lego land July 2009

Ann's second son got baptized on June 27 (I guess I don't have any photos of us being there on my camera, I will have to steal some) in the Sacramento area. And when you turn 8, you get a trip to Grandma's house, where you pretty much get to do whatever you want. He wanted to go to Legoland. Here are many photos of our trip. My mom and I realized after being there for a little while that this was the first time the kids outnumbered the adults, I don't think we will let them outnumber us by so much next time. It was a great day, the weather was perfect and next time we will pack a lunch or 2.

Utah Trip #1

This was THE ONLY PHOTO taken the entire trip. This was the reason for going so I guess it is appropriate that is what I have a photo of. My cousin and his wife got sealed to the 3 kids they adopted. Saturday was a great day, after the sealing, we ran back to Benjamin to get the kids to go back to Aunt Sally's for a party. Sunday evening we had everyone (and I mean EVERY.ONE. Stewarts and Nielsons) IN Grandma Nielson's house because it was raining for dinner. Thanks again Grandma, you really do know how to party. It was great to see so many family members, we should do it more often than every 10 years (that would be to Eric and Sheena).

Disneyland Lil A's Birthday

Of course we went to Disneyland for Lil A's 4th birthday (what else would we have done?). A couple of cousins joined us with Bryan's parents (who finally got passes, hopefully they will be joining us in the fall- my favorite time to go to) and my mom was there too. We enjoyed CA, Brother Bear is always a hit and we loved our beingets from Downtown Disney.

Monorail

My mom came to watch the boys at swim lessons one day and after we headed to Disneyland. We road the monorail out of the park. There were about 12 people standing in front of us in line, so I didn't think that we would be able to sit in the front or the back of the monorail. But I asked when we got to the cast member, he asked how many we had. Five, was my response. The front can hold five. The boys were so excited, who I am kidding, I was excited. Lil A sat in the pilot's seat, Big A was embarrassed, so he didn't sit there too. It was a great day. I can't wait until we start going again.

Grassy Jacob

Bryan and I went to Washington for Jon and Jordan's father's funeral in June. The older grandsons helped with some yard work, This is what Jacob looked like when he was done. Notice the socks.

last swim lesson

For the boys' last swim lesson, Bryan came to watch them swim and Big A jump off the diving board to his teacher. Obviously, I had to take a ton of photos.

lil A jumping in

Lil A swimming to the wall

swim lessons

The end of May and beginning of June, the older boys took swim lessons. They loved them. They wanted to take more lessons, we took them through the community college but we weren't going to be home for 2 consecutive weeks for the rest of the summer and we couldn't match up with my friend (maybe next year Bethany). As you can see I took a lot of photos. Toddler I had a great time, if he was eating. I tried to let him walk around during the lessons, that did NOT work, he wanted to be in the water so bad, so he ended up spending most of the time in the stroller.

Disneyland with cousins

Way back in May, we met up with part of Bryan's family at Disneyland. Bryan's brother and family, sister with her 2 girls, and his parents were there (even though I only have a few photos with only a couple of people there. My brother Matt also came because I know how Bryan likes to spend time with his family and I knew I would need help with Toddler I. My boys asked me today, if we could go tomorrow (the answer was no because I am getting ready to go to Germany on Wednesday and have house guests tomorrow night- Matt leaves from John Wayne for Brazil on Tuesday morning, and then I am picking up my cousin Tuesday night- yeah, I a lot going on right now).

this classic face is one of my favorite photos, I think he was done having his photo taken (I have about 4 or 5 of him in a row.

"the big kids" went on Screamin'