" at presents. She found this Elsa dress and I told her maybe for her birthday and "put it away" under the cart so she couldn't see it. She cried until we got home. She explained exactly what the dress looked like to Michael and we told her maybe she would get lucky! She was so excited when she opened her present up in the morning!

This picture of Ella makes me laugh! Look at that cute little toe!

We got ready after breakfast and went to Disneyland for an extremely fun day with family! My dad hasn't been to Disneyland in 15 years but he said he would go for his princess buttercup! Isn't that the cutest!? I love how he calls her princess buttercup and he says "as you wish" to her! Dallin and his girlfriend Deanna got time off work to come too! The kids love Dallin and they love Deanna more! It wouldn't be a Disneyland trip without my mom and Emily!

Our first stop was to see the princesses  we love the Royal Hall. Olivia told all the princesses that it was her birthday and she is 4. It was so cute!

April is a big month of celebration. It is my dad, Emily, Rachael, and Olivia's birthday and my parents celebrated their 30th anniversary! Then on the Woolley side we  celebrate my nephew Spencer and brother in law Johns birthday! April is a big month!

I'm so glad my dad came! He really made the day so special!

Olivia's friends Audra and Taylor joined us for a little. Olivia was in heaven hanging out with the girls! I love the friends we have made here in California!

Olivia loves Taylor!! They play so cute together! They have great imaginations!

Olivia's big request of the day was to ride the pink dumbo with Opa! She was so happy to be on the ride with him!

Walt loves trains and wouldn't get off the Casey Jr. ride when it was over.

We had a delicious dinner at the Blue Bayou!

We had our fast passes for space mountain and also got the baby swap passes so we were able to ride twice with on wait! My dad even went on the ride!! This picture cracks me up!!

We got great seats for the paint the night parade with our dinner so to pass some time Olivia and my mom took silly selfies.

This beauty fell asleep on our way out. She had such a fun day with family at her happy place! The day went way too fast! I wanted it to last forever! I'm so grateful for my family! The kids were so happy all day, usually they have a few breakdowns but no one cried all day! It was a day filled with so much happiness!  

I love my sweet girl so much! She is amazing! I learn so much from her. She is a leader, an example, a performer, a loyal friend, and so much more! She is so funny and smart! She loves to imagine and create and play. She loves to dress up in my high heels and clothes. She loves to dance. She is intense! She is so loving! She gives the best kisses and hugs! I love her so much! I'm blessed to be her mother! 

Bakersfield

We had so much fun in Bakersfield while Michael was in Italy... Again! This was his second trip in 4 months and at the beginning of March he went to New York! I hope I get to go next time! Well, maybe when the kids are older. I don't think I could leave them and especially not my Baby Ella!

We spent a lot of time with my grandpa. He gave us a scare a few months ago and now he his doing a lot better but he is still not the grandpa I know. He is in an assisted living place and it was super cute. 

Olivia and my grandpa have this funny connection and I love it! She teases him like I use to do! They love sticking their tongues at each other and she likes to tickle him! 

I know these pictures will mean the world to me when the kids are older!

For family night on Monday we went to China bistro for dinner then took the kids to see zootopia. It was a cute movie but was scary. Olivia and Walt didn't like it and Ellanore jumped a couple of times too.

See that little bit of bed not being occupied on the end? Yea, that's where I slept!

On Tuesday Uncle Dallin and I took the kids jumping! We have so much fun with uncle Dallin! Opa came and held Ellanore for a little while! It was so fun!

Can you see Walter and Dallin!? Haha

Ellanore loved bouncing!

On Wednesday we took the train to Hanford and the kids had so much fun! I did its own little post since there were so many pictures.

On Thursday we went bowling. The kids were pretty exausted by then so they were not 100% into the game but they did have fun for a little. We also brought my grandpa along.

Friday we took it easy and cleaned my moms closet. Olivia tried on my formal dress!

Friday night we went to Emily and austins swim meet and played at the park. This swing was awesome!!

After the swim meet we hurried over to the church to watch Emily and my dad perform in a sing off! It was cute and they raised a lot of money for the wards girls camp!

We enjoyed hanging out with roxy and being with my family. I am so grateful to have such an awesome family! 

Easter 2016

I love being able to be with my family for holidays! 

Life has been so crazy lately... Ok, life seems to always be crazy but we have been on the go a lot lately. Michael left for a work trip to Italy on Easter Day! As a family we went to my parents house on Saturday to spend a little more time with my Rachael and Jake before they went back to Idaho. We had tacos for dinner and painted eggs. 

On Sunday we went to church with my parents then left to drop Michael off at LAX for his flight to Italy. Then we headed to my grandmas house for our family Easter party. 

Olivia and Walter love going to my grandmas house because they get to play with my cousins and my cousins kids. They ran around having a blast!

The was a wonderful Easter but we missed Michael. Im grateful for my Savior and that He lives! We loved talking about Jesus and I'm excited to continue to teach Olivia now that she is really starting to understand what His life really means to us.

Emily brought her hedgehog to show my grandma!