Easter 2011

We had a really fun Easter this year, full of celebrating the risen Christ, enjoying candy and other sweet treats, and fun with friends and family.  Easter morning we did Easter baskets and had semi-homemade cinnamon rolls (I used that pre-made pizza dough they have at Trader Joes).  Then I gave the kids the Easter clothes I had gotten for them.  The girls each got a tutu-ish skirt, and poor little Seth was SO sad he didn't have one.  He cried and threw a fit, then went into the girls room and grabbed a dress-up tutu.  He brought it to me and asked me to put it on him.  So, when we went to our church's worship gathering, all three of my kids were looking adorable in their tutus!

All ready for the kids to wake up!

Watching a show, all decked out in his Easter basket sunglasses and flip-flops...and a tutu, of course!

It was the first morning for our church to meet in our new space, and afterward we had an Easter egg hunt and a potluck breakfast, which was pretty darn fun!

The girls made out pretty well at our church egg hunt!

After the worship gathering we went home and took naps and "quiet time" and I finished getting things ready for having people over.  Then, our friends Lisa, Auntie Laura, Hannah and her kiddos (we missed you, Kevin) and Uncle Nate, Grandpa Steve and Grandma Jackie, and Carey's Uncle John came over.  And our friend Rachel stopped by for a quick visit.  We all enjoyed sunshine and food in the backyard, and the kids enjoyed another Easter egg hunt! (Unfortunately, I didn't get any good pictures of the actual hunting!)

Checking out their finds!

You can't really tell in the picture, but he's got a chocolate egg hanging out the side of his mouth!

Carey didn't feel very well, but then said that "barbequeing healed him"!

Disneyland

I am finally posting about Disneyland.  I've been waiting, because we've been trying to get the "moment of surprise" off the video camera.  But, that'll have to wait!  Anyway, we drove from San Diego to a hotel in Anaheim, telling the kids we were going to go to a fun park.  Once they had eaten and been sunscreened, Carey told them that we were going to Dineyland right then.  They were THRILLED (of course), dancing around and singing a princess song!

We spent three days at Disneyland, and had a great time.  We were all a little tired and a little "edgey" from already having been gone from home for three days, but made it through with minimal tantrums.  The girls were quite the roller coaster riders, going on Space Mountain twice, Big Thunder Mountain, Matterhorn, and the Go Coaster (the little one in Toon Town).  Seth wasn't tall enough for Space Mountain or Big Thunder Mountain, but he did LOVE the Go Coaster, and rode on the Matterhorn (although we're not sure how much he loved that one)!

So excited to be going to Disneyland!

We met Goofy as soon as we walked into the park!  Haley wasn't quite sure, yet, but she watched from the stroller!

Seth LOVED the Merry Go Round!  He went on it 7 times!

It was about 75 degrees, which felt super hot after the cold weather we had gotten used to at home, so we let the kids cool off with popsicles!

Seth's first roller coaster ride.  It's the same roller coaster that Haley and Abby had their first ride on!

Ready for another fun day at the happiest place on earth!

Enjoying Minnie Mouse's bed!

If you look at the back of the coaster, you'll see Carey sitting behind Abby and Seth.  I couldn't believe he let those two sit alone!

Siting on Mickey Mouse's couch

Who knew Mickey Mouse had a garden (and a gopher problem)?!

Seth freaked out as soon as we walked in to meet Mickey, but was quick to wave and say goodbye to him!

Almost our turn to meet some princesses:)

Haley was so sweetly pointing things out in It's A Small World!  They loved that one.

Abby obviously enjoyed It's A Small World!

Disneyland is exhausting!

We had a really fun time playing on Tom Sawyers Island.

The Webbers LOVE Disneyland:)

San Diego

Last week we packed up the car and headed down to San Diego for a friends' wedding and a fun family trip!  It was our first "high tech" trip, as we set off with a GPS and portable DVD player!  We left at 5 in the morning and made it all the way to Santa Barbara before taking a break.  We took highway 101 and there was a big tsunami warning, so there were hardly any cars on the road, and NO police (I think they were all busy keeping people off the beaches), so we made it pretty fast.  In Santa Barbara we stopped at a park and played and played for about an hour and a half.

 

 

When we got to our hotel in San Diego we went straight to the pool.  The kids were SO happy to be in the water.  Seth kept telling us that he was a fish and he knew how to swim.  When we would let go of him and let him sink under water, he would be smiling when we pulled him back up!  Usually he said "that was fun" or "that was cool"!

The next day we went out to breakfast and then walked along to waterfront in downtown San Diego.  Later that day, our wonderful friends Eric and Stacey babysat the kiddos while Carey and I went to a friends wedding.  The kids had so much fun with uncle Eric and auntie Stacey (other than Seth screaming until he barfed...sorry about that Eric and Stacey), and Carey and I had so much fun at the wedding.

On Sunday we decided to go to the San Diego Zoo.  We were all pretty tired, so we had more than our fair share of meltdowns, but it was still pretty fun.  Eric and Stacey have year passes, so after they were done with church, they came and met us there.  We had grand plans of all having dinner together that evening, which quickly dissolved as the kids melted down.  We love you, Eric and Stacey, and wish we could have spent more time with you.  Thank you so much for watching our kids!

Haley is on my back in the ergo, so you can hardly see her!

Checking out the rhino, which was definitely a favorite!

We rode on the top of the double decker bus.  The kids pretty much just wanted to stay on it for the rest of the day!

 

We loved watching the monkeys.  Unfortunately for Seth, he slept through that part!

We had a fun time in San Diego, and little did the kids know, there was more fun to come.  The day after we went to the zoo, we left San Diego to surprise the kids with three days at Disneyland.  (I will post about Disneyland as soon as I can get the "surprise" moment off the video camera...the cord seems to be lost!)

On the balcony of our hotel room in San Diego

Sweet (and smart) Girl

Haley made this for Carey a couple weeks ago when he wasn't feeling well:

In case you can't read it phonetically, it says "Dad I hope you feel better".  She sure is sweet, and is loving trying to figure out letters and how they work together to make words.