A White Christmas

A White Christmas it was but not as far as the snow was concerned. We had a great holiday spent with the kids and our loved ones. Santa brought each of the kids one present because he had given us money for our Disneyland trip last month. The kids didn't seem to care and Warren and I did get them each a couple of things.

Christmas this year was on a Sunday so first thing in the morning we got all dressed up and went to a 45 minute sacrament meeting at 9:00 am. I have to admit I didn't have the best attitude about going at first but that quickly changed when I reminded myself that the only way to truly honor my Savior would be to go to Sacrament and feel the spirit and think of him. Sacrament meeting was beautiful and the spirit was stronger than ever. I was so glad to have been there with my beautiful family!

Our annual Christmas photo,what a beautiful family I have! I'm so grateful for another year of miracles, trials, happiness, love, joy, family, peace, knowledge, testimony, hope, and so much more. My life is better with each and every friend and family member I know. I look forward to better times ahead but won't forget this year we leave behind. My heart is full with thankfullness and love for my Savior Jesus Christ. My Testimony is stronger than ever and I love the Gospel more than ever! I plan to live more in the moment and cherish each day I have! Eryn White :)

Brynlee's Jazz & Ballet Performance!

Brynlee is back at it again this year taking not only Jazz but also taking Ballet! She loves it as always and enjoys her cousin Kamille and her friends Kemry & Macee in her classes. Brynlee is such a beauty all done up and ready for her performance. This year I had to bribe her to smile during her performances with taking her to dinner afterwards. It worked for sure, she had the biggest smile while dancing, she can be such a grump sometimes so I had to do something. I love you Brynlee and hope you keep doing what you love!

Baylee's First Tumbling Performance!

Baylee had been in Tumbling for a couple of months now and she is doing exceptionally well for a little four year old. She is in the Kindergarten class and loves her teachers Rachael and Sarah! Baylee had her first performance this month at Hillcrest High School. She had lot's of people there to watch her and I was so proud of my little monkey! She is so close to getting her front walk over and then she will start learning back hand springs. She's so flexible and fun to watch I can't wait to see what she will figure out next to do with her little bendable body! Great Job Baylee!

Sacrament Singing Sisters....

I'm so proud of my two beautiful daughters who sang "Away in a Manger" in Sacrament Meeting on Sunday. They did such a good job and had lots of compliments from those who were there!
There's nothing better then listening too two sisters sing together, they make me so proud! Everyone giggled at the end of the song when Brynlee leaned over and said to Baylee ( not realizing that everyone could hear her in the microphone) " Get Down". It was pretty funny!

CrAzY hAiR dAY!!

Friday the kids got out of school for Christmas break. The day was set aside for Crazy hair day! This is what my kiddos came up with, they had so much fun getting ready! I also went and helped with Brynlee's class party later that day. I did the left and right game with the kids and they loved it!

California/Disneyland Trip 2011

So finally after two years of planning, we went on our trip to Cali! The kids were so excited and had the time of there lives. We left on November 18th and stayed until November 26th. The first day was a Sunday so we decided to head to Huntington Beach. Carson and Brynlee always love to collect seashells and they again had a great time hunting for the prettiest ones. It was cold and windy and then the rain started in so our time there was cut short. It then rained all day long.

The hot tub is always a hit with my family. They even used the swimming pool a little bit which was beyond freezing, they are die hards my kiddos!

Here is our fun group: Warren's parents ( Dad is taking the picture), the Bettridges, and our family! We planned this trip with the White's and this is what we ended up with! My kids had so much fun spending time at Disneyland with their cousins and their grandparents, they will always remember this trip! Warren's parents had never been to Disneyland, so we had so much fun showing them around!

Our first day at Disneyland, we are all so excited!!

All of the cousins minus Connor who headed back to the Hotel earlier that day, he had had enough of the crowds!

I think this is one of Baylee's favorite moments at Disneyland, meeting Tinkerbell!

Funny story about this picture. We were dieing to meet Cinderella and from what we had heard she is so hard to find. Warren and I had split up with the kids earlier that day when I got a call from him from across the park that he had just stumbled across Cinderella. So I made him and the boys get in her line ( which is a little embarrassing considering that everyone in line is moms and little girls for the most part) and the girls and I got out of the line we were in and ran and I do mean ran across the park to hopefully get there in time to meet her. So as you can see we made it. We got her autograph and a picture with her and it was so worth it by the smiles on there sweet faces!

This picture is one of my favorites! I just love sleeping beauty! Thanks to my brother-in-law Dave we really got into character stalking this year. Brynlee decided the last day that we were there that she wanted an autograph book to get some characters autographs. By this time we had already met a few characters and even a few princesses. So my mission that day turned into getting her as many autographs as we could. We went from one place to the other and stood in line for most of the day. It was the best time for me just spending time with my girls and watching there eyes light up with every new princess that we met!

Me and my Love! Warren was a real trooper. He hates crowds and let me tell you there were a lot. He said he would never do a five day pass again to Disneyland but who knows maybe he will forget this experience in a couple years! My husband is the best ever, he even let me spend one day with my cousin Laura who took me to Santee Alley in downtown Los Angeles and we shopped the alley's. We had a great time, I bought a purse and some scarves and some jewelry!

Carson had a blast, he loved California Scream'n and I think his other favorite from the trip was the hot tub. He was the one every night harassing us all to go out there with him!

The other highlight of the trip for me was taking Baylee on her first roller coaster! She was scared at first but then she loved it! She begged and begged me to take her on it again the next day. The lines were ridiculous but she would not give in, we had to go on it again, and we did!

We spent a lot of time around the castle looking for princesses! Love my Girls!

The kids with Grandma, waiting to go on the toy story ride!

Connor is such a mini Warren. He begged me the last two days not to make him go back to Disneyland. He had had enough of the crowds and just didn't care to go any more. So the last day the boys and Warren came to the park for maybe two or three hours and then went back to the hotel. The girls and I were troopers though, we stayed and watched the parade and the fireworks and then they make it snow. It's so magical with the music playing, I so cried!

So we were there over Thanksgiving and Warren's mom of course did not let us go with out. She cooked us a full on Thanksgiving meal in the hotel room. Yes, she is amazing! She cooked a turkey in a crock pot, we made mashed potato's, stuffing, gravy, we had a vegetable tray, cranberry sauce, a pumpkin pie, and rolls. It was great, we spent the day at Disneyland and then took a break and ate Thanksgiving Dinner and then went back to the parks for night fun. I think everyone needs to at least once experience Disneyland over a holiday, magical doesn't even cover it! As always I can't wait to go back!