LA weekend...

For Christmas Rob gave 3 clues in 3 different emails about my present. When I finally got to the end it said that he would be flying my sister Meghan down in February to spend the weekend in LA! I was so excited! We just got back and we had such a fun time! My mom came last minute too! We did a lot of shopping and a lot of eating!!


We stayed in Santa Monica and decided to rent some bikes for an hour! It was so much fun, especially when we saw Gorden Ramsey from "Hell's Kitchen" running by us!

Chef RamseyWe of course had to stop and get some Sprinkles cupcakes!
We went shopping at the Grove and saw Joanna and Alexis Grace from American Idol! We made them feel way cooler than they actually are!!
Shopping at the Grove
We had such a great time and hopefully we can do it again next year! After the weekend that Rob had though i'm sure he won't agree!

Sleeping Beauty

Grace and Olivia are obsessed with the Sleeping Beauty song right now and they love when I sing it for them so they can dance to it! Olivia was supposed to be taking a nap but when I walked into her room she was singing the "Cindy Beauty" song to her baby. (That's what she calls sleeping beauty)

Valentine's Week...

I really love holidays, especially with kids! It's fun to see how excited they get. Today they were so excited to dress in valentine's clothes for church. Tonight we are going to decorate a mailbox and every morning they will get to open something from the mail box until Valentines Day!

Olivia
Taylor and I
Gracie

Christmas

We had Christmas in Park City at my sister Meghan's house and it was so much fun, but absolutely FREEZING! I wasn't expecting it to be so cold, but it was so fun to wake up to snow on Christmas day! Be prepared for WAY too many pictures!!

All of us girls on Main Street in Park City
Meghan and I at Gateway mall

Dinner at Flemmings!

Rob took Taylor sledding and she loved it for about 20 minutes!

Playing out in the snow

Getting ready to open presents!

Gracie and Caitlin

We all went to the spa and felt really good afterwards!!

Eating our Christmas Eve dinner

The guys about to go snowmobiling! (try not to look at Rob's outfit!)

Taylor with her cousins!

Grace and Olivia wishing there were out in the snow!

Claire, my mom and I

Rob building a snowman with the kids

Family picture

We got a blanket for my parents so they could snuggle up to our faces! What more could you ask?

Hanging out on Main Street

Making Gingerbread houses

Shopping after dinner at Flemmings

Dinner at Flemmings

Christmas Pictures...

This Christmas my WHOLE family went to my sister Meghan's house in Park City. It was pretty crazy with all of us in one house, but we had sooo much fun!! (more pictures to come) On Tuesday we took family pictures, here are a couple.

The Sadleir's
Me with all of my sisters

All 26 of us!!

Our Family

The Burke's

The Peterson's

The Maughan's


Thanks Meghan and Mark for letting us stay! We had such a great time!!

Sea World and santa's house...

Today was such a busy day!!! After Taylor got home from preschool, we drove down to San diego to go to Sea World with my sister and her kids! It was so much fun, there was NO ONE there! I have no idea why, but i wasn't complaining! Then we went back to my sister's house to have pizza, then we were headed to Santa's house! A couple in San Diego decorate their house with a bunch of Christmas decorations! It's amazing. You can also take your picture with Santa and afterwards you get hot chocolate, cookies and a present that the kids get to pick out! My sister-in-law told me about it! Thanks Cheryl!!
My sister's Jennifer and Heather and I!
Every single room is decorated differently!
The whole gang!
Grace and I waiting to go see Santa
This is their backyard, and it's my favorite part. They have fake snow while you are walking through the village!

I heard about the big Christmas tree at Fashion Island and really wanted to take my kids there, so last night Rob and I took them! We had a lot of fun until it was time to see Santa. First of all, the people who worked there already hated us when we asked to use our own camera and it was the end of the night so they were totally over the whole pretending to be nice thing and besides that Grace and Olivia were screaming becuase they hated santa! Grace kept saying " I don't like Santa Claus". Taylor loved it though! (it would be perfect if I could just crop Grace and Olivia out!) :)
Taylor in front of the big Christmas tree. (she loves to pose!)


My mom and Grandpa came up for Sunday dinner and the girls got to open one early present from Grandma Diane! Now Taylor keeps asking me everyday if she can open a present!