Family Vacation

We decided about a year ago, that we wanted to take the family to Disneyland for Fall Break.

We headed south in three cars. Most of us stayed with my sister Diane in San Marcos that first night, while Nicole and family stayed with Chaz's grandma just up the road.

Thursday we left Di's and headed to the beach at Dana Point by San Juan Capistrano which is south of Anaheim. We had our hotel there. Friday and Saturday were filled with California adventure, and then DisneyLand.

We had so much fun being together. Just sitting around at restaurants, the beach and the parks. Hopefully some good memories were created for my kids. I know I had a great time, and pretty sure they all did too!

Here are just a few of the hundreds of photos taken this past week.

Getting ready to leave Diane's house

Di has a pond with fish, Riley and Sky tried to catch a fish

My sister Diane with Emmett

Our family at Dana Point Beach

Kelsey and Emmett

My girls

Mark and Skyler

Chaz and Riley seeing how far they could throw rocks into the ocean

Auntie Logan with Emmett and Mia

Addis Family

Logan and Skyler

Mia and Aunt Logan waiting at splash mountain

Toon town was all decked out for halloween

Skyler with cousins

My sister Melinda was down there with Scott and kids, we were able to meet up with them and go on a bunch of rides together.

Riley, Kels, Loges, and Skyler

Chaz, Nicole and Mia waiting for the parade to start

I got to take Mia on the carosel

Mark, and Emmett waiting in line for the Haunted Mansion

Waiting with the cousins

The park was all decorated for Halloween, it was fun to be there to see it.

My whole family at the end of a very long few days.

Disneyland was extremely crowded, but thanks to fast passes, and the rider swap passes, our longest wait was about 40 minutes for the haunted mansion. The fast passes are the only way to do Disneyland. Some of the wait time was 75 minutes but on those rides, we waited maybe 10 minutes thanks to the fast passes.

A trip well worth every penny spent!

Welcome Baby Emmett

Introducing Emmett Riley Mauch

Born April 19

7lbs 6 ozs

19.5"

Proud parents Riley and Kelsey

Here are a few of the many pictures taken

Both my grandkids, Mia holding her new cousin

Uncle Skyler even got out of school early to c0me see his new nephew

Emmett just chillin on the couch

Isn't he just the sweetest boy ever?

I have been able to be home from work this entire week

to help with Emmett when needed.

I enjoyed every minute of it!

Baby Quilts

I have decided that all my grand babies need a quilt made from grandma.

So... I have been making a few quilts lately.

This baseball quilt was made for baby Kyle Lundreen, who actually isn't a grandbaby of mine, but is the baby of Julie who is one of my daughters best friends from Jr. high on up.

Julie has always been like my 4th daughter, so I wanted to make a special quilt for them.

They are huge baseball fans, so I found a bunch of fun fabrics and had my friend Lina machine quilt the baseball patterns on the quilt. Click on the photo to see the detail in the quilting.

This quilt is for my grandson Emmett (who is due any day now)

Kelsey and I went to 7 different fabric stores to find just the right fabrics for this quilt.

She chose this fun pattern and fun colors.

We framed some of the blocks in white frames to hang above the crib.

Once again, Lina did the quilting, this time with a fun bubble pattern.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOGAN!

27 years ago today, I became a mother to a beautiful little girl. Logan Marie.

She is one of the most thoughtful and giving people I know. She is always thinking of others.

Logan has always been there to help out whenever needed. sometimes when i didn't even know I was needing her, she was and still is there. jumping in and filling in for me.

I mean, just look at here isn't she beautiful? inside and out. here are a few pictures.

Just last summer

She graduated last may (with her dad)

Me and her at a temple open house

Aunt Logan and Mia

Skyler adores her!

Happy Birthday Logan...I Love Ya!

I stand corrected

Ok, I really know how old my kids are. Nicole is really only 26. I can blame the incorrect age on blogging when it is late, and I should be asleep, or maybe I'm getting older and my memory is starting to go, or I was thinking of Logan's upcoming b-day and she will be 27. Or all of the above.

Happy Birthday to Nicole

This post is dedicated to my Nicole. She turned 27 today. Life has definitely never been dull with her in our family. Even from the start of her life. She came 3 weeks early (thank you!) and labor was 2 1/2 hours from start to finish. (Thank you again, and I am sorry I didn't pass the fast labor gene on to you.)

Here are a few pictures...

She was blessed with an amazing husband.

She is very creative and designs and creates their costumes each halloween, and fills their home with creativeness ( if that is a word).

She is always supportive of her sibs.

And she has given us the cutest grand daughter ever.

Happy Birthday Nicole, I love you!

Look what I got for Valentine's

We have been test driving cars for a month or so, had it narrowed down to a few. The pilot was always my first choice, but we needed to make sure, so we drove about every make of car out there that was in the cross-over type of car. Once Mark drove the pilot, he was convinced this was the vehicle for us. Yay, for new cars. Actually it is used a 2009 with really low miles.

Happy Valentines to me (and Mark)since it really is for the family but since he put that heart on the window, don't you think it's mine?