Easter 2012

For Easter this year we were back in the land of white eggs and Sweetart bunnies.

(funny the things you begin to crave when you live overseas- sweetarts kaylee? really?)

So we set out to give Phil his first egg dyeing experience. We bought this cute "egg creature creation" dyeing kit this year which was a lot of fun. Plus we joined the Perucca's for joyous fun. 

Approximately 60 egg fun to be exact.

We made some beauts...

and some not so beauts.

Braden was determined to make a "poop" egg. Such a boy. Such a boy.

Some celebrities even joined us for our egg-stravaganza. It was a party!

The guest list included...

Eminem, and jocey too!

Kanye

And Prince William and Kate.

Oh and I can't forget the bogan and the Aussie who made the trip.

Who's the bogan and who's the aussie? oh I crack myself up!

We got to help find the easter eggs in the backyard the next morning with the fam.

Course Truman (parental's dog)  found the most. He made sure we didn't miss a single one.

 There's my  kid er man with one of his creations. He just kept going and going with those eggs!

He loves everything and gets excited like kid would. 

Makes life exciting. :)

Good Easter. Good Friday? Good Easter.

the -Y-

A couple weeks (months maybe?) back Phil and I hiked the Y. 

I feel like "hiked" is an understatement.

We conquered the Y.

Phil has been wanting to take the journey since moving here and quite honestly I was avoiding it.

Steep mountains and my out of shape figure just don't mix.

Buuuuuuut I gave in because my figure needed some changing too. It certainly was a journey but we made it. 

Check out that grin. 

Finally a true-blue, hiked the Y cougar.

Rawerehwrwhrahrarlll. 

(Cosmo cougar growl, obviously)

We've vowed to make it a regular outing so the out of shape part doesn't come back.

They Y is huge, the view is awesome and the personal satisfaction can't be beat.

Phil even skipped on donuts afterward because he felt so great and Phil never skips donuts. 

Never, no Never.

Here is beloved BYU campus from the Y. 

♫ Loyal strong and true, wear the white and bluuuuuue! ♫

And Phil's vid. So all ya'll can enjoy the view from cyberspace. Without the hike.

Lucky.

Disneyland 2012

We were so lucky to be able to take our own little spring break (none for us poor BYU students) in late February. Where to? 

DISNEYLAND!

I love love love Disneyland. Like I could possibly live there. Really. Deep love.

And Phil, well he had never been. And we couldn't have that, so off we went

See that clock?  Says 6:45? 

You better believe that it was 6:45 AM. Yup, leap day was a 24 hour day.

Yup, Phil's first day ever in Disneyland began at 6:45 am. And then continued for 11 hours before we tuckered out. 

Awesome!

Our first stop was Indiana Jones. We tried to give Phil the choice but he didn't know what to expect so anything was good for him, so he (really meaning the fam) chose Indy to start us off.

So I've been to D-land lots of times. (not enough!) and I've seen princesses walking around but I've never taken the time to drop in and see them. Specially now that they're in their own new area. Good ole Jocelyn gave us that chance.

Dreams do come true. At Disneyland.

 Belle

Ariel 

Tiana

 One of our favorites had to be the Wonderful World of Color show. 

Best show I have ever seen. 

Hands down.

 It took place all over Paradise Pier. 
From this...

To this...

 

The title of the show is written in the water mist...

 We spent our last Cali day at the beach. Phil and I have had 2 winters in a row plus 2 semesters of school so the beach provided much needed therapy.

It was a great trip. One that I wish could happen all over again.

Right now.

But until next time...here's some last photos to remember good ole D-land by.

 Three big kids + one seat + Whinnie the Pooh ride = priceless.

 The clan.

It's tough to be a bug.

A "screamin" monkey on the screamin roller coaster.

 THuuuuuunderrrrrr Mountain!

 Space Mountain. 

Consensus was that we could ride this 198752342598723 + W times and it would never get old. 

Those faces require no further explanation.

Best.

 I think Phil says it all in this photo.

Time well spent.

Magical place.

Happiness.

Dreams really do come true.