Catching up on our february.

I promised myself I wouldn't read anyone else's blogs this week until I had updated mine. The scenario always goes something like this.... I get online, I pull up my blog, I start down my list of links for my friends and families blogs, I get to about Crosby family and have to make dinner and eat dinner, then I come back, and I get to the Kroutil's blog with my reading and have to stop to get the kids to bed, then I come back and finish reading blogs and remind myself I haven't checked my email or facebook recently and after reading the 40 emails and responding on facebook it's 11 and My eyes are tooo woozy to find anything interesting to write on my blog. So, today I'm trying a new schedule. I will inivitably have to stop to make dinner and put the kids to bed but I might just get through updating this by the time 11 rolls around...

Sorry, for the long diatribe of explanations... Our family has been busy living life. Here is some pictures representing some of the fun stuff that has been keeping us happy...


Bachelor nights take place every monday night at my house and they have been so much fun!! They keep me very happy!!

Kara and Mimi's xtra fun treats!

Caulder had ear tubes placed in his ears this month due to his recurrent ear infections. It was the first time we had had any of our children have surgery at the hospital since Curran, so it was very hard for me. The surgery took 15 minutes and the surgical center in Turlock did such a fantastic job handling me and my paranoias. They let me hold him all the way to the OR and then I talked to him until he fell asleep on the operating table. When the surgery was over I was able to be right by his bed as he woke up.


The beautiful center where he had his surgery.



After: Happy boy!


Caulder HATED everything about the hospital, especially the gown.

DISNEYLAND!!! I know Savannah posted a little about this earlier, but I had to add my pics and comments! It was a blast. What could be more fun than disneyland?? Well, trying going with all of your best friends (who also happen to be your sisters and your mom) and all of their cute girls! We had a such an amazing time and made a lot of eternal memories. Here are some:











My little learners preschool keeps me busy on tues and thurs mornings. Here are couple of my fav pics from feb:



My Mels...

My Kyle...



And another funny one of Melanie. They make me smile each and every school day!


Yes, the ice cream man has already hit the streets of our town and the kids are so excited! I hardly ever let them get ice cream. I try to keep it special. This day I was in a particularly good mood and decided "Oh, well."






Mara took a special trip to my house on the way to disneyland. It was so much fun spending that one on one time with her and her girls. We took a little walk to see the horses that live near our house and took some pics. She also accompanied me on the drive to so-cal to meet up with everyone else and I thoroughly enjoyed our chat amongst the interesting smells along the journey, sleeping girls and poltergist-type outbursts from Claire in the backseat. Fun memories!




Well, thanks for enduring (or at least scrolling to the end to see how long this post actually is.) Our Feb was fun.

Disneyland

Hi, this is savannah, as you might have guessed and I am going to tell you about what me and my mom and sister and tons of my cousins did. Here are some of my photos from Disneyland...

Saturday night at the bowling alley

Todd and I spent yesterday morning at the temple while our kids played at a friends house (Thanks again to Jamie and Wade!) The kids had a ball and it was very nice to start out the new year sitting in the one place on earth that you can feel extreme peace.

After neglecting our children all morning from 830-230 (while they played and had a blast!!) we decided to take them out for some family fun at the bowling alley. The sack full of dollar store treats kept Caulder happy and the rest of us had a ball (pun intended.) Here are some pics to help you picture the most happening place to be in Modesto on a saturday night:

2009 so far

Our 2009 has been really wonderful so far (I do realize that we have only had 11 days so far and that I am probably jinxing myself by writing any of this.) We have been blessed with good health, lots of smiles, time with friends, making memories with our kids and a lot of fun things to look forward to. Here are some pictures and examples of things that have been keeping us busy:


Our Family at Red Robin on New Years Day

New Years eve at the Griffins!

Fun games on New Years

Lots of Movies and Popcorn

Park Days

.... and a fort madefrom the living room pillows complete with the prince and princess on top!!

Hopefully the rest of our month and year as just as enjoyable!!

Pace Fam's Christmas

This Christmas we had a special guest come, Grandma Shirley. For Christmas, Savannah got Ipod speakers,Claire got a Cotten Candy maker and Caulder got tons of chocolate which he just malled.

WE HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT CHRISTMAS!










By: Savannah Pace

The Month Of December

This is me, Savannah. In the month of December, my mom had a Preschool Program and we all had a bunch of Christmas parties.

I also had a Kitten Chior featuring 2 songs called Red And Green and Pinata and 31 third grade girls performed in the choir. Some of my favorite girls were Hailey Weltmer, Hanna Lazconnie, Lauren Linn, and Vanessa Fernandez. It was a great choir.

WE HAD A GREAT MONTH OF DECEMBER!





By: Savannah Pace Hope you enjoyed the videos!

Ward Christmas Party

The ward christmas party was this past friday night, and as always, our family had a really fun time. There was food and a program and of course, Santa. This was Caulder's first conscious Santa lap-sit. He wasn't too excited to see the jolly fellow, but sat still long enough for a picture.