McKinley Jane and Grant Alan

Our kids could spend all day at the beach. Even when it's 60 degrees and the water is freezing. I'm so glad that the beach will be within easy driving distance when we move to Texas and I anticipate lots of day trips to go play! McKinley of course had to wear her swimsuit to the beach and I couldn't believe that she actually took her coverup off for awhile and went in the water! Too cold for me! Grant inadvertantly took a little dip :-) The best part of the beach was catching a sand crab which McKinley really wanted to take home, but after Chad explaining that the crab wanted to stay in its home McKinley released it back to the ocean, but that crab still gets mentioned in her prayers every night as well as her thanking God for the beach. I finally talked her into a jacket to cover her swimsuit Daddy building a super cool sand castle

On our bucket list before moving was to visit Disneyland one last time and also get to see my Aunt and Uncle and cousins. It was such a great trip and we're planning on going back one more time to get some more time with my family since it was such a quick visit! This was the perfect age for Disneyland b/c they are so into Disney characters right now. We were there first thing in the morning when it opened at 8 a.m. Took a break and napped in the car midafternoon, then came back and stayed there until 10:30 p.m.!! They have never been up that late before and considering it was 3 1/2 hours past their bedtime they did great! No fits! McKinley after the long, long day This was the ride McKinley looked forward to all day long! The princesses were a highlight for McKinley and Grant sure did like flirting with them! The parade was so awesome and we had the best seats ever!! Pluto came over to "fist bump" Grant Some butterfly kisses to pass the time waiting in line! And th...

This time of year is always so much fun because everyone is out enjoying the beautiful weather and there's lots of fun activities and holidays to celebrate! We've had busy, busy days taking in all the fun activities! No huge changes except that WE ARE DIAPER FREE!!!! Grant is sleeping through the night without a diaper now (with the exception of me taking him potty before I go to bed). We adopted the dogs out to a new family because when we first move to Austin we are going to live in an apartment for a month while we search for a house and then most of the rental houses in Austin won't allow pets over 35 lbs. In all honesty, we weren't giving them the attention they deserved and the new family we adopted them to has 6 kids to spread love over Raider and Hadley! The wife sends us pictures and I'm following her on facebook so we can keep up with how they're doing. From the looks of it Raider and Hadley are loving life right now and have adjusted well! With ...