Disney!!

We had tons of fun at Disneyland with Grammy, Kailey and Aunt Elsa. The kids are finally at an age where they appreciate it. The lines were short so it was easy to get around without waiting long and the boys did pretty good with their late bedtimes and no naps. Caleb gave a few of his strangle hugs. We got to ride a train, the Pirates of the Caribbean Ride, Nemo and Star Tours and we had tons of fun. We had lots of treats too like pizza, cotton candy and ice cream. we tried to take a few group shots. Caleb got to go to build a bear with Grammy and he made "Dino". Disneyland is all about the details and it's fun to look at everything. It's hard to take it all in. My favorite thing is the garbage bins though. It's meant to be polite, but to me it looks like they're asking you to "waste please" =)

"California Knows How to Party!" We spent our first day in Southern California at California Adventure. It was our first trip there. Nolan's favorite ride was "Soaring Over California". Loren and I liked "California Screaming". Caleb liked all of them I think, but he especially like the ones where he got to "drive". We checked out Brother Bear in the redwoods, Winnie the Pooh, and lots of Bug's Life rides. We got to see two parades including the electrical parade and some amazing fireworks on the way back to the car.

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The Turtle Bay Museum-Redding. Well we didn't see any turtles, or a bay, but we did have a great time at this museum while dad was in his watercourse crossings workshop in Redding on our way to visit grammy and papa in SoCal.

They had great art, fountains and sculptures all around and tons of fun exibits like an authentic native american "bark house" with fur mats and digital stories you could choose with buttons.

There were tons of little paths and fun displays. There were raptors in cages and a large play area where the kids got to be osprey in a nest. They also got to see logging/milling/mining demonstrations and play on lots of them.

There were cool live fish as well as models of stream channels and bottoms. There was also a wonderful garden/plant walk on the other side of the bridge, but unfortunately we saved it for last and the boys were shot.

Nolan took this picture of Caleb in my arms after he fell asleep. We excavated a block for 'dinosaur bones' that we got from a friend for birthdays. We only got one bone before the boys lost patience, but hopefully we'll get the rest out of there little by little!

Spring is coming!! I've got some tiny irises popping out as well as the Crocus and primrose. The boys are trying to help me get some mulch spread because the weeds are coming too! I've not even finished my winter pruning yet. Dad set up the new wheelbarrow we got with our Costco rebate-two wheels!





The boys are in another round of swim lessons. They were making a lot of progress when they were with their buddies, but alone they aren't listening to their teacher very well. They still look very cute.


Loren and I are taking advantage of a gymnastics place where you can drop off 3-5 yr olds from 6-8:30pm

We had a get together at Big Lagoon with some other friends with March birthdays. There was a lot of kite flying and dogs running around. Everybody had a lot of fun.