Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Disneyland and our visit!

Grandma with the kids before she had to go! : ( More Disneyland pictures will be added tomorrow!



The cousins hanging out at Disneyland!



On Friday, with our little family at disneyland.



See, I did have some fun!

Our family with pooh! Check out Christian fake smile!

The Ellers new couch

The Blondies looking like twins!

JUST SUCH CUTE AND FUNNY KIDS!


The cousins all had a blast spending time together. Elizabeth and Sophie just loved each other. Liam and Preston had a crush on Meliah! Christian really enjoyed spending time with his boy cousins.

We loved getting caught up on everything with Holly and Stephen. It was really great to see how well they are doing and how happy they are! We sure do love them and wish we lived a little closer!

All the kids in their life jackets getting ready to go on the paddleboats!

We had a paddle boat race! Holly and Stephen smoked us! We loved to see the ducks, turtles, fountains and hang out on the water.

3 comments:

Becky Nelson said...

Wow, it looked like you guys had so much fun. I am glad you enjoyed your trip. We are happy you made it back safe. Love ya

Kerri said...

What a great time!! Thanks for sharing, we're glad you're home!!

The Eccles said...

looks like a blast! Memories for everyone.

Families are Forever!

Families are Forever!
What a great blessing

I sure do love my family!

I sure do love my family!

Our 3 little ones!

Our 3 little ones!
We have been so blessed!!!

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