Little Man Lookin Good

I can't believe how fast Alex is growing up.  He is really such a sweet little guy, so willing to still give the best snuggles and kisses.  This Sunday he finally attended and stayed in Nursery- yes, I was their the entire time, but he stayed!!!  It has been such a change compared to Samantha, she loved nursery from the very first and Alex starts to cry once we step foot in the church building. What a tender hearted, all bear paws, Mama's boy- boy he has truly won my heart!!

Happily ever after Princess Style

One of the highlights of our Disneyland experience was goingo the Princess lunch.  Samantha was in Heaven- I've never seen her in such awe.  We let her wear a Princess dress and she truly thought she was one of them.  She loved meeting Ariel and actually cried as we left the restaurant.   

Samantha was able to get her picture with all of her favorite Princesses.  It really brought all of these fairy tales to life. 

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Alex may not have enjoyed the Princess outing as much as Samantha, but he did love the treats. Hooray for Churros!!!!

We think that this Pugh Family trip was a success.  After a week of spoiling them we had a few rough spots during our drive home- the kids wanted their freedom.  We are slowly getting back to schedules and getting over the post vacation let down. Boy do we love our Little Princess and Prince!!!

Happiest Place

During our Disneyland adventure Samantha selected a Minnie Mouse dress to wear one day.  She looked so darling and we continued to have so much fun.  It's hard not to spoil your kids, when you're having so much fun and loving everything you see and there is a billion shops.

Jim and Samantha on the bumping bug ride.

Even though Alex is still too little to go on many of the rides he did love being around all of the fun.  He loved the Dumbo ride, It's a Small World, and the Buzz ride- after he said Buzz Awesome. 

He was very patient even when Samantha was able to ride a few rides he wasn't yet big enough to go on. 

Happy Kids make it all worth the while. 

Can I say, just one more time how much FUN we had.  It made coming home to routines a little tough.

After spending time relaxing at the beach, then we decided to tackle Disneyland.  We had SO much fun and the kids loved it!!! It was so fun to see them experience and see there eyes lighten up.  From the very first Samantha thought it was so amazing. She loved to see all of the characters and truly thought she was a Princess-the only down side was lines.

Mickey Mouse Ears. What a cutie!!!

One of Samantha's favorite rides turned out to be the Tea Cups.  At first many of the rides scared her, but as we spent a couple of days there she soon grew to love more and more.  She also LOVED going through Sleeping Beauties Castle.

Disney land truly is one of the happiest places on the world. Especially if you are staying at a hotel close by so you can take your kids back for naps, swimming and a little time out of the parks-before melt downs occur. 

Family Get Away-The Beach

Over Easter weekend Jim, Samantha, Alex and I decided to go on a family Road Trip to Southern California.  As gross as that sounds, being in a car with two young kids, it ended up being a very fun family vacation.  We started with a stop over in St. George so we could see my Grandma/pa Hendrickson. Then we continued down to the coast to spend a couple of days at the beautiful beach. We also had the chance to go and spend some time with Jim's grandparents.

Samantha absolutely loved the beach!!  From the very first moment we arrived she wanted to go and build sand castles and just play in the sand. Alex on the other hand cried the first step onto the sand and hated getting sand on his hands and feet.  He slowly warmed up and by the end even enjoyed eating it.

We spent a couple of days going down and playing at the beach- building many castles, flying kites, getting sand in every crevice and cranny and loving the warm sun.  I'm sure the people in CA didn't think it was warm, but we thought it was absolutely wonderful.  I just love the sound, feel and smell of the ocean and love the sound of my kids enjoying themselves.  

Prof that Alex finally warmed up to the Sand. Jim's beautiful sand turtle.

Samantha also grew to love the ocean and liked playing in the waves. 

Our Kids

Sometimes I feel like I'm living vicariously through my kids.  Samantha has these darling cowboy boots that she loves to wear, and I just love her wearing.  When I was younger I wanted cowboy boots -but my parents didn't think I would wear them, so I am enjoying Samantha's pink boots.  She calls them her cowboy girl boots.  

A little smile from Alex.  This picture was taken after capturing him outside-again.

She also loves rain boots- I guess really she just loves dressing up. Or dressing down in this picture.

Just buddies hanging out together.  Now that they have gotten a little bit older, it's fun how much they like playing with each other.

More proof that my kids are crazy about dressing up.  It's a party at our house, feel free to wear what ever you want when you come and visit. I can almost promise that one of us could be a princess, pirate, lady bug, cowboy, fairy, super-hero or a combination of just about anything if you stop by. 

More on our stay at home vacation

One of the best things about not going to CA was that I was able to be here when Monae had her baby.  Harrison Elizabeth was born on Saturday March 7th. She is absolutely beautiful, sweet and babylicious.  I forgot how small and absolutely wonderful babies are.  

We also enjoyed spending a lot of time outside.  The weather was so nice -love spring weather.  This gave up the perfect opportunity to pull out Samantha's trike.

Samantha loved spending so much time with her Dad. She couldn't get enough snuggle time, daddy kisses and really just being around him 24/7. During the week she turned to Jim and said "dad you are my favorite, not mom".  I guess I'll just have to win her back over. 

Alex has a tendency of finding the last remaining pieces of snow and playing or sitting in them.  He also has a talent of breaking out of our house and wanders around our backyard-don't fence me in.