brentanderrin

january 2011...

we tried swamis... a few times... and love it!!!

jan 10th

i love these kids together...

they have so much fun...

they are more like brothers and sister than cousins...

cheese...

jan 20th

accompanying owen and drew to their first day at disneyland was so fun!!!

jones actually ran to hug winnie the pooh... luckily shauna had her camera ready... it was something i definitely was not expecting... he usually runs from the characters...

then he bounced with tigger...

we all enjoyed a treat of our choice...

climbed the honey pots...

and ended the day with a dance-off in california adventures elecTRONica party...

the kids went crazy and danced forever...

i loved that they had to dance on top of this taxi cab...

and as always... cant wait to go again...

jan 21st

we have been wanting to take jones on the coaster or in his words "the train" for a long time...

we finally had a perfect chance to do it...

the mormon battalion in san diego planned a whole day of festivities to any who wanted to join in the fun...

nicer than i thought it would be...

it was so funny... because jones all of the sudden was like, "hey mom, the conductor"... i was a little confused and thought about it for a second... over the loud speaker they had announced "tickets, tickets please!"... just like on dinosaur train... so when the conductor came down the isle to count our tickets i knew what he was talking about... i cant believe how much he pays attention sometimes...

chillin and eating bunnies snacks...

playing ipods...

then we got there and started the second part of our fun day...

first... my favorite... woofums...

the woofum stick... it is a dowel connected to a long stick or metal rod...

next you spread biscuit dough around the wooden dowel and roast just like roasting marshmallows... then you can add jelly, jam, fruit and many many more delicious ideas...

next... you "woof - um"...

if that didnt make sense... go here...

here is a cooked woofum...

and this is how you "woof - um"...

drew was a great model and did this amazing pose!!!

then we helped with the laundry...

we panned for gold...

we made some bricks...

then some rope...

yeah rope...

and finally... played with some pioneer toys...

when we got home i made some "mud", "dirt" and "worms" for us to eat...

jones was really not wanting to touch it at first thinking that i really had put mud and dirt in a dish with gummy worms on top...

after eating some myself he finally trusted me and then loved it...

jan 29th

new years eve...

new years eve is one of those holidays that i dont get very excited for... it seems to be a lot of hype to end within one second...

but...

this year [last year] was so much fun!!

we started the whole weekend doing fun things because of having visitors...

one in particular was fun to meet... jasons girlfriend candace came... and now she is his fiance!!!!

we are so excited for jason and candace

[the beauty to the far right]

we started the day with a trip to cabrillo national monument for some tide pooling...

and the point loma lighthouse [in the very distant background at the top of the hill]...

it was beautiful and so fun to be outside hiking...

the point loma lighthouse...

my most favorite part of the day...

shauna had the great idea for all of us to jump in the ocean at midnight...

it was freezing!!! i couldnt feel my feet for a while... but so fun!!!

i dont think new years will ever be the same without a quick dip in the ocean at midnight...

i am pretty sure that the air was a lot lot colder than the ocean...

frozen... but invigorated...

new years day...

afternoon at the park...

and a ride along the boardwalk...

then watching the sunset...

sometimes i forget that i live in such a beautiful place...

i am spoiled!!!

december 2010...

a new love to document...

peanut butter & jelly toast...

dec 9th

fhe at the temple...
i love going to see the temple lights and it was so fun to see them at a different temple this year!! jones was so fun this year and so attentive to what christmas really means... i know he cant completely understand... but he was so inquisitive of Jesus and understanding that Christmas is about when Jesus was born... in a manger... under a star...
dec 13th

saying goodbye to the letters...
i overheard someone talking while we were at disneyland saying that john stamos... or uncle jesse... bought all the california adventure letters...
jones loves letters... especially these giant ones... so he took one last picture with them
dec 14th

(they are gone and will no longer be at the entrance... i dont know if uncle jesse really bought them... but they arent there anymore...)

welcome home justin!!!! he is my cousin and is also stationed at camp pendleton... it was so fun to be there to see him home!!! he has some crazy stories/pictures!!

dec 15th