Valentines Day

Tyler will always be our big Valentines gift and that day is special for her but we all woke up to a great Valentines morning. I wish I took a picture of our counter. It was covered with little gifts for each the girls, a card and chocolates for Dave and a big bouquet of flowers for me with this sweet letter.

TO MY FOUR PRECIOUS ANGELS SENT FROM UP ABOVE TO FILL MY HEART WITH SO MUCH LOVE!
ANGEL #1: YOU ARE MY SWEETNESS. THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AND THE THING I CHERISH MOST IN THIS WORLD. I LOVE YOU MORE THAN WORDS COULD EVER SAY, AND I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT ON THIS VERY SPECIAL DAY. TO YOU I GIVE MY HEART AND ALL OF MY LOVE AND A FULL BODY MASSAGE.
ANGEL #2: TY THAT IS YOU! YOU ARE MY SPECIAL VALENTINE GIVEN TO ME ON THIS DAY OF LOVE. YOU HAVE FILLED MY LIFE WITH SO MUCH JOY AND HAPPINESS. VALENTINE'S DAY WILL ALWAYS BE MY MOST FAVORITE HOLIDAY BECAUSE GOD GAVE ME YOUR LOVE ON THAT DAY. YOU ARE SUCH A SPECIAL SWEET GIRL. I WISH YOU ALL OF YOUR BIRTHDAY WISHES AND TO YOU I GIVE ALL OF MY VALENTINES KISSES.
ANGEL #3: MADDIES YOU WILL NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO ME! YOU MAKE ME SMILE AND LAUGH. YOU ARE SO UNIQUE AND SPECIAL. YOU ARE MY LITTLE PRINCESS VALENTINE. YOU FILL MY HEART WITH WARM SUNSHINE. YOU ARE SO EASY TO PLEASE. OUT OF ALL MY ANGELS YOU ARE MY GIRLY GIRL AND I LOVE THAT ABOUT YOU. I HOPE YOU ALWAYS KNOW HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO ME AND HOW GRATEFUL I AM YOU ARE IN OUR LIVES. I GIVE TO YOU ALL OF MY HUGS AND OFCOURSE SOME CHOCOLATES AS I KNOW THAT SWEET TOOTH OF YOURS.
ANGEL #4: MY LITTLE TAYTE THAT I SO ADORE! YOU ARE MY LITTLEST ANGEL SENT FROM UP ABOVE, BUT OH HOW YOU FILL MY HEART WITH SO MUCH LOVE. YOU HAVE YOUR UPS AND YOU HAVE YOUR DOWNS, BUT I CANT RESIST YOU WHENEVER YOU'RE AROUND. I LOVE YOUR LITTLE LAUGH AND THE FUNNY LITTLE THINGS YOU DO. I HOPE THAT ONE DAY YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ THIS NOTE AND KNOW HOW MUCH YOUR DADDY LOVES YOU.

THERE'S SOME YUMMI CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES IN FRIDGE FOR MY SWEET VALENTINES!


Then that weekend we got to go out on our Valentines Date. I took Dave to a nice dinner at Christopher's Steak House then we went and saw the Broadway show "Wicked" Sooooooooo GOOD! By far one of our favorites.
It was a great Valentines.

Tyler's 6th Birthday!!

Wow, my baby is 6 years old! She is such a GOOD kid!! Good thing she is the oldest cause she is such a good example and is such a good helper! You usually only have to tell her to do something once and she does it. So I guess she deserved the amazing bday she had and the 4 different celebrations she got. The first was her Disneyland trip, which was a blast.
Then the Friday before her bday we had a little party at Chucky Cheese with her friends.
Here they are trying to control all the balloons we got for each kid to have one.

It was a fun party where they got to see Chucky, run around and play, eat pizza and yummy cupcakes. Here are all her good friends. Kyla, Hanna, Keira, Marlee, Madix, Ty, Morgan, Nolan, Keaton and Brayden.


If anyone asked me what to get her i told them either a "boy" toy or something crafty. She LOVED everything she got. All her friends know her well enough this year, no princess, girly stuff. She's so funny. From pokemon to monster trucks to night bright create and cars create and color and her favorite gift was her DS gigi and grandpa got her.And her choice of cake this year was a CARS cake!

One of her favorite gifts was this bird house she had to put together and paint. Look at that paint job!! She is such a good artist.
Thirdly that Sunday we had a little family party with her best buddy/cousin Braxton who's bday is the day before hers. Look at that pose, they look like they should be on a date:)





I always have to fight my way into the candy pile when we do pinata's for Madix, she's too timid to push her way in and grab candy.

Little cousin Beckahm.



Opening presents and cake. They are too cute!



THEN her fourth celebration was finally her actual birthday. She got breakfast in bed. I asked what she wanted and she said bacon and fried egg sandwich with lime, feta cheese, salt and pepper and hot sauce:)- only Tyler. The chocolate strawberry was from Dave for Valentines Day.

Then that night she went on her special daddy/ daughter date. She wanted soup (again, only Ty). Dave took her to Islands and they got soup and a burger and fries, then went and bought a new game for her DS.

Then Grandma Eastman was here this last week and got her a cool planting kit. They planted seeds that once grown are supposed to look like brains, and eyeballs and space. Ofcourse she LOVED that!
She had quite the birthday this year and was really spoiled but again, she deserves it she's such a good kid!!

DISNEYLAND!!

We won 2 tickets to Disneyland so we decided to take the older girls for Tylers birthday. It was such a great trip and we had so much fun with Ty and Mads!
We drove up Sunday, got there around 1:00pm. Our hotel was just a block away from Disneyland so we decided to walk to downtown disney and walk around. We ate dinner at the Rainforest Cafe.
Then we went and saw Beauty and the Beast in 3D.

And looked around all the shops. Mads is sad below because she wanted this hat, but Dave was determined to get the girls "cute, cool" hats. Especially to replace Ty's blue mickey hat that Dave hates (later pics).
Then back to our hotel room. The girls packed their own bags and this is some of what they brought. The most random stuff. I love that Tyler brought her big CTR laminated necklace. Kids are funny, I love it.
Dave coloring with Ty. So nice to be in a hotel where he has nothing to do but sit around a color with his kids.

Monday morning, all ready and so excited to go to Disneyland!


On the little train ride. Both the girls with their cameras taking pictures of random things. Mads was done really fast with her camera, but Ty had her camera out all day. I think she's gonna be a photographer. And there's her favorite blue hat that she insists on wearing that Dave can't stand.
In front of the Haunted Mansion. They did NOT want to go on this ride but we prepared them before hand that they had to try it. So they both wanted to do it first and get it over with. They LOVED it! Mads wanted to do it again.



Going on Splash Mountain. I love Ty's face, she was so excited, and Mads not so much. She hid under my jacket the whole time.
Eating yummy pickles. One of the best things about Disneyland is the food, and we had it ALL. Pickles, dole whipped float and pinapple spears, churros, popcorn, BIG GREASY corndogs, pizza and mickey mouse icecream!



4 months pregnant, my belly is definently starting to stick out.









And ofcourse they always get their suckers at the end of the day and sit to watch the parade. Tyler was done after about 5 licks. Madix couldn't get enough of her sucker.



And ofcourse, Madix doesn't each much without getting it all over her face.
The last ride of they day. They couldn't stand anymore. This was the longest line for Star Tours, but so glad we did it. It was all ours favorites.

Then Tues. morning we got up and went out to the hot tub. It was a little chilly outside but the water was HOT. In their cute new bathing suits.

Then we walked back to downtown disney for lunch and one a little more shopping before heading home. Dave picked them out these cute hats. Way better than her blue one. And they both got cute new sanuk shoes.


And they drive home. They both did really good.
What a great trip!! They are at the perfect age for Disneyland, pretty easy to handle but still young enough to get so excited and are so cute!!
And a HUGE shout out and THANKS to Amanda and Mike for coming and staying with Tayte for 3 days. It was SOOOO nice not having to deal with a baby. I was feeling guilty that morning leaving her, but after hearing all the fun stuff Amanda had planned and how good she did I felt much better. Amanda had all kind of crafts and projects and activities planned out. What a great Aunt and Uncle they are!