MAXIMUM REACHED

OK--guess there is such a thing as too many pictures.  I tried to download more Disneyland pictures and was told I've reached the maximum amount of pictures I can post to the blog.  I had hoped to continue this until the girls birthdays this fall or the end of the year. So I've been copying/pasting/printing the blog to save for the girls when they get older and will soon go through and either delete some listings/photos so i can continue this a little longer for the family and friends that follow.

I've really enjoyed doing this and hope that Sydney and Olivia one day will appreciate all of this. I treasure each and every moment and love that i have the documentation for all these wonderful life events.  Especially on tiresome days, I look back on the past several years and still can not believe this is my life, these 2 amazing little girls belong to me and have brought so much joy and happiness to my life.  Thanks for being a part of our lives.

At long last--Disneyland pictures!

 It's a Small World is one of my all time absolute favorite rides and here at Disneyland they renovated it and made it even cooler than it was before.  Love this!

Meeting Merida of the new movie Brave was so cool--and the girls got to practice archery shots and everything.  

We all couldn't wait to meet Rapunzel and Flynn Rider.  Sydney was telling them all about her birthday party (yup-it's gonna be a princess theme, go figure?!?!)

 I couldn't resist posting this one...not sure why olivia looked so sad at first (check out the lower lip action--she's never done that before!) but we all enjoyed our time with Rapunzel.

 

 Disneyland's castle is much smaller than Disney World but a castle is a castle and still very, very cool!

Winnie the Pooh is one of our favorite rides and we had to wait to meet Tigger and Pooh--but it was worth it.  (Don't worry, we did get to see Pooh Bear himself the next day).

Goofy's Kitchen

 downtown Disney

Goofy's kitchen with Robyn, Steve and Alexandra...and chef Goofy!  What a fun evening with some of our favorite Disney friends!

Minnie, Goofy, Chip-n-Dale, Princess Aurora and Alice in Wonderland--what a nice treat!  And the dinner (plus dessert) was delicious!

last part of CA vaca before Disneyland photos

Are you ready for the Disneyland photos??!!  Couldn't resist posting these few cute pictures from our visit to Pretend City in Irvine, California.  After a wonderful morning visiting friends Emily, Robbie, Sydney & Eli for brunch, we went to this fun kids museum for some playtime.  

Robyn, Steve and their daughter Alexandra joined us for Pretend City and then an evening at Goofy's Kitchen. The girls had fun dancing and singing on the stage--Sydney of course was in a Princess dress...

dancing star--from May

Last May Sydney had her dance recital and had some pictures taken by one of the dance teachers/photographers.  These were just too cute not to share as I just got them a couple of days ago.  Sydney sure does love to dance and you can tell from the huge smile on her face. Add in a pretty sparkle dress and you have a very happy girl.  

Sea World pics uploaded

I am in the process of copying the entire blog to print out for the girls.  I want them to know about and see all the things that Jason and I have done for them and with them so I couldn't not include pictures from our trip to California which i have not posted yet.  I still have hundreds of pictures to go through but here are some of the highlights of our day at Sea World in San Diego, California.  

Between all the characters, shows, rides, animals, dinner with Shamu--this was fun, fun, fun!

Shamu!

Sea World has a special Sesame Street play area and we were so excited to find our Sesame friends there.  Olivia got a special hug from Zoe and I love this picture of Sydney and Olivia with Elmo, Zoe and Cookie Monster.